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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  • Refactor WordPress integration to remove TaskScheduler in favor of new task system

    Summary The phpnomad/tasks package has been rewritten in v2.0.0 to introduce a modern, dependency-injection-friendly, platform-agnostic task system. This update deprecates the legacy TaskScheduler and CanScheduleTasks model and replaces it with a new, unified architecture centered around: This issue proposes refactoring the WordPress integration to fully adopt the new task system. Why The current WordPress integration…

  • I Released a 2.0.0 of PHPNomad Tasks

    Introduction This release introduces a new task system built on the unified TaskStrategy interface. The previous task execution model relied on CanScheduleTasks, which was tightly coupled to time-based, WordPress-style scheduling. It used string intervals and closures, and did not support modern queue systems or dependency injection. The new model introduces a clean, declarative, platform-agnostic task…

  • Today, I spelled entrepreneur correctly on the first try. AMA.

  • Here’s a little tip for managing a CRM after a conference – upload photos of the back and front of the business cards to the CRM. Looking at the card – its design, colors, etc, is often enough to trigger you to remember the conversation you had with them. Super helpful.

  • I’m a sucker for a new hat, and while at an outdoor hospitality conference I was lucky enough to get to meet the people who made one of my must-have travel apps. It’s always so fun to meet people in person as a super fan of their product.

  • I’ve been using Rocket.net for my hosting lately, and I’ve been really loving their support and setup in-general. Been moving most of my clients over to it just because it’s been rock-solid.

  • I’ve been coming out to the campground in the afternoons to work, ride my bike, fly kites, and play fetch with Phoebe. As you can see, Phoebe approves.

  • Oblivion is somehow more buggy than I remember. I love it πŸ˜„

  • How to Regain Momentum After a Stalled Launch

    Feeling stuck after your launch excitement fades? If you’re tired of watching your sales slow to a crawl and frustrated by marketing tactics that barely move the needle, you’re not alone. Here’s how to break free and regain the momentum you had on launch day.

  • Tuesdays and Thursdays are my “meeting days”. I schedule all of my meetings on these days. The consequence is that these days are INSANELY busy, but Monday, Wednesday, and Friday end up being a lot more productive as a result. But WOOF am I tired after a very chatty Thursday!