https://aftermarket.dev/tags/about/ Recent content in about on Aftermarket.dev Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://aftermarket.dev/why-aftermarket-is-named-after-car-parts/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://aftermarket.dev/why-aftermarket-is-named-after-car-parts/ The name came first, before any code. It describes a category that already exists in software but doesn’t have a word of its own. Car people know the word well. The aftermarket is everything sold for a car after it leaves the factory: brake pads, wheels, stereos, the independent garage down the road. The manufacturer doesn’t control any of it, and drivers are better off for that. A car stays on the road for twenty years because someone outside the factory keeps making parts for it.