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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 writing about history.

Posts

Developer’s Notebook on Patreon

Developer’s Notebook is now on Patreon.

29 August 2020

Is Software as a Service a Good Idea?

Whether you like it or not, software as a service (SaaS) has become extremely popular amongst both individuals and companies. But how good of an idea is it?

18 August 2020

Announcing the Developer’s Notebook Podcast

The Developer’s Notebook Podcast has released its first episode, officially marking its launch.

15 August 2020

Debugging Node.js Remotely with Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code is a tool with many talents. Among those is the ability to not just debug Node.js applications, but also to debug them remotely.

4 August 2020

Using Modern Technology to Upgrade Retro Computers

The internet is rife with tutorials of people upgrading old computers with modern technology. How much sense does that make and is it reasonable?

1 August 2020

Windows 95 as an Electron App

An operating system that was released 25 years ago and required an entire computer to run can now instead be run in a browser window with an interpreted language.

1 August 2020

Coping with Long Meetings at Work

Meetings have always been the worst part about any job for me. They make me anxious and stress me out so I have developed strategies for coping with them.

25 July 2020

Using Redis Sentinel with Docker and Marathon: 2020 Edition

Using Redis Sentinel with Docker and Marathon is a relatively complex procedure that requires every instance of Redis to be able to communicate with all other instances.

17 July 2020

Using Redis Sentinel with Docker Compose: 2020 Edition

This article describes how to create a failover solution using Redis Sentinel and Docker Compose.

13 July 2020

Picking a Programming Language

With so many different programming languages available, it is not always easy to choose the right one for a project. In this article, we will explore some basic criteria for picking the right one.

7 July 2020

Retro Software: BeOS

In the early-1990s, a lesser-known operating system was born named BeOS. It was an operating system that was ahead of its time, but was never able to gather much support.

4 July 2020

Developer’s Notebook

I am very happy to announce a brand new project of mine called Developer’s Notebook, a blog and news website with content for developers.

2 July 2020