Night & Day
How AI-assisted development made it cheaper to experiment with and ship a carefully reviewed light and dark theme.
Topic / web-engineering
Web engineering
Front-end development, web architecture, performance, and tooling.
Website migrated to Ruby on Rails 8
Why and how I moved a seventeen-year-old WordPress blog to a file-based Rails 8 application without sacrificing its URLs or history.
My Vite Starter
The choices behind a fast, reusable front-end environment for coding interviews and small React prototypes.
Node.js 20, Yarn 4, and Next.js on Docker
A compact multi-stage Docker pattern for shipping a standalone Next.js build with Node.js and Yarn.
The new Verses for Life website
Rebuilding a long-running scripture-memory project with Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS, and multilingual content.
Swarzy Website Refresh
Refreshing a consulting website around clearer services, stronger project evidence, and measurable performance.
User experience defined, and its impact to your business
A practical definition of user experience, the work front-end engineers contribute, and why both matter to a business.
Babel 7 dynamic config - making Babel work with esm, Jest, JSX, and Preact server-side rendering
Guide to configuring Babel 7 to work with esm, Jest, JSX, and Preact server-side rendering.
Configuring AWS IAM Policy for S3 Bucket and CloudFront
Guide to configuring AWS IAM policy to grant user or group rights to a specific S3 bucket and CloudFront distribution for static website hosting.
A good day at WordCamp Seattle 2013
Notes from WordCamp Seattle 2013 including Scott Berkun's Write or Die talk, WordPress as a gateway drug, and automated WordPress development with GruntJS.
Open source loves MariaDB
The open source community is switching from MySQL to MariaDB, an enhanced drop-in replacement created by the original MySQL developers.
Web Performance Optimization for WordPress (Slides)
Slides from my presentation about web performance optimization for WordPress.
Speaking at Seattle WordPress Developers Meetup in October
I spoke at the October Seattle WordPress Developers Meetup on web performance optimization for WordPress with front-end optimization tips.
Mobile Web Development
Overview of mobile web development frameworks including jQuery Mobile, Sencha Touch, and SproutCore.
I am going to WordCamp Seattle 2011
Attending and organizing WordCamp Seattle 2011, a one-day conference about WordPress with speakers including Scott Berkun and Andrew Nacin.
Hide the WordPress Admin Bar in WordPress 3.1
Quick guide to hiding the WordPress admin bar in WordPress 3.1.
WordCamp Seattle 2011
WordCamp Seattle 2011 was held on April 16, 2011, at the University of Washington - a one-day conference about WordPress.
Seattle WordPress Meetup
The Seattle WordPress Meetup community for business people, consultants, designers, developers, and system administrators, powered by WordPress, BuddyPress, and bbPress.
Installing, Configuring, and Using the XHP PHP Extension by Facebook
Guide to installing and configuring the XHP PHP extension by Facebook on Ubuntu.
WordPress 2.9 Released
WordPress 2.9 was released with new features including a trash system for posts and comments, a built-in image editor, batch plugin updating, and easier video embedding.
Updated Design
The website had an updated design in late 2009 with a custom WordPress theme.
WordCamp Seattle 2009
WordCamp Seattle 2009 happened on September 26 at the Adobe office in Fremont with keynote speakers Chris Pirillo and Liz Strauss.
Six Resources for Web Developers
Essential resources for web developers including Stack Overflow, GitHub, Hacker News, CPAN, and PerlMonks.
HowTo: Make IE8 Display Your Website in IE7 Compatibility Mode
Guide to making IE8 display websites in IE7 compatibility mode.
Anti-Spam Solutions for Wordpress, Movable Type, and the Rest of the Web
Overview of anti-spam solutions including Akismet, Mollom, and TypePad AntiSpam for protecting WordPress, Movable Type, and other platforms from comment spam.
Getting Started With WordPress
Resources for getting started with WordPress including installation guides, theme resources, plugin directory, and Akismet anti-spam tool.
Upgrade to WordPress 2.5: Done.
In 2008, the site was successfully updated to WordPress 2.5.
Wordpress 2.5 Release
Learn about the WordPress 2.5 release and its redesigned admin Dashboard, improved tag management, better password security, Shortcode API, and more features.
Wireless Audio w/ Airport Express and Airfoil for Windows or Mac
Guide to setting up wireless audio with Apple Airport Express and Airfoil.