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• We need a common visual language for block editing

  2021-04-18

  Blocks are a new paradigm. They need complex new user interfaces. And we don't have a common visual language for them.

• Mini Project: Tweet Finder – Twitter Advanced Search

  2021-04-12

  How and why I made a simple interface for Twitter's advanced search.

• Tech Notes: Laravel Livewire – testing object/model properties of components

  2021-04-12

  A quick tip for testing Laravel Livewire components with object/model properties.

• Idea: CSS-only spam prevention with a simple allow-list and CAPTCHA

  2021-03-26

  An idea for a CSS-only spam prevention system that uses a white list and simple CAPTCHA, complete with WordPress plugin code.

• Getting to grips with Docker and Laravel Sail (on Apple Silicon/M1)

  2021-03-02

  So I wanted to have a play with Laravel Breeze and Jetstream. In doing so I noticed that the instructions for Breeze (and for Laravel in general) suggest a Docker-based Laravel Sail install by default. I had not looked into Docker despite a lot of hype around it recently in my tech world. So I […]

• Sustainable Web Design: Book thoughts

  2021-02-25

  Some brief and random thoughts on the excellent book "Sustainable Web Development"

• Simple free domain redirection with Netlify

  2021-02-05

  How to host domain redirects for free with Netlify.

• Building WP-UI

  2021-01-01

  A very scattergun, brain dump of thoughts about the WP-UI app that I'm developoing in Electron.