Author: Christopher Ross
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Behind the scenes: the week my site kept telling small lies
A week of quiet gaps between what my site claimed and what it did: a podcast feed advertising missing audio, 230 archive…
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Moodle to WordPress: when the move is the upgrade, and when it isn’t
How to migrate from Moodle to a WordPress LMS stack with user mapping, course parity, enrollment continuity, and reporting validation.
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From layoff to consulting: what the first year costs you
Severance and Employment Insurance buy four to eight months. The first consulting payment usually lands in month six or seven. Here is…
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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 kicked a beige PC under my desk and took down logins for a hundred people, coast to coast. Two weeks to…
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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…