I’ve avoided “weighing in” on the subject of coding with AI, but after seeing people either dismiss AI tooling entirely or throw themselves at it without any structure, it felt appropriate to create a course to help. There’s a useful, fairly disciplined way to bring agents into a WordPress workflow, and I wanted to detail […]
As a developer deeply interested in the evolution of WordPress, I’m excited to share some insights into a new educational resource now available for free on VIP Learn: the Enterprise Block Editor course. This course, which focuses on Gutenberg and its enterprise applications, is designed for development teams working on complex publishing experiences. I had […]
A while ago, I wrote about minimal campervan conversions – i.e. what is the least you can do to call your van a campervan? In 2023, I found out for myself. I had a tight deadline, and limited budget to get something ready for a European road trip with my wife in the summer. So […]
If you’re a developer working with WordPress and you’ve ever thought, “admin-ajax is clunky, and I need more control”, or “why would I use thw WordPress REST API when GraphQL exists”, then you’ll want to check this out. I’ve just wrapped up a full-length, fully free course called Mastering the WordPress REST API, built specifically […]
Fifteen years ago, I sat under an awning at a Devon campsite, juggling cables, adapters, a 20Ah Halfords-branded lead acid power pack, and an ageing MacBook that would wheeze its way through two hours of work – on a good day. Back then, trying to work remotely from a campsite felt more like a mad […]
Following four years of helping WordPress VIP customers scaling their Enterprise WordPress sites and applications, I made a move to the WordPress VIP Learning and Credentialling team. Over the past year I’ve been on an incredible journey developing a series of Enterprise WordPress Courses, and I’m thrilled to share the results with you all. It’s […]
After working mainly freelance for the past decade or so, I started 2020 with career development on my mind. Freelancing had been going pretty smoothly, but it didn’t feel like it was going anywhere, that I was specialising in being a “jack of all trades” and I couldn’t help but think there was more opportunity […]
I usually rely on a wired ethernet connection in my home office, enabled by a powerline adapter running through the mains wiring to the house, where the other end connects to one of the ethernet sockets on an Airport. Yesterday I took delivery of a shiny new Macbook Pro and was reminded that they now […]
Back in 2010 I started writing about “Remote Working”, initially on this blog, then split off into a separate “Rick on the Road” blog, written using my own (now abandoned) database-less blog software, which I called “eatStatic”. I even did a talk on this subject at the Anywhere Working event in 2013, talking about a […]
I try to avoid jumping on every new trend which comes along in the web world, especially over the last few years, where things seem to have moved very fast, with javascript frameworks becoming obsolete before i’ve even got round to trying them, but I also need to keep my skills and tech relevant. Here’s […]