<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Amadeus Maximilian’s Blog]]></title><description><![CDATA[The place for my thoughts on various topics surrounding design and technology]]></description><link>https://amxmln.com/blog/</link><image><url>https://amxmln.com/twitterimg.png</url><title>Amadeus Maximilian’s Blog</title><link>https://amxmln.com/blog/</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:27:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://amxmln.com/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><category><![CDATA[design]]></category><category><![CDATA[ui]]></category><category><![CDATA[ux]]></category><category><![CDATA[web]]></category><category><![CDATA[development]]></category><category><![CDATA[pwa]]></category><category><![CDATA[webdev]]></category><category><![CDATA[vue]]></category><item><title><![CDATA[Introducing Applause]]></title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><link>https://amxmln.com/blog/2026/introducing-applause/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://amxmln.com/blog/2026/introducing-applause/</guid><category><![CDATA[applause]]></category><category><![CDATA[app]]></category><category><![CDATA[analytics]]></category><category><![CDATA[decentralisation]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 17:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Working around async hydration issues in Astro and Safari]]></title><description><![CDATA[A short post on fixing cryptic JavaScript errors in Safari caused by trying to hydrate components dealing with top-level await simultaneously in Astro.]]></description><link>https://amxmln.com/blog/2026/working-around-async-hydration-issues-in-astro-and-safari/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://amxmln.com/blog/2026/working-around-async-hydration-issues-in-astro-and-safari/</guid><category><![CDATA[astro]]></category><category><![CDATA[vue]]></category><category><![CDATA[static site generator]]></category><category><![CDATA[workaround]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Building Stuff I don’t Want to]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes, I take on voluntary work I don’t want to do. Like this current project I’m working on with my sister. 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This delves into what I think happened, and what I took away from it to avoid similar situations in the future.]]></description><link>https://amxmln.com/blog/2026/that-time-i-got-hacked/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://amxmln.com/blog/2026/that-time-i-got-hacked/</guid><category><![CDATA[personal]]></category><category><![CDATA[hosting]]></category><category><![CDATA[security]]></category><category><![CDATA[breach]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 20:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[2025: A Year in Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[The end of the year is coming fast—high time to reflect on what happened during the last twelve months.]]></description><link>https://amxmln.com/blog/2025/2025-a-year-in-review/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://amxmln.com/blog/2025/2025-a-year-in-review/</guid><category><![CDATA[year in review]]></category><category><![CDATA[2025]]></category><category><![CDATA[personal]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2025 07:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those Evening Projects]]></title><description><![CDATA[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. 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I am wondering, if I could market them better and if so, how…]]></description><link>https://amxmln.com/blog/2025/marketing-my-stuff/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://amxmln.com/blog/2025/marketing-my-stuff/</guid><category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category><category><![CDATA[presenting work]]></category><category><![CDATA[self-advertising]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Introducing Quadrants]]></title><description><![CDATA[I built an app—again. 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So this post explores my go-to frameworks and libraries for my personal projects.]]></description><link>https://amxmln.com/blog/2025/my-digital-tool-belt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://amxmln.com/blog/2025/my-digital-tool-belt/</guid><category><![CDATA[tools]]></category><category><![CDATA[preferences]]></category><category><![CDATA[using]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2025 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loss of Ideals]]></title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><link>https://amxmln.com/blog/2025/loss-of-ideals/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://amxmln.com/blog/2025/loss-of-ideals/</guid><category><![CDATA[personal]]></category><category><![CDATA[LLMs]]></category><category><![CDATA[ideals]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hurting Hands]]></title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><link>https://amxmln.com/blog/2025/hurting-hands/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://amxmln.com/blog/2025/hurting-hands/</guid><category><![CDATA[personal]]></category><category><![CDATA[health]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2025 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Web Analytics Revisited]]></title><description><![CDATA[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…]]></description><link>https://amxmln.com/blog/2025/web-analytics-revisited/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://amxmln.com/blog/2025/web-analytics-revisited/</guid><category><![CDATA[tracking]]></category><category><![CDATA[umami]]></category><category><![CDATA[privacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[usage statistics]]></category><category><![CDATA[web analytics]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spicing up your feeeeds]]></title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><link>https://amxmln.com/blog/2025/spicing-up-your-feeeeds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://amxmln.com/blog/2025/spicing-up-your-feeeeds/</guid><category><![CDATA[app review]]></category><category><![CDATA[feeeed]]></category><category><![CDATA[review]]></category><category><![CDATA[rss]]></category><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jan 2025 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>