Independent Developer · Technology Educator

I build useful software
and teach technology without the noise.

I’m Anson Alexander. I make TypeDrift, Rexplorer, and PageTidy, and I’ve spent more than a decade teaching technology through YouTube and LinkedIn Learning.

Software and education built around the same idea: make technology more useful.

Anson Alexander
Build software that solves real problems.
Teach the useful part without the noise.
300K+YouTube subscribers
60M+YouTube video views
10+Years teaching online
47LinkedIn Learning courses
Software

Useful tools, built and shipped.

I build software around problems I understand firsthand — learning a skill, optimized browsing, or making the web less annoying.

Flagship web app

TypeDrift

Modern typing practice for real skill progression.

Start with fast free practice, follow guided Tasks, type real content, and move into Pro tools and Accelerator when you want more structure.

Free practiceGuided TasksReal contentDetailed statsAccelerator
Browser extension
Browser availability

Rexplorer

Reddit, built around the media.

Turn image- and video-heavy Reddit pages into a fast gallery with fullscreen viewing, filters, Favorites, Watchlist, downloads, and Turbo Mode.

Explore Rexplorer
Browser utility
Browser availability
PageTidy

Your web.
Less clutter.

Remove overlays, floating junk, sticky clutter, or any page element you decide does not belong on your screen. PageTidy can also restore scrolling when a dismissed overlay leaves the page stuck.

Explore PageTidy
Technology education

Understand the tool.
Then use it better.

For more than a decade, I’ve made technology instruction around the same principle I use when building software: remove the unnecessary complexity and make the useful part clear.

YouTube

Practical technology tutorials for the problem you actually came to solve.

macOS, Google Workspace, AI tools, typing, productivity, troubleshooting, and the workflows around them.

inLinkedIn Learning

Professional courses, authored over more than a decade.

Deeper instruction across technology, digital marketing, productivity, and professional skills.

Explore courses
AAAnsonAlex.com

Written tutorials, walkthroughs, and practical fixes.

A long-running library of technology how-tos for people who would rather read than watch.

Read tutorials
Why both?
BuildTeachImprove

Each side makes the other better.

Building software and teaching technology are really the same job.

Understand the problem. Remove unnecessary complexity. Make the result useful.

Teaching for years made me obsessive about where people get stuck, what explanations actually land, and which “features” create more friction than value.

Building products turns those lessons into tools. Teaching them back keeps the work grounded in real users instead of abstract product ideas.

Contact

Business, partnerships, and professional inquiries.

For sponsorships, partnerships, press, product conversations, and other professional outreach, email is the cleanest path.

anson@ansonalexander.com LinkedIn Product support lives on each product’s own site.