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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I finally did the deed and signed up for an account on Medium.com.

November 1, 2023

For years, my go-to frontend framework was React, but now I prefer using Angular for my projects. This is why.

October 22, 2023

I have been an avid journaler for over ten years and I have kept my journals both on paper and on the computer. But what do I prefer?

October 7, 2023

There are constantly new technologies coming out on the market. While this might seem like a great thing, there are some darker sides to it that no one seems to talk about.

October 1, 2023

Alex’s Notebook received a new design today which is based on the WordPress theme for Developer’s Notebook.

September 23, 2023

A common need for a lot of PHP applications is the ability to have the entire application run through an index.php file, but with clean URLs. This is how you can configure Apache to do so

September 12, 2023

Today, I am happy to announce that Developer’s Notebook is being relaunched with lots of exciting stuff on the way!

May 27, 2023

Vue.js makes it easy to implement router-level code splitting. Page loaders are a great way to indicate that your application is loading.

May 10, 2023

One of WordPress’s greatest strengths is its positively huge plugin ecosystem. There are plugins for just about everything you can think of out there. At the same time, however, it is also its Achilles’ heel.

May 2, 2023

Having been employed as a developer in one form or another for the past couple of decades, I can thoroughly relate to what this blogger has written about how little work actually gets done and why.

April 18, 2023

PHP is dead… or is it?

April 11, 2023

Some programmers stick to a single operating system or technology stack, but I like to experiment and try new things out. That means, however, that I often jump back and forth between platforms: particularly between Windows and Mac.

April 6, 2023
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