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Hey Programmer: Don’t Be a Jerk

[…] and carry forward in our day-to-day interaction online. At the risk of sounding repetitive – but let’s be honest, it is – I shared a few of my opinions on some of the problems with the open source culture in general that I’ve witnessed over the past few years. Don’t Be a Jerk To […]

The Challenge of Over Solving a Problem

[…] a number of subtle nuances, I think that we often tend to overlook some of the simpler things that can be done to address the issue. In my case, I’ve been in the trenches with timezones, offsets, and other subtleties that come with working with dates and times that I’ve tried to over-solve a problem. […]

My Initial Thoughts on Using Postmatic

On November 21st, I mentioned that I was going to be switching over to Postmatic for managing my blog comments on December 1st. It’s been a great transition so far, but I thought I’d spend a little bit of time highlighting my experience with the plugin. Migrating Existing Subscribers Whenever you make the change to […]

Yes or No To WordPress Frameworks?

[…] to code-level abstractions that aim to make it easier to work with a variety of APIs. But is using a framework always the best idea? Maybe. In my latest article on Envato, I weigh one of the pros and cons of using WordPress Frameworks in order to help determine if this is something that […]

Use Source Control and Diff Tools with WordPress

[…] importance of knowing how to resolve merge conflicts. Dealing with branches is the topic for another post. Ah, and as evidenced by the screenshot above, Kaleidoscope is my favorite diff tool. There Are Other Things Sure, there are more (and I’m all about seeing them in the comments!) but these are three of the most important […]

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