As a technical lead, senior engineer, or technology director, code review can be one of the most valuable and force-multiplying tasks during your day. Code review is often thought of by new managers or leaders as simply about identifying bugs, but I think it’s more than that. Especially when you’re working with junior developers, code […]
Category Archives: Computers and Technology
Thoughts on Composer, dependency management, and “practical” autoloading in WordPress
As Tomodomo (my company that builds websites for magazines) grows, I’m spending more and more of my time thinking through “bigger picture” technical architecture decisions, as opposed to actual implementation. I try hard to make sure our technical architecture follows broad industry best practices, while leveraging the best that WordPress has to offer. In the […]
Notes from WordCamp Halifax 2018
I was thrilled to be asked back to WordCamp Halifax this year, after having spoken at last year’s inaugural event. This year, I spoke about Gutenberg (which I’m using to write this post), and our experience of choosing Gutenberg and building for a Gutenberg world. The talk was more philosophy and anecdote than step-by-step coding […]
Hello, my name is… Content Marketing
Content marketing is a nebulous topic. In a talk I gave tonight at the Houston WordPress Meetup, I discussed what content marketing is, how it’s actually nothing new, what makes great content, and how to develop (and refine) your own content marketing process. Thanks to the Houston WordPress Meetup group for hosting me. I appreciate […]