Hardcoded API keys hold up until the first model deprecation. Here is how I use AWS Bedrock as the gateway instead: Boto3 calls, inference profiles, IAM permissions, and a triage assistant that runs on Lambda rather than inside the WordPress request cycle.
A client’s inventory sync kept missing its schedule because WP-Cron only runs when someone visits the site. Here’s why that happens and how to move critical jobs to a real server cron job with a standalone PHP script.
A client site was grinding to a halt because a plugin forced an MVC structure onto WordPress. Why that fights the platform, and why hooks and filters are the WordPress way.
A WooCommerce site was failing silently with database errors that never hit the logs. A wpdb proxy in a db.php drop-in caught the failed queries and fired a custom hook, which exposed a coupon plugin causing deadlocks.
I got a call about a WooCommerce site, a big one with thousands of products and constant orders, where the admin dashboard was timing out….
Got a frantic call from a client a while back. Their WooCommerce site was throwing a 500 error on the checkout page, but only for…
A client’s WooCommerce site crashed under Black Friday traffic. A serverless AWS stack fixes that scaling problem at the foundation instead of throwing a bigger server at it.
I got a call from a client in a full-blown panic. Their WooCommerce store, which does huge numbers, was completely down. On Black Friday. They…
Had a client call me in a full-blown panic. Their WooCommerce site went down. On Black Friday. They’d just launched a massive sale, got a…
I was working on a small security plugin a while back and decided to get it onto the official WordPress directory. But then I remembered…