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  • WordPress Post Formats and Gutenberg. Is it worth it?

    Let me save you time. The answer is, it depends, but I think it’s worth it. I love Post Formats, even though I haven’t always used them. With the WordPress Block Editor, they initially seem totally redundant. Let me make a case for why they still work really well together. A primer on Post Formats…

  • Experiments in Block Art

    Experiments in Block Art

    Playing around with methods for creating art using WordPress blocks only. These experiments all work best on desktop, although seeing how they respond on mobile is quite interesting.

  • Implementing SASS with Webpack – Part 1

    My CSV converter project that I’ve been working on is a test-bed for learning some key development workflows such as using Pull Requests, implementing JavaScript modules and one of the most useful of those – using Webpack to bundle project files. When I first started the project it consisted of the following files: index.html style.css…

  • The second is even harder

    So, I started this blog with the intention of putting thoughts and experiences of learning somewhere. The thing that I quickly realise in my learning journey is the challenge of figuring out what I don’t know. I have “dabbled” in development (PHP, JavaScript and a few others) over many years and learned a lot along…

  • The first post is the hardest

    Why do this blog? To make myself write thoughts and process what I learn as I grow my ability as a developer. I plan to write, even if it’s small and even if someone else wrote a better post about what I learned. Why public? I work for Automattic – a fundamentally distributed organisation who…