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Working on Compatibility with Webmentions & the IndieWeb
I’ve been working for awhile on trying to make my blog the central hub of my online presence, even on social media, taking a #POSSE approach. One issue that I’ve found is that the #Facepile setup of #Webmentions is getting blown away when using JetPack comments. #IndieWeb
Geek / Programming / WordPress
WordPress Development On A Chromebook, Termux, & Neovim
So about 6 months ago I decided to make some changes to my personal development environment. I’ve been using a Chromebook as my primary machine since about 2013. I first purchased an Acer C710 for my wife to use but compared to our Macbook Pro it was a frustrating and subpar experience for her, not to mention she was a heavy Adobe Suite user. Since sharing the Macbook Pro was challenging I set out to use the Chromebook as me development machine. Originally I went with the crouton option. It was pretty sweet to have a full Linux environment alongside Chrome OS. I was then running a full LAMP environment with PhpStorm as my IDE. This worked OK, I had performance and stability issues at…
WordCamp US 2019 – How the WordPress Community Can Embrace the Next Generation (Talk + Panel)
Talk – Olivia Bisset lemonadecode.com/WCUS If WordPress doesn’t become attractive to the next generation it will become a relic. WordCamps Don’t use the word kids, use words like teens and students Make regular tracks attractive to to young people Market to young people, don’t make it all about old people Meetups Don’t use foul language, make it family friendly Parents Take your kids to events Support your kids to see talks that are relevant for them Teachers WordPress is a good publishing tool for kids Writing content helps students develop their writing skills Have an “Hour of Code” Block Editor Students liked the Block Editor Panel Dina Butcher, Ema DeRosia, Emily Lema, Sophie DeRosia, Olivia Bisset, Natalie Bourn Kids are using the WordPress platform to…
Enterprise API Development…Navigating The Battlefield
Right now at work I’m the lead on a project to establish a new vendor API. Unfortunately there were decisions made on key specifications of how the API was to be developed before it was handed to me. Where I work there is a lot of legacy standards and so it’s challenging to introduce new technologies as a standard. I do see that there is a constant struggle between what APIs are needed internally versus externally, for B2B integrations. I’m always looking to try to balance this out whenever I can.
Geek / Programming / Tech
If Money Were No Object, What I’d Choose For My Next Developer Machine
These days I’m sporting an HP Chromebook 13 G1 which has mostly been a good machine. Seems like even with 8GB of RAM I still end up with some freeze ups when I’m plugging in or unplugging my USB-C dock. It’s rather frustrating but fortunately Google Chrome is designed to recognize abrupt closes and can recover. I used to run in developer mode but now since I can run Android apps I’m using Termux with a Linux shell and Neovim as my IDE. I’m still working out the best setup for Neovim but so far it’s serving me well. So back to the premise of this post and the main image. If I had the finances to support it I’d want my next machine to…
A Guide to Commit Messages, Tracking Development History
I love this guide from Aaron on keys to maintaining a solid SCM history.