I rewrote my project, The Old West, using vanilla PHP despite it not being glamorous. This is why.

#php #webdevelopment #development

https://blog.alexseifert.com/2026/06/02/the-relaunch-of-the-old-west-and-why-i-chose-vanilla-php/

I finally got a new MacBook. It's my first brand new MacBook since 2014.

#apple #macbook #technology

https://blog.alexseifert.com/2026/04/30/my-new-14-macbook-pro-m5/

ScratchBook 2.1 has just been released in the Mac App Store and now includes support for Sonoma and Sequoia.

#apple #mac #swift #productivity #development

https://blog.alexseifert.com/2026/04/28/scratchbook-2-1-released/

I've never seen a song about being a man in a skirt before, I'm certainly excited to have found one!

#meninskirts #gender

https://www.the-beskirted-man.com/in-the-media/a-man-in-a-skirt/

Neulich wurde mir auf meinem anderen Blog, The Beskirted Man, diese Sendung von WDR 5 über Männer, die Röcke tragen, empfohlen.

#maennerimrock #gender

https://blog.alexseifert.de/2026/04/23/maennerroecke-mode-oder-statement/

Today, we welcome Marc from the Rhein-Main area of Germany to Profiles of Beskirted Men!

#gender #meninskirts #menintights #meninballetflats #gendernonconforming

https://www.the-beskirted-man.com/profiles-of-beskirted-men/marc/

Den meisten Leuten ist es egal, wenn du als Mann in der Öffentlichkeit einen Rock trägst. Es fühlt sich vielleicht so an, als würden sie es tun, aber die meisten tun es wirklich nicht.

#maennerimrock #gender

https://blog.alexseifert.de/2026/04/19/den-meisten-leuten-ist-es-egal-wenn-ein-mann-einen-rock-traegt/

I was able to recognize myself in some of the points raised in this post when I decided to wear a skirt to the office for the first time.

#gender #crossdressing

https://www.the-beskirted-man.com/in-the-media/more-fear-coming-out-as-a-crossdresser-at-work/

This is another article that is fairly centered on the topic of femboys, but some of their arguments could be more generally applied to the question of why wearing gender-non-conforming clothing is becoming more popular online.

#gender #femboys #meninskirts

https://www.the-beskirted-man.com/in-the-media/why-are-femboys-so-popular-online/

Examples of Server-Side Swift in the WildEver since I experimented with the Swift server-side framework Vapor last year, I've been interested in actually seeing it in the wild. Here are a couple of examples.

#swift #apple #computers #programming #webdevelopment

https://blog.alexseifert.com/2026/04/04/examples-of-server-side-swift-in-the-wild/