Alex Seifert

Alex is a developer, a drummer and an amateur historian. He enjoys being on the stage in front of a large crowd, but also sitting in a room alone, programming something or reading a scary story.

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A Script for Exporting WordPress to Markdown

I have a love-hate relationship with WordPress and have been thinking about replacing it with a static site. I wrote a script to export posts from WordPress to Markdown files.

May 30, 2024

Single Page Applications vs Multi-Page Applications

SPAs and MPAs are popular ways of creating web apps, but both have their pros and cons. In this article, we explore their benefits and detriments.

May 13, 2024

A Website Full of Web-Based Mac Emulators

I previously discussed how to emulate Mac OS 8 and 9 on modern computers. Recently, I was shown Infinite Mac, a website that allows emulation of these and earlier Mac OS versions directly in your browser. From System 1.0 to Mac OS 9.2.2, most major releases are available. This suite offers a convenient and innovative way to experience classic Mac OS without downloads or installations.

May 12, 2024

That’s How Old I Am

In this post, I decided it would be fun to write a list of technologies and experiences that show my age in technology.

May 8, 2024

Introducing “Notes”

“Notes” is a new category on my blog where I am going to post small, interesting things I stumble upon. It might be links or images or tidbits of information.

May 6, 2024

My New PowerMac G3 Blue and White: Part 2

I bought an old PowerMac G3 Blue and White. In this article, I try to get Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar installed on the system.

May 4, 2024

Developer’s Notebook Becomes Feed The Dev

Developer’s Notebook has been rebranded to Feed The Dev. There are many reasons for the rebranding and I am excited to share them with you.

April 26, 2024

My New PowerMac G3 Blue and White: Part 1

I bought an old PowerMac G3 Blue and White. First, I performed some maintenance, then I upgraded some hardware.

April 17, 2024

New CSS Function: light-dark()

A few days ago, I stumbled across a new function in CSS that is going to make my life a tremendous amount easier: light-dark()

April 12, 2024

My Problem with The Current State of Next.js

When I first discovered Next.js, I was excited about it, but it has become somewhat of a mess since then. These are my thoughts on it.

April 11, 2024

The Endless Quest to Replace WordPress

I have been using WordPress to run many of my websites since 2007, but feature bloat has me looking for alternatives.

April 4, 2024

Mac OS 8 as an Electron App

Macintosh.js is an open-source project that runs Mac OS 8. It emulates a 1991 Macintosh Quadra and runs the full operating system with a few applications.

March 17, 2024
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