Thoughts on development, technology, and building things that last.
Integrity Ag was running their sales pipeline out of Monday.com — it was fine but they had questions about AI integrations, per-user fees, the customization limits of the system, and missing automation that was holding them back. Here's what I built to replace it.
Read more →I like React. I've shipped projects with it and I'll ship more. But not every project calls for it — and knowing the difference is one of the more valuable things 20+ years of building gives you.
Read more →PHP has a reputation problem. It's been the butt of developer jokes for two decades. Here's why I still reach for it over everything else — and why that's a deliberate choice, not inertia.
Read more →Every time I mention I built my own blog engine, someone asks why I didn't just use Wordpress. Here's why — and what I actually built instead.
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