How To: Interview a developer, as a developer!
This article goes over a simple approach of interviewing a developer, as a developer.…
How To: Organise a web developer meetup
Disclaimer: This post was automatically published a few hours after the event so let's hope everything went according to plan. I recently had the opportunity to organise a meetup, that revolved around the idea of knowledge exchange and community building. I've had this idea for a…
Visual Studio Code - Tips & Tricks
If you're following me on Twitter you probably know how much I enjoy using Microsoft's Visual Studio Code. So much, that one of my tweets is currently featured on their main page [https://code.visualstudio.com/]. But this article is not about how much I enjoy…
Are you bikeshedding? Probably!
You have no idea what I'm talking about, right? That's because not many people use the term bikeshedding. It's not a usual term that people just throw around all the time. Bikeshedding is when you argue about some meaningless thing and tend to avoid…
Just Another Cluster #3
Well, well, if it isn't that time of the week again, where I post interesting links / articles / tools and then comment upon them. If you haven't read the first ones [https://stefancosma.xyz/tag/weekly-cluster/], I suggest you do. This is issue number #3. As always,…
Basic security. Let's talk about that!
Disclaimer: I'm not a security expert, nor do I pretend to be one. This article just highlights some of the things that I've learned over the years, when it comes to basic security measures. I cannot be held responsible for the bad things that could happen…
An open letter to WordPress devs about standardization
Dear WordPress dev community and Automattic, I've been working with WordPress for the past 5+ years. In this time frame I have worked with a lot of stuff, from free crappy open source themes to high-end premium ones. I've built plugins, themes, you name it. In…
Meeting the locals!?
A more appropriate title would be: should I meet the locals or do I have any locals that I should meet and when I say locals I'm referring to local developers / web designers around my area or even around the country. I have a big issue with this…