Author: Christopher Ross
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What high-availability WordPress actually requires (and how to tell if you need it)
A hosting quote with high availability on it can be insurance or upsell. Two numbers you can work out yourself decide which,…
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The bandaid and the wither: what dying coal towns taught me about the AI layoffs
The Cape Breton mines died for decades while everyone pretended otherwise. What coal towns, a letter from St Kilda, and “learn to…
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Make a living giving it away, fifteen years on
Fifteen years after WordCamp Toronto 2011, Make a Living Giving It Away goes to WordCamp US in Phoenix on August 18. What…
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Behind the scenes: a forced WordPress security update, and a bug I filed against core
WordPress 7.0 shipped, and a major version is a confidence event before a feature event. How I kept courses, a new plugin,…
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The box under my desk that a hundred people were counting on
I once took down the login system for about a hundred people scattered across the country, coast to coast to coast, with…
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Four leaks to fix before you redesign your service website
Service sites leak at the same four joints: an offer nobody can repeat, buried proof, a heavy or silently broken form, and…
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Before you clean up an inherited site, find out what it’s holding up
Last Tuesday I had my cursor on a line of code that looked like pure garbage, and I came within one keystroke…
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How to sell online courses with WordPress (complete system)
Selling a course is four decisions in the right order: the promise, the stack, the price, and a funnel that teaches before…
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Fort Erie data centre: what the town has on file
The data centre worry in Fort Erie is running ahead of the facts. I live here and work in tech, so here’s…