02 August 2024
A few words about words
Naming things is hard. As a developer, finding the right name for a function is sometimes harder than writing the function itself.
Articles about development
10 January 2024
Git reversions by tag: a much better way
Almost a year ago, I published an article about what could be described as the worst way to revert tags in git. I regret that article.
05 September 2023
Where did that quiet kid go?
I am not a naturally social person. I am the textbook definition of an introvert.
14 April 2023
Git reversions by tag (and why git can be a scary place)
I have been using git for over a decade and reverting commits still trips me up.
17 March 2023
Converting static blocks to dynamic blocks
I started working with custom Gutenberg blocks sometime in late 2017. Or, perhaps, it was early 2018.
27 February 2023
Static vs. dynamic blocks: What’s the difference?
The Block Editor offers two types of blocks, static and dynamic. The difference between these two types of blocks comes down to how they are rendered on the front-end.
27 September 2022
Writing a custom WordPress block
Every so often, someone asks me about the code I write, so here is a comprehensive overview of how I write a custom block.
26 August 2022
Was my degree a mistake?
With the latest news about exponentially-rising tuition costs and student debt forgiveness, I keep asking myself whether college was truly necessary.
07 February 2022
Overriding WordPress core: Dynamic blocks edition
I was recently given the task of making the WordPress core RSS block look exactly like one of our custom blocks posts block.
27 October 2021
WordPress dynamic block registration, with special guest JSON!
WordPress 5.8 introduced the ability to use a block.json file to register and configure custom blocks.
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