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.
I also co-host a weekly WordPress development show/podcast called viewSource. You can find my writing on industry publications like MasterWP and The WP Minute and even WordPress.org.
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✏️ All the Latest Everything
🔗 MasterWP: Getting Cozy with GitHub Copilot
Github Copilot is definitely good – but is it “good”? And how does it fare for WordPress developers?
🔗 In The Loop: Mastering Theme Development
A fantastic conversation with Cory and Phil from In The Loop all about building custom WordPress themes in the Gutenberg era.
🔗 Press the Issue: What’s Exciting about WordPress 6.1?
Got to talk about all things WordPress 6.1 / Gutenberg with my good friend Teron Bullock.
“Normal” width websites in the block editor
What is going on with max-widths and alignments in the block editor? Is there a method behind this madness?
Recreating the Quick Draft dashboard widget using the WordPress Data Layer
Thanks to this great course on Learn WordPress, I’ve recently been inspired by the potential of the WordPress Data Layer. The best way I can describe the data layer is to imagine having a complete UI framework of WordPress components- then combining that with a complete React.js/Redux JavaScript framework hand-tailored to the WordPress REST API.…
WordPress’ Secret World of JavaScript
A recent course about the WordPress Data Layer may have changed my mind about the potential of JavaScript in WordPress.
🔗 WP Builds: How might we fix the WordPress notifications problem?
I’ve been a Nathan Wrigley fan since my days as a big Beaver Builder user, so I was stoked to sit down with him. We recorded this a while back and mostly discussed the WP Feature Notifications project I’ve been working on for WordPress.