Lifting Times is back
I've rebuilt and relaunched Lifting Times, the Olympic weightlifting magazine I founded in 2015 — here's what's new and why it still matters to me.
Writing on building, shipping, and the odd tangent.
Notes from running a small WordPress agency — the tools I build to make it saner, and the occasional detour into weightlifting or a joke shop that sells nothing.
I built a shop that sells nothing
LeerHaus is a satirical luxury shop that sells real products containing nothing — an excuse to try FluentCart, a new WooCommerce alternative.
I run a WordPress agency. I rebuilt our site without it.
Why a brochure site doesn't need a database on every page load, and what I reached for instead of WordPress.
How to tell if a WordPress plugin is safe to install
A practical checklist for vetting WordPress plugins before you install them, and the warning signs that should make you walk away.
Where people quit a quote form
Two recent Quotify updates — a template library and conditional logic — aimed at the exact moments people give up.
Notes on building SendTidings
Why I built a client reporting tool, and what I learned shipping it alongside agency work.
Hello World (Again)
The first post. A bit about what I'm building, why I'm writing about it again, and what tends to end up here.
"You Party Hard, But Did You Die?"
The last stretch of the trip — Thailand's islands, the Full Moon Party, and winding down.
Koh Phangan & Koh Tao
Full Moon Party aftermath and learning to dive off the coast of Koh Tao.
Ko Samui
Island life on Ko Samui — beaches, scooters, and sunsets over the Gulf of Thailand.