by Carl Alexander
I gave a talk on neurodiversity at Decoupled Days 2026. This is the companion article that I wrote for it. If you’re just looking for the slides, click here. For most of my life, I was just making choices. I chose self-employment. I chose control over my schedule. I chose remote work, coffee shops, travel, [ ]
As I start writing this year in review, the first thing that comes to my mind is this holiday memory I have (and many other nerds have 🤣) from my youth: Going to see Lord of the Rings in theatres. For three years, every December, we d get to go watch an unfolding epic saga. The [ ]
I guess I ll start this by acknowledging the milestone that this is my 10th year in review. (You can read the previous ones here.) It s a milestone that comes with mixed feelings. In a way, that s also the best way to describe how I m feeling as 2024 comes to a close. On the one hand, [ ]
I wasn t sure I d be writing a year in review this year. It feels a bit weird opening with that statement, but I think it s pretty representative of the year I ve had. Each year is a journey of self-discovery for me, but I feel that, even by my standards, I ve learned so much more about [ ]
Why WordPress Agencies Should Pay Attention to Serverless
It s a bit wild thinking about 2022. On one hand, COVID is still here and a good part of the year was dealing with the Omicron wave. This meant more lockdowns with curfews, vaccine passports and other sanitary measures. As I discussed in last year s review, the curfews were very rough on my mental health. [ ]
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