Craft vs Bitdefender: Certificate Wars
For the last month, I've been getting show-stopping errors in Craft. My web host couldn't find any faults, Craft support had no clue, and it only affected one machine: one with Bitdefender installed. I wonder...
Craft Update Woes
CraftCMS has a habit of imploding when running software updates, for which I have developed several coping strategies.
Fixing Amazon Photo Crashes
Amazon Photos on Windows has been force quitting for unknown reasons. Well, I finally found a fix, so I thought it might be worth sharing it with other people.
The mistakes of CSS
It's fun to see which technical decisions the CSS working group officially consider "mistakes" 😂 I agree with most, though not sure how I feel about the counter-clockwise directional shorthand […]
There is no HTTP code for censorship (but perhaps there should be)
Should there be an HTTP error code for censorship? Quite probably and I agree with Terence that 403 (forbidden) is a misleading response. I really like his various proposals and the format he uses is […]
Today's JavaScript, from an outsider's perspective
I can relate to Lea's frustrations (or, more specifically, those of her friend who doesn't often stray into JavaScript […]
Thoughts on Disney+
Two months after Disney+ launched I'm still a huge fan of the content catalogue but swing between feeling bemused and exasperated at the actual experience of using the service.
Adding Search: Refining The Frontend (Algolia, Gatsby, Craft CMS - Part 3)
The search page is live, the index is populated, but it all looked a bit rubbish and it didn't quite work as well as I wanted. Now it's using custom-styled components, queries are tracked/stored via the URL for persistence, and you can filter results based on category.
Editing Commit History in Git/GitHub
I was recently given a new laptop at work (🥳), but failed to realise that my Git author details weren't syncing correctly with GitHub for almost a month... 🤦 Rather than simply accept those white squares, I decided to rewrite the repository history. The process turns out to be quite simple, but I still hit several snags so figured it could be useful to document my fixes and errors.
How to Fix a Broken Embedded Flickr Album
I recently had need to embed a Flickr album, as I've done many times before. When I published the article, however, the album was broken and only showed a single image. Odd, sure, but I figured I had […]