Practical insights on web development, maintenance, and making technical decisions that reduce risk.
Small website fixes rarely take long to implement. The weeks you spend waiting for a response cost more than the work itself.
Most website problems start small. A missed update, a plugin conflict, a hosting change. Understanding why sites fail helps prevent it.
Website maintenance is often sold vaguely. Here is what it should include, what it should not, and how to evaluate what you are paying for.
CMS updates break things. Not always, but often enough to make people nervous. Here is how to reduce the risk without avoiding updates entirely.
Each plugin solves a problem. Many plugins create new ones. The costs of plugin sprawl are hidden until they compound into real problems.
The temptation to rebuild from scratch is strong when code becomes difficult. Usually, incremental refactoring is the safer path.