2014
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Splinternet
Sept 6
If policymakers can’t be stopped from attempting to act in their constituents’ “best interest,” perhaps we should band together to build a freer alternative that’s less easy for policymakers to ruin.
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WordPress Core Proposal: Dependency Management
Sept 5
This is a problem for which I don’t have a solution. It is also one where I think most of the proposed solutions are problems to begin with.
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Testing Responsive Websites
Sept 4
Developers claim to build responsive, mobile-friendly websites. But do we actually take the time to test and maintain them?
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Scripting vs Programming: PHP and OOP
Sept 2
OOP doesn’t make much sense when we’re talking about a scripting language.
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Playing the Lottery
Sept 1
There are 259 million possible ticket number combinations for Powerball. What are the chances two people will win with the same numbers?
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Content Categorization
Aug 16
I’ve been playing once again with a Coursera class on machine learning.
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What Are Your Skills Worth?
Aug 13
What value do your skills really have? To you? To your employer?
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Interesting Hacking Attempts
Aug 11
When someone hacks a plugin or theme, it’s bad. When someone hacks the foundation of those systems (WordPress), it’s worse. When someone hacks the base upon which WordPress is built (Apache, Nginx, or whatever server you use), it’s tragic.
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WordPress Core Proposal: Session Management
Aug 6
When you log in to WordPress, the platform should record the event, where it occurred from, and the device that was used. This would empower you to kill off rogue sessions if necessary.
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Creating New WordPress Projects
Aug 3
I love WordPress, both because it’s free and because it’s free.
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Selector Caching in jQuery
Aug 1
One of the first critiques I find myself writing while I review JavaScript code is “cache your selectors.”