I am a WordPress developer, writer, and instructor. At my day job, I am Technology Director at WordPress development agency HDC. Outside of work, I co-hosts a weekly WordPress development show called viewSource. You can also find my writing on industry publications like MasterWP and The WP Minute.
Here I share my latest writing, tech videos, podcast appearances, and scribbled-down thoughts on everything from WordPress and tech to just regular life stuff.
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A weekly conversation around tech, web development, and WordPress with me and cohost Aurooba Ahmed.
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✏️ All the Latest Posts
Embracing theme.json, kicking and screaming
Theme.json is great for blocks, but what about themes and plugins that use good ol’ HTML?
🔗 Torque Social Hour with Doc Pop Podcast Appearance
Chatted with Doc Pop about viewSource, using GitHub Copilot, and what we think the world of AI might do to SEO and web development.
What makes a good design-to-dev handoff?
Three reasons I had a really great design-to-dev handoff last week for a new website build.
Hooking into the Block Editor’s Post Publish Panel (with Copilot)
A walkthrough of Copilot and I attempting to add some content to the post-publish panel in the block editor.
Documentation for Dummies (like me)
On documentation and how I made a pretty basic mistake with my ACF Blocks.
It’s all on Mastodon now
I’m logging into a lot of very cool Mastodon clients. Is that a good thing?
Announcing A New Podcast, with Yours Truly and an Even Better Cohost
Introducing viewSource – a weekly conversation around tech, web development, and WordPress with hosts Aurooba Ahmed and Brian Coords.
Copilot + WordPress: A Few Tips
Tips and tricks for using Github Copilot with WordPress development as I try to write a plugin using AI pair-programming.
“Just in case” vs “just in time” learning
Listening to this podcast, I was reminded of a concept that I hadn’t heard in a while: “just in case” learning versus “just in time” learning.
What’s the point of a daily blogging goal?
I’m not sure why I’m blogging every day but I know why I’m not stopping.