5 minute readIt’s easy for WordPress plugin developers to be endlessly chasing “modern best practices” and building features they love, but actual users don’t care about. Over the past few months, I’ve been experimenting with a development methodology that avoids waste and stays focused on users’ priorities. I call it “Lazy Software Development,” and this is how it works…
Read More The 5 Promises of User-Led Software Development5 minute readThe bane of all Javascript code using jQuery.ajax() is polluted JSON responses: when some HTML or other junk gets into your JSON response, making it unparsable and bringing the whole system to a screeching halt. In this post, I’ll show what you can do with polluted JSON to keep everything working. How It’s Supposed to […]
Read More Handling Polluted JSON in AJAX5 minute readHow do you make money when you give your product away for free? Let’s consider the common open-source business models, and explore the viability of supporting development entirely through sponsorships.
Read More To Fund WordPress Plugin Development Through Sponsorship, or More Traditional Models?2 minute readI recently created an Open Collective in order to fund development of my plugin Print My Blog. Here’s its pitch for why the plugin users should elect to donate to the collective. I’m posting here to gather feedback on my ideas, not so to extract money out of people who don’t even use the plugin. […]
Read More Why Users Should Pay for My WordPress Plugin (Even When it’s Totally Free)2 minute readThis morning, I received my first financial support for developing the WordPress plugin Print My Blog on Open Collective. Upon seeing the email informing me of that, I’ve had a whole host of feelings… yes, from a donation of $20. Here they are… Elated This came first. This was the first ever donation I’ve received. […]
Read More My 10 Feelings Upon Receiving $20 (for a WordPress Plugin)2 minute readI heard about webpagetest.org during my most recent WordCamp. It’s a service for analyzing your website’s performance. From what I can tell, it’s completely supported by sponsors, so it’s free to use. I ran my WordPress meetup’s site (which, obviously, runs on WordPress) through its analysis, and initially got C grades or so. Not fabulous. […]
Read More How I Got All A's on webpagetest.org5 minute readWordPress is experiencing a cultural change in order to adopt “modern best practices.” But are these changes leaving “small d” developers behind?
Read More Are WordPress’ "Small d" Developers Getting Left Behind by “Modern Best Practices”?3 minute readWill your blog survive the Digital Dark Age? Print My Blog is a WordPress Plugin aimed at helping your blog’s content be around for future generations.
Read More Preserve your Story with "Print My Blog" WordPress Plugin3 minute readMaking a WordPress plugin available in a user’s preferred language used to be more complicated. Now it’s really easy. I want to share the up-to-date way (as of 2019) to get your plugin ready for translating into everyone’s languages. I’ll skip the complexities of translations and get right to it. 1. Set Your Plugin’s Minimum […]
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