What If WordPress Hadn't Been GPL?
WordPress is GPL, and that isn't changing. But what if it weren't? A thought experiment about the license that quietly decided what WordPress became.
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A JavaScript Dice Roller That Shows Its Work
A fair dice roller and a rigged one produce numbers that look exactly the same. After a night of zombies that would not die, I built one that shows its work.
The Block That Almost Did What I Wanted: WordPress to Astro
After years of accepting near-matches from the WordPress Site Editor, I rebuilt this site in Astro. It took a month and 220 commits.
The Buildings That Never Were
Capcom rebuilt the Raccoon City police station for Resident Evil 9. I hadn’t been inside in twenty-odd years and still knew the way to the records room.
How to Build a GitHub Profile README That Feels Like You
A practical guide to building a GitHub profile README that feels personal, useful, and easy to maintain.
Design vs. Performance: Balance for Your WordPress Site
No animations, no custom fonts, barely any images — and a 100 on desktop PageSpeed. Fast and beautiful aren’t opposites, but every flourish quietly costs speed.
AI Is Not an Oracle: The Limits of Machine Learning
Machine-learning curves look confident until speedrunners change the game underneath them. MediEvil shows why “AI as oracle” fails.
What Is a Web Developer? How I Became One Before AI
How I became a web developer before AI and what today’s devs can still learn from that slower, hands-on way.