Alex White's Blog
Alex White's Blog
Alex White
I'm a tech guy located in Central Ohio in the United States. I've worked in IT, software engineering, product design and currently work as a engineering manager.
Latest Posts
Pablo posteda very well put together reaction toanother postregarding the use of LLMs in the writing process.
Awhile back I builtmdServer, a markdown based blogging engine. It was fun to build, but I’ve found I want to focus on other projects (and writing)....
Testing a custom hook that auto posts to Mastodon from Pure Blog.
Awhile back I built mdServer, a markdown based blogging engine. It was fun to build, but I’ve found I want to focus on other projects (and writing). With that, I’ve decided to move to Pure Blog, the excellent blogging platform created by...
A couple of years ago I started my journey into cycling with a Vaast A/1 gravel bike. It features a magnesium frame, which touts being nearly as light as carbon for a fraction of the cost. I’ve put nearly 2,000 miles on that bike between...
Pablo posted a very well put together reaction to another post regarding the use of LLMs in the writing process. Pablo did an excellent job of conveying the thoughts I’ve had around this subject. I’ve often felt “if you didn’t bother...
Testing a custom hook that auto posts to Mastodon from Pure Blog.
2026-04-03 14:49 For the past couple of weeks I’ve been considering buying a new laptop. My daily driver has been a MacBook Pro with a M1 Pro and 16GiB of memory. It’s a good machine, but the RAM is limiting and I’ve been wanting to...
For the past couple of weeks I’ve been considering buying a new laptop. My daily driver has been a MacBook Pro with a M1 Pro and 16GiB of memory. It’s a good machine, but the RAM is limiting and I’ve been wanting to fully move to Linux....
For the past couple of weeks I’ve been considering buying a new laptop. My daily driver has been a MacBook Pro with a M1 Pro and 16GiB of memory. I...
2026-03-06 14:51 I was a product designer for a few years. I had switched careers to design after suffering burn out as a software engineer. During those years, my entire day was spent in Figma, building high fidelity mockups, leading...
I was a product designer for a few years. I had switched careers to design after suffering burn out as a software engineer. During those years, my ...
I was a product designer for a few years. I had switched careers to design after suffering burn out as a software engineer. During those years, my entire day was spent in Figma, building high fidelity mockups, leading workshops and...
2026-03-01 14:53 Yes (to a degree). I’ve always dreamt of running my own software company, something akin to Panic, 37Signals, Beagle Bros (from back in the day). Recently, I’ve been struggling a with the thought that my dream is no...
Yes (to a degree). I’ve always dreamt of running my own software company, something akin to Panic, 37Signals, Beagle Bros (from back in the day). Recently, I’ve been struggling a with the thought that my dream is no longer possible...