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The Spectrum of Open Source Philosophy

[…] these two points. You know: The proverbial gray area. As of last week, an interest article has been making the rounds about Slack and FOSS projects. I’ll talk about it more in a moment. But first, since I’ve never written about my own perspective on open source, I thought I might as well try it.

Being a Pragmatic Programmer in WordPress

[…] productivity. Instead, there’s a suite of tools available from which you can pick to build your own toolbox that’s ideal for your team. The only caveat, in my opinion, is whatever it is that you opt to use, make sure that it doesn’t misplace good engineering practices. When your tools override good engineering, the […]

Introducing #notes For Capturing Blogging Notes

Occasionally, I share some of the work that my team at 8BIT has been working on. Up until recently, we were focused heavily on Standard for both self-hosted blogs and for WordPress.com. The thing is, we’re not trying to be another theme shop. In fact, our ultimate goal is to try to make the […]

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. […]

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