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...
Category: Web Design & Development
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....
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...
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...
Don’t tell me WordPress is slow. Improve your code.
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...
TwisterMc BeaverBuilder Modules Fixed & New Additions
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...
GiveWP Beaver Builder Modules
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...
Back to the Future – WordCamp Minneapolis St Paul 2018 Presentation #wcmsp
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...
How to Properly Link to an Address on the Web
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....
Google AMP Flexible Height Carousels
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...