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. By the end of September, that number climbed to 152. During those months, I interviewed with 6 companies, received 51 rejections, and was ghosted by 101. I also spoke with […]
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 try something different—so I asked it to create a native macOS application. The result is JobTwister, an experimental macOS app that helps track job applications. It’s built using SwiftUI and […]
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 integrated. We’re definitely in the AI bubble. One of the big advancements has been the ability for AI to write code, and replace all those pesky developers out there. 😕 […]
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 a whole new world. Sure, you can use CSS animations, or JavaScript, to do a lot better animations, but there’s something fun about old school code that still works. The […]
There’s a lot of push for headless WordPress, or converting over to static site generators. Whereas they are nice, and they have their place, they’re not always needed. Instead of putting the effort into something new, why not optimize what you have? I have done just that and Lighthouse shows my scores are all excellent. […]
Imagine my surprise when I went to use my BeaverBuilder modules plugin and things were completely broken. Not sure what went wrong but the code was really messed and no one noticed; either that or they just didn’t tell me. Good news though, it’s been fixed! Slick Slider actually works like it’s supposed to with […]
If you’re running Beaver Builder and have GiveWP for donations, there’s a great plugin to integrate the two. BB Connect for Give Donations adds three new modules to Beaver Builder. Donation FormEasily add donation forms including settings for how the form displays; show on page, reveal on click, popup on click, or button only. Donation […]
Here’s the presentation deck from my WordCamp Minneapolis St Paul 2018 presentation. Below is the text version that pretty much covers what I said. We often get distracted by the new things we can do with our sites. Sure, it’s easy to add in new features, but do we really need them? Let’s take a step […]
Ever link an address to a map service? What did you do? Probably just Googled it, copied the link, and pasted it into your phone. Well, that’ll work for some people, but not all. You’re actually creating a big hurdle for the millions of iOS users who don’t have Google Maps on their devices or […]
If you’re trying out Google AMP, chances are you’ll want to add a carousel to your site. The good news is they are pretty easy to do. The bad news is that you can’t create flexible height carousels. Google AMP is a great idea, but the more you use it, the more you realize it […]
My 2025 Job Search Reality Check
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AI’s not taking my software developer job… yet.
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My 2025 Job Search Reality Check
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