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Don’t use URL to construct paths in Node.js
I’ve been spending some of my time recently making sure WordPress Playground works in Windows.While working on Windows fixes I learned a lot about making sure Javascript code works POSIX and Windows when running it in Node.js. One thing that I learned is that you shouldn’t use URL to construct paths. If you construct a…
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Building Automated Tests with WordPress Playground
A big advantage of WordPress Playground is that it can start a new WordPress site quickly and be configured during boot. Both of these features are important for automated testing, so Playground seems like a good fit for testing WordPress projects. Previously Jan and I worked on the Playground tester which automatically tests Playground compatibility…
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Webshops are about people and products, not user flows
I’ve spent a long time building webshops, and for years I thought it was all about features and removing friction to improve conversion funnels. I thought that if a shop didn’t do well, we could always get it back on track by researching, improving, and measuring. The process is repeated forever, and the business grows.…
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Someone finished installing WordPress for me
When I first started building this site, I took it slow and did a bit every day. One day I would update DNS records, the next day I would set up Nginx, and so on. When it was time to install WordPress I uploaded the files and stopped for the day, leaving an unfinished WordPress…