Tom McFarlin

Software Engineering in WordPress, PHP, and Backend Development

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Your Code Is Not Wrong (Or Right)

Every now and then, I’ll be having conversations with fellow developers about various things we’re working on, working through, and looking to focus on in the coming days, months, or weeks.

And sometimes, when doing this, it seems like there’s a pattern where some developers are facing some of the same set of challenges as other developers (or they’re facing challenges that other developers have once experienced or maybe even yet to experience).

Case in point: Last week, I had several conversations in which I was talking with some others about the feeling of never feeling fully satisfied with code that you’re writing, or with that feeling that comes with wondering if you’re architecting a project correctly.

I think we’ve all been there at some point. Personally speaking, I don’t know if the feeling ever goes away. I think we get better at what we do, and I think we become more aware of what we don’t know, but I don’t know if we’re ever completely happy with what we ship.

With that said, I think there is something to learn as it relates to writing good code, and reaching milestones in our projects.

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Practical Advice For Blogging, Part 1

For those who blog, you’ve no doubt been asked at some point in time:

How do you find the time to blog?

Or:

How do you consistently come up with things to write about?

And for those who are just starting out, I think these are great questions especially if you love to write.

After all, most (admittedly, some are in it for different reasons) of us do this because we like it – we enjoy sharing what we’ve learned, we hope to help others along their way, and we hope to learn from others via comments.

How I See Me Blogging

How I See Me Blogging

But if you’re looking to start a blog, looking to blog more regularly, or just trying to find some sources of inspiration for how to continue, then here are some things that I’ve found useful when wanting to consistently share things with you each day.

Granted, this may be geared more towards developers than anything else – I’ve tried to keep it pretty agnostic – but perhaps this advice for blogging will help someone else along the way.

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Two Take Aways From Jason Schuller’s Pickle Project

Earlier this week, WP Tavern wrote up an excellent piece on Jason Schuller’s newest project, Pickle

I’ve ended reading over the article (and the comments) a number of times because I think there are some really, really great though as it relates to using WordPress as an application platform.

 Jason Schuller’s Pickle Theme Re-Imagines WordPress as an Invisible CMS

This is something that I’ve talked about a number of times and it’s something that I really want to see happen more and more in the future; however, this is one of the first times that I’ve really seen someone take WordPress, use it as a foundation for solution that’s built towards a specific market, and then articulated it in such a way that does a great job of expressing what exactly it means for WordPress to be an application platform.

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