Creating my new WordPress theme with Ai
I decided to give Claude.AI a shot at creating a new WordPress theme for my site. The promise of AI-assisted development is tempting, so I...
Author: Thomas
Thomas is a senior software engineer at Nerdery specializing in front-end development and WordPress. Avid weather fan, and roller coaster enthusiast.
Cleaning Up Your WordPress Media Library
If you’ve been running a WordPress site for a while, you’ve probably noticed your media library has gotten messy. Since WordPress doesn’t automatically delete media...
My 2025 Job Search Reality Check
In June, I was laid off from Nerdery after 14 and a half years. By the end of July, I had applied for 77 jobs....
Another Year, Another 5k
My annual 5k run happened this past weekend, and I came in at the fastest time yet: 29:34. I felt less prepared this year than...
Experimenting with GitHub Copilot Agent Mode to build a macOS App.
GitHub Copilot’s Agent Mode is pretty amazing. I’ve used it before to build web apps with Next.js and Python, but this time I wanted to...
AI’s not taking my software developer job… yet.
AI is everywhere. Every time you download an app, login to a site, or buy a product, they’re all talking about how AI is being...
Happy Easter
Ai image generators can sometimes miss the mark and be frustrating to use, other times, they do amazing. This Easter image was generated with Ai...
Where’s Waldo – Ai Edition
I asked Bing’s Image Creator to create me an Easter themed Where’s Waldo, and, as it turns out, it’s not that hard to find Waldo....
Easily block ads and trackers with NextDNS
If you’re online, you’re being tracked. Every site you visit, every video you watch, every location you go, they’ll be tracking you. They can track...
Watertown-Mayer Wrestling State 2025 iPhone Wallpaper
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The Marquee Emoji Life
The marquee HTML element may be deprecated, but it still works, and when you combine it with emojis, and a little CSS, you can create...
How to sync WLED controllers.
Syncing WLED controllers allows your controllers to work together. I have three different controllers setup. One is the main, and two listen for changes. I...