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No code theming in WordPress – what’s going on?
At the recent Bristol WordPress Meetup, I got chatting to someone about the Site Editor. I tried to explain that you don’t necessarily need to build…
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Bristol WordPress People Talk – Troubleshooting WordPress at Scale
Earlier this week I gave a talk at Bristol WordPress People, our local WordPress meetup, called “Tales of the unexpected – troubleshooting WordPress at scale”, based…
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Thoughts on the CMS vs vibe-coded site debate
Every other post on LinkedIn these days seems to be along the lines of “WordPress is dead – I vibe-coded a website in 10 minutes”. Rather…
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AI WordPress Developer Tools and Workflow Course
I’ve avoided “weighing in” on the subject of coding with AI, but after seeing people either dismiss AI tooling entirely or throw themselves at it without…
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Free Advanced Gutenberg Course on VIP Learn
As a developer deeply interested in the evolution of WordPress, I’m excited to share some insights into a new educational resource now available for free on…
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Building a minimal VW T6 campervan (twice)
A while ago, I wrote about minimal campervan conversions – i.e. what is the least you can do to call your van a campervan? In 2023,…
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Just Launched: A Free Advanced WordPress REST API Course for Developers Who Want to Build Big Things
If you’re a developer working with WordPress and you’ve ever thought, “admin-ajax is clunky, and I need more control”, or “why would I use thw WordPress…
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From Lead Acid to Lithium: 15 Years of Battery Tech on the Road
Fifteen years ago, I sat under an awning at a Devon campsite, juggling cables, adapters, a 20Ah Halfords-branded lead acid power pack, and an ageing MacBook…
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Building Enterprise WordPress Courses: A Year in the Making
Following four years of helping WordPress VIP customers scaling their Enterprise WordPress sites and applications, I made a move to the WordPress VIP Learning and Credentialling…
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Flashtalk: How PHP and WordPress landed me a spot on the crew of a pirate movie
I recently gave a flash talk at the WordPress VIP GM, in Tulum, Mexico, and as the title suggests, I used my five minutes to tell…
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I joined the WordPress VIP team at Automattic!
After working mainly freelance for the past decade or so, I started 2020 with career development on my mind. Freelancing had been going pretty smoothly, but…
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Raspberry Pi WIFI bridged access point
I usually rely on a wired ethernet connection in my home office, enabled by a powerline adapter running through the mains wiring to the house, where…