Not every team needs AI in their workflow. But more teams need it than realize it. Here are five signs that your development process is begging for an AI-powered upgrade — and what to do about each one. Sign 1: Your Code Reviews Are a Bottleneck If PRs sit for more than 24 hours waiting […]
“Move fast and break things” is Silicon Valley’s favorite motto. It’s also terrible advice for anyone building WordPress solutions for clients who expect their websites to, you know, work. The Myth of Speed Here’s the dirty secret about moving fast: most teams that think they’re moving fast are actually just moving recklessly. There’s a massive […]
If you’ve been paying attention to the cybersecurity regulation space, you’ve probably seen the term “SBOM” pop up with increasing frequency. Software Bill of Materials. Sounds bureaucratic. Sounds tedious. Sounds like something you can ignore until next year. But here’s why you shouldn’t. What Is an SBOM? An SBOM is exactly what it sounds like […]
I’ve been building AI subagents for my WordPress workflow for over a year now, and the results have fundamentally changed how I work. Not in the “AI will replace developers” way that LinkedIn influencers love to predict, but in the “I automated the boring stuff and now I’m twice as productive” way. What’s a Subagent, […]
Let me say something controversial: technical debt isn’t inevitable. It’s a choice. Every shortcut, every “we’ll fix it later,” every copy-pasted Stack Overflow answer that you didn’t fully understand — those are decisions. And like financial debt, the interest compounds. How Technical Debt Actually Accumulates Nobody wakes up and says “I’m going to write terrible […]
I’ve inherited enough WordPress sites to have developed a healthy paranoia about plugins. That “highly rated” plugin with 100,000 active installs? It might be a ticking time bomb. Here’s the evaluation framework I use before any plugin touches a production site. The Five-Minute Audit Before I even install a plugin in a staging environment, I […]
If you build, maintain, or distribute WordPress plugins or themes in the EU market, there’s a regulation headed your way that’s going to change how you work. The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) isn’t a suggestion — it’s law. And the clock is ticking. What Is the CRA? The Cyber Resilience Act is the EU’s answer […]
Six months ago, I did something that my past self would have called reckless: I handed 90% of my code review process to an AI. Not as an experiment. Not as a “let’s see what happens.” As a permanent workflow change. Here’s the full, honest story. The Problem with Human Code Review Don’t get me […]
Let me tell you something that might sting a little: your WordPress development workflow is probably costing you two to three times what it should. I know because I’ve audited dozens of agency workflows, and the pattern is almost always the same. The Silent Money Pit Here’s the thing about inefficient workflows — they don’t […]