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  • Video: Investigating WPForms email issues with clever developer tools: wp-cli, HELO, and Querious

    2020-04-16

    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

    2020-04-14

    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

    2020-04-09

    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

    2020-03-28

    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

    2020-02-23

    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

    2020-01-24

    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

    2020-01-23

    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?

  • Catching a Tailwind: My components revelation

    2020-01-13

    A huge number of people in my tech circles seemed to love Adam Wathan's Tailwind CSS framework. But, for some reason, I just didn't get it. Until I had this revelation about components that has caused me to go and take a serious look.

  • Understanding web "components"

    2020-01-13

    The pre-amble to my Tailwind thoughts in which I lay down my goal to properly get to grips with "components"

  • How I track ideas, notes and tasks

    2020-01-03

    Some notes on the apps and tools that I use to organise my work and life.

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