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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There is a current trend I don’t understand in web design: websites that offer dark mode but bury it somewhere in their settings. As a user of dark mode, this is a horrendous user experience.

October 6, 2024

There was a time when all websites were multi-page applications, but that has changed. I wanted to know what users and developers think about that and so I asked.

October 3, 2024

I’m excited to announce an all-new version of Feed The Dev! It is now an aggregate website for development and technology news and articles that combines sources from all over the internet into a single, easy-to-use website.

October 2, 2024

A couple of weeks ago, I bought a license upgrade for the Mac editor BBEdit despite not using it all the time. This is why.

October 1, 2024

I have been a Mac user for over twenty years and have taken screenshots of my systems with almost every version of Mac OS. This is my collection.

September 15, 2024

I recently ran into an interesting article on Tom’s Hardware about a project called N64 Recompiled. Its purpose is to enable recompiling of old Nintendo 64 games into native PC ports that support ray tracing, ultrawide resolutions, high FPS, and other staples of modern games.

September 11, 2024

When I write code, I tend to use long, descriptive variable names with few abbreviations. This is why.

September 3, 2024

In the past several years, there has been a lot of hype about how blue light from screens affects our sleeping patterns. Turns out, it’s not that bad.

September 1, 2024

Ever since I was old enough to understand what ghosts were, I have had an enduring fascination with the paranormal and horror in general. This is a self-reflection on this interest.

September 1, 2024

I’m happy to announce that the stories section with the first public domain stories is finally online and available!

August 30, 2024

Here are a couple of interesting links for horror resources.

August 29, 2024

Ghost Eaters is a novel I finished at the beginning of 2024 and I thought it was worth writing about because it was a unique take on the ghost story genre with a great twist at the end.

August 28, 2024
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