CSS Masonry Layout is Finally Real: Meet grid-lanes
I recently had a client come to me with a classic request: “I want my WooCommerce product gallery to look like Pinterest.” Simple enough, right?…
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Why Web Component Architecture Took 30 Years to Arrive
I once took over a massive enterprise WooCommerce site that had been through four different development teams. The CSS file was nearly 30,000 lines long….
Explaining HTML and CSS to My 5-Year Old Niece: A Reality Check
I was sitting at my desk last Tuesday, halfway through a nasty WooCommerce checkout refactor, when my five-year-old niece wandered into the office. I had…
How To Master Smooth Scroll Animations With CSS
I got a ticket last week for a high-end WooCommerce store where the homepage carousel was absolutely tanking their Core Web Vitals. They were using…
Solving WordPress Admin Performance with View Transitions and Speculative Loading
I had a client last month running a high-traffic WooCommerce store—roughly 50k products—and their admin dashboard was a total nightmare. Every time they clicked “Edit…
How to Manage Multiple Client Sites Without the Workflow Headache
I remember a specific Friday night—about 9 PM—when a long-term client called with a “minor emergency.” They needed a custom layout tweak for a seasonal…
Is WordPress Free? The Brutal Truth About Website Costs
I once had a lead—let’s call him Mike—who was genuinely offended by a project estimate I sent over. He spent twenty minutes on Zoom explaining…
AI Website Building Reality: Why Your Prototype Isn’t Ready
A client came to me last month absolutely beaming. He’d “built” a full business site in twenty minutes using one of those trendy AI prototyping…
How WordPress Real-Time Collaboration Will Change Your Workflow
I once worked with a massive newsroom client where the editorial team was constantly at each other’s throats. They had fifteen editors trying to polish…
Stop Building on Rented Land: Why You Need an Owned Content Strategy
Last month, a client came to me in a total panic. They had built a massive following on a popular social platform—somewhere north of 50k…