This Fence Has No Farmer
Every developer inherits code nobody can explain. The old assumption, that someone had a reason for it, is getting harder to trust. Pondering Chesterton's Fence and AI code.
The Blog
From the desk of a web nerd
Ideas on web design, development, WordPress and building better things for the web.
Our Clients Are Using AI Now
What's actually different now that clients have AI tools and where the human bit still matters the most.
WordPress 7.0: The Good, the AI, and the Still Missing
WordPress 7.0 was supposed to ship yesterday. The AI infrastructure is getting all the attention, but the most useful features in the release are the ones nobody's writing about, and some long-overdue ones are still nowhere to be seen.
Free Online Testing Tools for Your Website
A curated collection of the best free online tools for testing your website — covering performance, SEO, security, accessibility, email deliverability, DNS, and more.
The XY Problem
That thing where someone asks you how to do Y, and it slowly dawns on you that Y has nothing to do with what they actually need.
30 Custom WordPress Functions to Supercharge Your Website
A curated collection of battle-tested WordPress functions covering performance, security, admin customisation and frontend tweaks — updated for 2026.