With the change of ownership and direction at Twitter, a lot of Twitter users have switched (or are considering switching) to Mastodon, the open-source decentralized social media network that launched in 2016.
I’m one of them.
Though I’m still using Twitter, it’s likely I’ll be making the switch to only using Mastodon soon.
Continue reading 5 Things I Learned About Mastodon
When you’re a developer switching from a Mac environment to Windows or you’re a new developer working in Windows, it can be challenging to know where to start customizing your environment.
Wouldn’t it be nice to get favorite tips and tricks from a Windows developer?
Thanks to Christina Workman’s question on Twitter about moving from a Mac to Windows development environment, Amy Letson shared some of her favorite Windows settings.
Continue reading A Few Quick Tips for Setting Up Windows for Development
Chris, a former client whose WordPress website I worked on several years ago, contacted me recently about an unexpected error message on their WordPress dashboard.
The issue was due to their infrastructure, but Chris didn’t know how to resolve the issue.
It was a PHP version issue. Could I take a look at it and resolve the issue?
And could I take a look at the site’s performance?
Chris was speaking at a conference in a few months and wanted to make sure the site was in tip-top condition for performance.
Sure, I replied to Chris.
I resolved the PHP version issue quickly.
But when I looked into site performance, and what steps I could take to improve it, I met a barrier right from the start.
It had to do with the permalink structure my client had on their website. Continue reading Quick Tip: Default WordPress Permalinks Redirect Automatically to Custom Link Structure