Hi, I’m Josh.
Nice to meet you.
I’ve been working on the web since 2007 as an engineer, designer, strategist, user interface consultant, team lead, project manager, and product builder. I’ve been working IRL since 2010 as a husband and since 2013 as a dad.
Unless attributed, words, photographs, and graphics are my own. This blog is proudly built using Eleventy.
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Nov 01, 2021
Taking Notes: Why and How
I've been writing for myself regularly for probably 15 years and have tried out many different systems and apps. Recently, I think I finally found the right one.
Oct 12, 2021
Accept-Encoding, Content-Encoding, and ERR CONTENT DECODING FAILED
An error message in a browser-based app lead to some digging and learning about content encoding and negotiation.
Dec 31, 2020
Protect your WordPress REST API with OAuth2 using Auth0
In this post, we are going to add the ability to use Auth0-generated access tokens for WP REST API endpoints that require an account and certain capabilities.
Aug 30, 2020
WordPress Unit Testing Techniques
I've learned a lot about how to avoid common issues and making life writing tests in WordPress a little easier. This post is a collection of ways I've found to accurately and thoroughly test a plugin.
Feb 09, 2020
Taking WordPress to Eleventy
How I converted 12 years of posts in WordPress to an Eleventy static site ... and loved every minute of it.
Jun 27, 2019
Specializing vs Generalizing
Should you specialize and go deep or generalize and go broad? I'd argue they they are two sides of the same coin.
Jun 11, 2019
Improvement as Experimentation
I've gone through many transformations in my life. I have been lucky a number of times in a way that benefited me. I've also been unlucky a number of times that held me back.