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: 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…
That ‘Fun’ Side Project That’s Now a Total Nightmare?
Had a client come to me in a panic a while back. He’d built a small inventory management plugin for his WooCommerce store. A classic…
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….
GrumPHP: A Pragmatic Local Continuous Integration Workflow
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 up…