Introducing Applause
I built another app! This time, it‘s for privacy respecting basic analytics. And it will be open source! Meet Applause—simple analytics and easy interaction counters.
Amadeus Maximilian’s Blog
The place for my thoughts on various topics surrounding design and technology
Latest posts
Working around async hydration issues in Astro and Safari
A short post on fixing cryptic JavaScript errors in Safari caused by trying to hydrate components dealing with top-level await simultaneously in Astro.
Building Stuff I don’t Want to
Sometimes, I take on voluntary work I don’t want to do. Like this current project I’m working on with my sister. I do it out of a feeling of obligation and responsibility, without realising the drain.
The Loss of Changelogs
Am I the only one who feels like changelogs aren’t what they used to be any more?
Using Slopware
I accidentally installed a likely vibe-coded Obsidian plugin and found myself enjoying it. This caused yet another mini-identity crisis which I needed to get out of my head.
Slowing Down
I might have overdone things recently and now I’m paying the price for it, so I’m slowing down a little.
A Pocketbase-shaped Hammer
I recently tried out Pocketbase, and now every problem looks like it could be solved with Pocketbase…oh if only that were true. But I found Pocketbase good, like really good.
That Time I got Hacked
Someone managed to get into one of my remote hosts. This delves into what I think happened, and what I took away from it to avoid similar situations in the future.
2025: A Year in Review
The end of the year is coming fast—high time to reflect on what happened during the last twelve months.
Those Evening Projects
I had a bit of a moment thinking of how much I’ve achieved by simply doing something every evening for a very long time. Here’s some thoughts.
Marketing My Stuff
I do like building apps, and I mostly do it for myself—but it would be nice if others could enjoy them as well. I am wondering, if I could market them better and if so, how…
Introducing Quadrants
I built an app—again. This time it is a decentralised code playground called Quadrants.
Magistan Revisited
Musings about a rekindled interest in my card game Magistan and the procedural creature generator I have built for it this month.
So I kind of switched to Zed?
I tried out the Zed code editor on and off for a while…until it kind of stuck and might be becoming my favourite editor since Atom.
The Future of the Web
Some thoughts on where I think the web might be going now that companies have decided that browsers aren’t needed to browse the web anymore, but should only serve as interfaces to chat-bots.
My Digital Tool Belt
I thought it might be a fun idea to share my digital “toolbelt” so to speak. So this post explores my go-to frameworks and libraries for my personal projects.
Loss of Ideals
This month, I had yet another long discussion about “AI” with an old friend from my school days, which made me question whether I’m being too idealistic and I’m once more being held back by my ideals.
Hurting Hands
A more personal essay in which I outline a worrisome health situation I’m currently having to go through and the fears and frustrations that are coming along with it.
Web Analytics Revisited
My personal Umami instance was neglected for a long time because of some issues with building new versions—when it finally broke, I went looking for alternatives, with a surprising result…
Spicing up your feeeeds
Sometimes you casually stumble upon a tiny little app and a couple of days later you realise how much joy it brings back into your life. feeeed (lower-case ‘f’, four ‘e’s) is one of those apps for me.