A Senior Developer’s Unapologetic Reckoning with the Tools We Love to Hate “Legacy Code” or “Stable Foundation?” When I left my agency job in 2024 as a team lead—building WordPress sites with Vue sprinkles and Laravel apps—to join a profitable SaaS startup running Laravel and jQuery, I felt a pang of dread. jQuery? In this…
As a seasoned blogger and web developer, I’m always eager to explore new hosting solutions for my WordPress sites. Having previously tried Fly.io and been impressed by its simplicity and performance, I decided to venture into the world of Google Cloud and AWS, curious to see how they would stack up. Little did I know,…
Is your WordPress site weighed down by too many plugins? It’s a common problem – with over 50,000 free plugins available in the WordPress repository, it’s tempting to go overboard. But using too many plugins is like carrying a backpack loaded with bricks – it will slow you down and wear you out over time.…
Have you ever clicked on a blog and been overwhelmed by a dizzying array of colors, images, and design elements? Did it distract from your ability to actually read and engage with the content? I faced this exact dilemma with my own blog. The design had gotten cluttered and busy, to the point that it…
So, as it often does, what started as a simple discussion at work turned into a fun little weekend project. We’ve been exploring different architectures for our projects and one that as been of particular interest to me is using WordPress as a content API to be consumed inside of a Single Page App. I’ve…
Sage 10 is an advanced starter theme for WordPress, designed to streamline the development process and offer a modern and structured approach to theme creation. Built by the team at Roots, Sage 10 embraces the latest web technologies and best practices to help developers build efficient and well-organized WordPress themes. One of the major changes…