Alex
Alex
@alex@www.alexstandiford.com

Founder of Novatorius & creator of Siren Affiliates. WordPress engineer and partnership advocate helping businesses grow with flexible incentive programs.

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  • Peace Equalizer has completely spoiled me. Everything sounds like a tin-can when I’m listening to music now unless it’s set up. If you like music use it. If you hate noticing how bad your headphones sound, don’t use it.

  • If you would have told me in 2019 that in 2025 my primary social platform was going to become LinkedIn I would have laughed. And yet, here we are. I feel like LinkedIn has finally started to let its hair down a bit. People are a little less “stiff”, and it’s better for it. Maybe…

  • Everyone’s giving backlash on GPT5. I like it, personally. I hated how sycophantic previous versions were. The last thing I want is a “yes man” in my ear all-day.

  • So I’m in a hospital. Apparently they have to sedate me to get this brisket that’s thoroughly lodged in my esophagus out. Best Saturday ever!

  • When to Pull in an Outside Tech Partner

    I used to think I was doing developers a favor by keeping them out of the early planning. Turns out, I was just setting them up to fail. Here’s what I’ve learned about when to actually bring in outside help, and why timing makes all the difference.

  • Stop hiring heroes. If your agency is juggling complex builds and you keep solving delivery problems by bringing in a “rockstar freelancer” to save the day, you’re probably making things worse. I know, because I’ve done it, and I’ve also been the hero in this example. I brought in someone great, experienced, fast, trustworthy. Things…

  • If you have a blog, I strongly recommend that you take some time to let ChatGPT do deep research on your website and audit your writing style and turn it into a style guide that helps match your writing tone. It never gets it perfect, but does get it a little closer.

  • It occurred to me this morning that the 418 “I’m a Teapot” response no-longer has the punch it used to have because it could theoretically be literally sent as a response by a teapot. In which case it would need to be a 200 response. 😂

  • Does anyone actually LIKE the email-based sign in flow? It enrages me 😅

  • I just discovered Firefox finally added support for tab lists in the side instead of on-top. As an ultrawide monitor person, I’m very very pleased by this development. Although I have to admit, a lifetime of tabs being up-top is hard to break. 🙃