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  • Where I’m NOW at with WordPress: Gutenberg as a developer

    2018-01-29

    As a developer, I think I'm coming around to the idea of the new WordPress Gutenberg editor. Here's my updated thoughts and reflections.

  • Testing out TDD – initial thoughts

    2018-01-24

    TDD is a BIG change of mindset for development. Here's my initial thoughts after paddling around in the shallow end for a little bit.

  • Where I’m at with WordPress: Gutenberg – as a business owner and developer

    2018-01-10

    Gutenberg will be great for new projects going forward, but I've yet to be convinced that enabling it for all sites when they update to WordPress 5.0 is a good idea. So my plan is not to.

  • Laravel: Simple cookie auth for your simple APIs

    2018-01-06

    Laravel uses token auth by default, here's how to switch it out for simple cookie-based auth for quick and easy API tinkering for logged-in users.

  • Christmas and Advent: busy-ness and reflection

    2018-01-02

    It does seem that the expectations that the church puts on people don't match with how a lot of people live out the month of December.

  • Where I’m at with WordPress: Gutenberg – as a user

    2018-01-01

    I just wanted to write - and, I'm sad and sorry to say - Gutenberg got in the way and I just wanted to turn it off.

  • 2017 in review – Ask Me Anything!

    2018-01-01

    I asked people on Facebook to use comments to ask me questions about my year - I'm writing up and continuing here!

  • Pre-Christmas Struggles are OK

    2017-12-22

    Social Media can make the build up to Christmas look so lovely. But if you’re struggling, know that you’re not alone.

  • (Developer) Tools talk

    2017-11-09

    Last night I gave a talk at the Cheltenham WordPress Meetup on the amazing toolkit called "(Developer) Tools" in your web browser. The group is very mixed in terms of technical ability so this was a great topic, and I put "Developer" in brackets because there's something in Developer Tools for all website creators, regardless of […]

  • Who’s under R2D2?

    2017-11-07

    How do you get from "Who's under R2D2?" to voice dubbing in iMovie? And why does nothing ever get done in our house?!

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