Thoughts on development, technology, and building things that last.
I like React. I've shipped projects with it and I'll ship more. But not every project calls for it — and knowing the difference is one of the more valuable things 20+ years of building gives you.
Read more →PHP has a reputation problem. It's been the butt of developer jokes for two decades. Here's why I still reach for it over everything else — and why that's a deliberate choice, not inertia.
Read more →Every time I mention I built my own blog engine, someone asks why I didn't just use Wordpress. Here's why — and what I actually built instead.
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