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If you’re looking for my most personal blog, you’ve come to the right place. This is a curation of content I publish that’s raw, honest, and down-to-earth updates on what’s going on in my life. Published about once every month.

Personal Updates

LASIK

I got LASIK yesterday, and for the first time since 1994, when I was 6 years old, I am able to see without corrective lenses. It’s been an exciting, and surprisingly emotional experience for me.

July 1, 2023

LASIK
Personal Updates

New Website, Who Dis?

My new site turns my personal website into a central hub, making it possible to view content I’ve published across the web. I’m so excited to finally have it up and running.

March 2, 2023

Blogging, GraphQL, NextJS, Project Standiford Blog, Web Design, WordPress, WPGraphQL
Case Studies, Personal Updates, Portfolio

I Gave a WordPress Taxonomy an Expiration Date Using BerlinDB

I had one of my clients come to me with a fun challenge. They wanted to be able to “flag” a post, and have that flag automatically disappear on the site after a certain period of time. This post explores how I solved that problem for them.

February 22, 2023

BerlinDB, freelancing, Taxonomies, Terms, WordPress, WordPress Plugin
Case Studies, Personal Updates, Portfolio

I Built a RESTful Events Integration

I built a WordPress plugin for an agency that integrates a third party events API with WordPress. This plugin loads fast, and reduces the number of requests. This post talks about how I approached this small project.

February 20, 2023

Data Syncing, freelancing, Paid Gigs, Projects, REST API Integration, Side Hustle, WordPress, WordPress Plugin
Personal Updates

So Long, DesignFrame!

Looking back from 2026: I wrote this when DesignFrame closed. The years since have been spent building plugins and doing custom WooCommerce work. Most of my focus now is on Siren, an affiliate plugin for WooCommerce, with the occasional freelance project when something interesting comes through. The original post is below. Welp, I finally did […]

January 30, 2023

Business, freelancing, Side Hustle
Personal Updates

I’m Tired

If you have been anywhere near me over the past year, you’ll know that in the last 8 months I have went from being an industrial engineer, to a freelance industrial engineer, to blogger, and now to an employee working as a web designer and marketing manager. For me, the biggest struggle is not in […]

December 29, 2015

freelancing, Life
Personal Updates

My Sister was Bullied by a Radio DJ

Hello, my name is Alex, and I have an older sister, named Kellie. Kellie is 30 years old, and can easily be described as the most loving, caring, and wonderful person I have ever met. She sees the world very differently than most of us– without cynicism and with complete and utter hope. To Kellie, […]

January 29, 2013

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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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