Remote work and the future of the high street
The high street is dying. Remote/home working as a result of COVID 19 is exacerbating this. But I think there's an opportunity to do everything better.
Author: Ross Wintle
-
-
LiveStreams: Discovering Gutenberg
I'm live-streaming reviewing Gutenberg block-editor plugin releases and exploring new block editor features. Here's some info and thoughts on that.
-
What is “kindness”
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and the topic is "Kindness". In one online community I hang out in the question has been asked: "What does kindness mean to you?" I thought my answer was worth posting here in public. So...
-
Video: Investigating WPForms email issues with clever developer tools: wp-cli, HELO, and Querious
I recently had an issue with form notification emails not sending from a local development site. I used some advanced developer tools to diagnose this. This is a tour of those tools and how I used them to solve this problem.
-
Video: JavaScript, reduceRight() and function/operator symmetry
A friend of mine asked for use cases for the reduceRight JavaScript Array method the other week. I made a little video explaining it.
-
Video: Using Keyboard Shortcuts with multiple monitor setups
Some tips on using tools like BetterTouchTool and Moom on a Mac to speed up working across multiple monitors.
-
Laravel 5.7 upgrades break published email styles
I’ve been updating some old Laravel apps and I just came across this issue with updating from 5.6 to 5.7. It’s noted in the upgrade docs (see “Template Theme”) but easy to miss. I know I’ll come across this again, so it’s worth noting here for the future. If you have published your mail templates […]
-
A Laravel (and Statamic) asset cacher for including non-hierarchical JS/CSS dependencies
A WHAT NOW?!!! Note: If this has been done before, just tell me and point me in the right direction please? Thanks! TL;DR I made a Laravel package and Statamic v3 addon that automatically download JS and CSS package files from CDN’s and cache and serve them locally. Go straight to the README’s if you’re […]
-
Tinkerwell for WordPress Developers
Tinkerwell is a brilliant tool from the Laravel world that I believe can really help WordPress developers. Read up, watch my introductory video, and buy the darned thing!
-
Stepping up the security ladder
Security - not just on computers, but in other places too - is a trade-off of convenience for safety. Which internet security level are you on? And what could you do to get to the next level?