Posts in category dev - page 15

06 Feb 2016

MySQL server has gone away – Smoke and Mirrors

Dev

Seen this error before from MySQL?

01 Feb 2016

WordPress Post Formats

Dev WordPress

‘Post formats’ is a neat WordPress feature that lets authors mark posts as a particular type and then allow the theme to style them accordingly. For example a user/blogger might find themselves just posting a picture with a caption and no other content. Such a post would likely make more sense if styled differently.

22 Jan 2016

Vim Registers

Dev Vim

I’ve been using Vim registers a lot more recently. This post is my cheat-sheet for how registers work in Vim and a few useful actions:

16 Nov 2015

Quickly setup WP Plugin Unit Tests

Dev WordPress

I am finding wp-cli increasingly useful. For those who haven’t come across it before—as the name suggests—it is a command line interface for WordPress. This in itself is fairly useful as a standalone tool for blog management (just run wp to see the possibilities!). For developers it also has a handy feature for bootstrapping plugin unit tests.

10 Oct 2015

An API for T-Shirts

Asides Dev

Prior to a trip earlier this year to the Isle of Wight I’d come across Rapanui. They’re a clothing brand that have some inspirational business values; acting in a sustainable way, using recycled material and supporting the economy around where their business is based. As if that isn’t cool enough, they also have a whole API for making t-shirts!

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