• Alex Standiford

    I see people asking “what can I do to overcome burnout?” I think is the wrong question. Burnout is not a thing to overcome. That mentality kills. Work hard. Work until you’re tired, and then take a long ass break. Like, take your assumption on how long you need and quadruple it.

  • Alex Standiford

    “What does your work process look like?”

    “I dunno, I just kind of do what I want to-do until I have to do something I don’t want to-do.”

  • Alex Standiford

    Handling big tasks in , like database upgrades or image updates can be a challenge. Most people think of WP Cron first, but there are other ways to do this. In fact, Underpin has three different approaches, each with their own advantages.

    wpdev.academy/wordpress-tips…

  • Alex Standiford

    So Twitter is now serving me ads in Spanish. Apparently moving to New Mexico REALLY confused the algo, and it now thinks I no-longer speak English.

    The funniest part is I’m probably messing it up more because I’m stopping on the ads to try and translate them myself.

  • How to Handle Big Tasks in WordPress

    How to Handle Big Tasks in WordPress

    Learn a few different ways you can use to do big tasks, like database migrations, or upgrades using WordPress.

  • Alex Standiford

    A look at Nearly Headless where it really shines – a slow internet connection. You’ll see the comments take a minute to load, but the content loads instantly.

  • Alex Standiford

    “I think I’m actually going to take a lunch today”

    Kate, cooking: “It’s basically breakfast, nothing special”

    Me, *puts hand on shoulder*: “Breakfast IS special.”

  • Alex Standiford

    So something for @affwp went public today.

    This plugin allows you to generate just about anything in either @WooCommerce or @eddwp. These orders can randomly have referrals Affiliates.

    It’s saved me many hours since I built it.

    https://t.co/2DmkbJ1rtb Referrals (for) affiliates.

    eek. Proofreading is cool.

  • Alex Standiford

    Work-in-progress design for our off-grid water/power module. It’s an insulated box that will keep our water from freezing, and regulate the temperature of the solar equipment needed to power our future house.

    Thinking of using geothermal + water cooling.

  • Alex Standiford

    Okay, so the brewery website is ready to go and published here:

    nearly-headless.dev

    Still have a little more to-do, mostly revolving around SEO and title tags, but this is pretty much what we’re going to build in the upcoming course.

Alex
Alex
@alex@www.alexstandiford.com

Founder of Novatorius & creator of Siren Affiliates. WordPress engineer and partnership advocate helping businesses grow with flexible incentive programs.

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