This week I attended Microconf Portland, where I heard exceptional talks by exceptional speakers and enjoyed a tremendous hallway track with other SaaS and software founders. I wanted to capture my thoughts on the experience. Microconf is a conference series… continue reading
I’m a firm believer in the idea that you have to use a tool to fully critique it. With that in mind I committed to using Claude Code for an entire week, putting it through its paces to see what… continue reading
A few years ago, I had an opportunity to serve on a jury. Twelve ordinary citizens were called to hear a case, where we heard from five supremely confident but deeply conflicting witnesses. Our job was to sort out who… continue reading
I’m a big believer in the notion that you can’t really critique something until you’ve tried it. With that in mind, I spent some time over the holiday break with AI, working on a couple projects. Here are the results… continue reading
Last week, Zend by Perforce wrote a blog post about when and how to migrate from a monolithic application to a microservices architecture. For those that haven’t read the post, the TL;DR is that as your application grows, it makes… continue reading
Recently I had an opportunity to interview with a company that I really respected. Normally I wouldn’t consider taking any kind of role or gig (as I run a small business), but the problem space was particularly interesting and the… continue reading
Sometimes in life it’s important to perform a “reset” and just take a minute to examine where you are and where you want to go. I’m about to embark on a month-long retreat to bolster my mental health and consider… continue reading
These remarks reflect my personal position alone. They do not reflect the position of AspirePress or anyone else. Today, I am heartbroken. I feel many different emotions. Anger. Fear. Sadness. But most of all, its a feeling of profound loss… continue reading
With as much as has been written about turmoil in the WordPress community, I wanted to take a minute to highlight a contributor in the open source space that truly embodies the open source ethos and a community-driven spirit. Many… continue reading
There is a lot of upheaval in the WordPress community right now. There is talk of forks, and community repositories for packages, and lots of different ways that the community can establish independence from the status quo. But who really… continue reading