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…
Tag: APIs
Technical documentation debt turns a simple fix into a nightmare
A simple VIP discount request stalled on a 1000-line, undocumented function nobody understood. The fix was not more code, it was documenting the intent behind it. A short comment block up front saves hours later.
What WooCommerce agentic commerce means for developers
A client asked whether his store needs new AI features. WooCommerce’s agentic commerce lets AI assistants browse and buy through an API, so the prep work is clean product data and stable APIs.
Running Bedrock on Pantheon with a CI build step
A client was told Bedrock was impossible on Pantheon. It is not. The fix is a CI build step that runs Composer and pushes the built code to Pantheon, so the main repo stays clean.
When a side project plugin turns into a nightmare
A client side project plugin grew into an operational crisis of spaghetti code. The lesson: give even a small plugin real structure from day one, a main class and separated concerns, so it stays maintainable.
That Time a WooCommerce Race Condition Deleted Live Orders
I got a call from a client running a high-traffic shop. The panic in his voice was obvious. A customer had just emailed him, irate….
A pragmatic local continuous integration workflow with GrumPHP
Had a new dev join the team a while back. Sharp guy, good attitude. But his first few commits were… inconsistent. Braces all over the…
The Right Way to Handle WordPress Password Hashing
I got a call from a client with a membership site that’s been around since the dawn of time. They wanted to upgrade their security,…
Stop Fearing Serverless: Your Big PHP Site Can Handle It
I was on a call last week with a client running a pretty big WooCommerce store. They’re getting ready for a huge Black Friday sale…
Laravel Vapor Logs: Getting Papertrail to Actually Work
I had a client running a pretty slick setup on Laravel Vapor. But they had this ghost in the machine: an error that would pop…