Stop Being Scared of the Command-Line Interface
I was reviewing a pull request from a junior dev on my team the other day. Smart kid, really sharp with React. But I saw…
Tag: APIs
How to Properly Autowire a Symfony Console App
I was working on a project for a client with a huge, old-school inventory system that needed to sync with WooCommerce. The only way to…
Why the new WooCommerce update schedule matters for BFCM
I remember getting a panicked call from a client a few years back. It was the week before Thanksgiving. Their site was locked up. A…
How to turn spaghetti-code WordPress admin pages into a scalable system
A client came to us with a plugin that was, to put it mildly, a total mess. It started simple enough: one little settings page….
Stop using FTP and deploy WordPress with git push
I got a call from a new client in a panic. Their site was down. White screen of death. Turns out, their previous developer had…
A better way to write WP-CLI commands
I took over a project once where the deployment checklist was a mile long. Clear this cache, sync that data, run this report. All manual….
How serverless fixes a core WordPress security flaw
I had a client come to me, completely at their wit’s end. Their site had been hacked for the third time in a month. They’d…
Technical Documentation: How to Avoid a Nightmare Project
A client came to us with their WooCommerce shop last week. The request seemed simple enough: add a tiered discount for VIP customers. But when…
WooCommerce and Agentic Commerce: What Devs Actually Need to Know
Got an email from a client last week. He forwarded me the official announcement about WooCommerce and Stripe exploring AI and asked, “Ahmad, what is…
How to Use Bedrock with Pantheon Without Losing Your Mind
A client came to us a few weeks back completely frustrated. They were on Pantheon, which is a solid host, but their dev workflow was…