Here’s an interesting explanation of the “Eternal Struggle” between Technical Debt and Backward Compatibility (in a WordPress context) from WP CLI maintainer, Alain Schlesser.
Web development
If I talk about web development, I will place that post into this category. These are some – not all – of my thoughts about web development.
You can find that content, below.
The Spammy Guest Post Email I Received (And Why You Should Ignore This Stuff)
Every so often, an email lands in my inbox that reminds me just how much snake oil still circulates in the world of SEO and …
Resolving Zoom error code 1132
I got a weird error with Zoom in the past week on a new PC – on which Zoom had been working fine, one moment, and then, failing with error code 1132.
What is hume.google.com and why is it in my referrers?
This one crops up from time-to-time for me, and as I frequently ask myself questions, this post lays a digital trail for me to come back to in future.
Find WordPress Posts That Don’t have a Featured Image
A long while ago, I made this website 100% AMP, because mobile first is the future, and the future is now.
AMP Stories are now Web Stories… and they’re pretty cool
I know, right. I don’t say things like “pretty cool” but AMP stories are now called Web Stories, have a WordPress plugin, are officially supported by Google, and feature a simple drag-and-drop interface to allow you to create mobile friendly content which looks like this:
The Power of Screencast Videos
Screencast videos are a really powerful way of demonstrating web development issues to clients. Whether showing the impact of changes from back-end to front-end or from third party tools like Pingdom, clients love to see behind the curtain – but ideally in an explainer video lasting no more than 10 minutes.
Understanding the New srsltid Parameter in Google Search URLs: What’s Really Going On?
Recently, many webmasters, SEO professionals, and curious users have noticed a new query string parameter—srsltid—being appended to URLs in Google search results. While this might …
New Google AMP Warning “Image size smaller than recommended size”
If you’re running AMP for fast loading pages on the mobile web (and, if you’re not, you should give it a try, it’s awesome!), you maybe got a notification in Search Console (AKA Google Webmaster Tools) that “Image size smaller than recommended size” for some or all of your AMP content.
DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN – What to do!?
A Chrome error which pops up regularly enough for developers and clients I have worked with to warrant a “what to do” article is the …