This is a collection of stuff that I’ve made.
Web applications and things
- Turbo Admin – A WordPress plugin and browser extension that adds a command palette, notice hiding and a bunch of other improvements to the WordPress dashboard.
- Can I PHP? – Like caniuse.com but for PHP features.
- Beyond WP – A resource that aims to level-up WordPress developers by introducing them to resources and tools from outside the WordPress space.
- SchoolBot – a smart, parent information system based on Laravel and BotMan
- Has What Yet? – Simple yes/no status pages (on the best domain name I ever bought)
- Zap the Map – A surprisingly successful attempt to create a virtual Beat the Street
- Tweet Finder – A simple interface to Twitter’s Advanced Search
- Kownter – An attempt at my own simple, privacy-aware website analytics tool, documenting progress as I go
- Today I – a tool to encourage and record daily creativity
- WP to Laravel – A video course introducing the Laravel framework to WordPress developers
- Press Ups – simple WordPress training
- Government Petition Tracker
- hasyourbabyarrivedyet.com
- swaptheworld.uk – This was an app I span up for swapping the “Build the World” trading cards.
- wichelstowe.world – This was an app for tracking a round-the-world exercise challenge, very quickly converted from Today I’s code.
- ScreenTimer – a simple screen timer, yes, ironically, on a screen
- The Swindon Quiz
Plugins and Packages
- Peekobot (JS/CSS) – a simple, choice-driven chatbot framework for your website written in less than 100 lines of ES6 vanilla JavaScript (and some CSS).
- Laravel Asset Cache (Laravel package) – Local caching for inclusion of JavaScript and CSS assets in Laravel projects
- WP Quick Image (WordPress) – Like Quick Draft but for images – a quick way to post an image to WordPress
- Sync Pinboard (WordPress) – Plugin to sun WordPress pins to a custom post type, complete with Gutenberg block for display of pins.
Articles and Podcasts elsewhere
- Get Started with PHP Static Code Analysis – on Delicious Brains blog
- JavaScript for Back End Developers – on Delicious Brains podcast
- Degrees and Web Development – on Delicious Brains podcast
Tech Talks
It’s been a privilege to speak at some WordPress-focussed tech conferences on not-WordPress-specific topics:
- I Tried Writing Some Code… You Won’t Believe What Happened Next! (WordCamp London, 2019)
- User Experience – it’s for everyone (WordCamp London, 2016)
- You Are Creative (WordCamp Brighton, 2016)
- Why and how to use screencasts to train users (WordCamp London, 2017)