Articles about WordPress plugins, Gutenberg blocks, and full-stack apps, based on real projects.
October 23, 2026
WordPress
7 min read
Two critical PHP flaws allow remote code execution, and no WordPress update will fix them. What site owners, agencies and plugin developers should check, in order.
August 21, 2026
WordPress
9 min read
How to evolve static Gutenberg block markup and attributes safely with isolated deprecations, migrations, fixtures, and release checks.
August 8, 2026
WordPress
8 min read
A practical workflow for finding why a Gutenberg block contains unexpected or invalid content, fixing the real mismatch, and protecting existing posts.
July 27, 2026
Full-Stack
7 min read
The testing pyramid says write lots of unit tests. For a Node, Express and MongoDB API, I found the opposite works better. Here is what I test now.
July 20, 2026
Next.js
7 min read
Next.js shipped a repeating pattern of middleware bypass fixes in 2026, including one that needed a follow-up. The security lesson behind them.
July 7, 2026
Freelancing
6 min read
A React Native wallet and two MERN and Next.js web apps, built one after another. What shipping three real products taught me that tutorials don't.
July 6, 2026
AI
7 min read
AI-generated plans and drafts are easy to demo and hard to ship well. What matters most is what you do with the output after the model returns it.
July 2, 2026
Full-Stack
8 min read
Six FastAPI services and one gateway. What building a multi-currency wallet taught me about splitting a backend by responsibility, not guesswork.
June 25, 2026
Next.js
7 min read
When one app serves two kinds of users, like trainers and clients, roles need checks at more than one layer. Patterns from building Reppod on Next.js.
June 18, 2026
Full-Stack
9 min read
How to model organizations, roles and scoped data access when one user belongs to several workspaces, with real patterns from a MERN stack app.
May 26, 2026
AI
8 min read
A hands-on guide to the Claude API features that matter in production: streaming, prompt caching, tool use and extended thinking, with examples.
May 25, 2026
WordPress
6 min read
Gutenberg is built on React, but several React habits break inside blocks. What React developers need to unlearn when they start writing blocks.
May 22, 2026
WordPress
7 min read
Freemius or WooCommerce for selling a WordPress plugin? Licensing, updates, checkout and reporting compared by a developer who has used both.
May 21, 2026
AI
6 min read
How to add Claude-powered features to a WordPress plugin: server-side PHP requests, a secure REST endpoint, and a Gutenberg block that uses it.
May 20, 2026
Next.js
6 min read
How to choose between WordPress and Next.js for a client site, based on who edits content, budget, performance needs and who maintains it after launch.
May 18, 2026
AI
6 min read
Which AI tools help with WordPress development in 2026: Claude Code, Cursor and Copilot, where each one fits, and what AI still gets wrong.
April 24, 2026
WordPress
8 min read
Building your own licensing is a mistake. The full setup for free and Pro plugin tiers with Freemius: folder structure, PHP gating and WordPress.org.
April 10, 2026
WordPress
6 min read
Most Gutenberg tutorials teach patterns that break at scale. These are the architecture decisions that hold up across the life of a real plugin.