Gutenberg and WordCamp.org’s Shortcodes
Corey McKrill presented a case study at WordCamp Portland about the process we went through to build Gutenberg blocks for WordCamp.org.
How (misusing) Slack is Ruining Work
Rani Molla recently published a great article on how misusing Slack makes it harder to get work done, not easier.
Best Good Practices
In episode 18 of the React Round Up podcast, Alex Moldovan articulates something I've been feeling lately, as I dive deeper into the modern JavaScript world.
Setting up WordPress Multisite with SSL on DreamHost
Setting up a Multisite instance on DreamHost isn't as easy as it should be if you want to also have SSL certificates, but it's possible with the right settings.
Guest on Hallway Chats
Tara Claeys and Liam Dempsey have a really interesting podcast where they talk to people in the WordPress community about what it means to be successful.
MySQL Fails to Start After `brew upgrade` from Version 5.7 to 8.0
I upgraded from MySQL 5.7 to 8.0, but found that the service wouldn't start. I was able to fix it by manually re-running the upgrade process.
Automatically Run Tests While Solving Exercism.io Exercises
I've been learning Ruby during my sabbatical, and found the exercises from Exercism.io a great way to do that. Manually running the unit tests was tedious, though, so I setup Guard to do it automatically whenever I save a file.