Ross's Micro Blog

Woo! I have used the Mastodon API!!

It can be so disheartening building stuff that very few other people seem to make use of. 😕

So make things that you enjoy and use yourself. 😎

And enjoy the creative process. 🙂

If it’s not fun and no one else seems to care, don’t do it.

Is there a “you can have two of three” thing here?

– Fun
– Useful to you
– Useful to others

If it doesn’t do two of these, drop it!

Still hard, even with hints and cheats. 😆

Or maybe I don’t know enough WordPress internals? 😬

Argh! I gave up on today’s #WordlePress after 16 guesses. 😭😭😭

🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️ x 9
🟩⬜️🟩⬜️ x 6
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Test your #WordPress dev knowledge at https://wordlepress.com/

Hacking on #WordlePress today.

It was too hard, so there are now options to:

– Get a hint of a word. This will reveal the first letter and length of a word, like “r*******”
– Outright cheat by having a single word revealed

https://wordlepress.com/

In future, uses of these will be tracked and included in the sharing text, and your user stats.

It’s still just for funsies though. Don’t take anything too seriously here.

Thanks to all who play!

Wow. I knew I had hoarded way too much stuff in an ancient Pocket account. I’d never been able to properly clear it out because the app couldn’t load the whole list. But now it seems I can sort by date in reverse!

Digging up some right old gems of articles.

“At the time of this writing, Mt. Gox values a BTC at ~$10.75 USD — however that could fluctuate up or down, depending on the Bitcoin market as a whole.”

November 2012

https://mashable.com/archive/bitcoin-currency

Well. I guess it had to happen one day! 😂

Wordle 548 1/6

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I realised that the plugin version of Turbo Admin needed at least the core code update. Working on that this morning.

Keeping the additional search modes (users, plugins, WooCommerce, Gravity Forms) as extension-only for now. But that might change.

It is done! Turbo Admin’s next big version (v1.12) is complete. Submitted to Chrome Web Store for review. Docs written.

Hopefully you all get to try this next week!

If you’re still at work, that is.

On my new work laptop I’ve had to move from Firefox to Chrome. Today I discovered the Cmd-Shift-A shortcut and it’s AMAZING. Proper keyboard tab switching. Love it.

Coding thought: I’ve always loved types. My first job used static analysis a LOT! With the combination of PHPStan & JSDoc letting me use types without changing my code much I’m LOVING the help & insight that types give me. Old PHP code with structured arrays is SO annoying now.

A post on strikes and taxes:

https://rosswintle.uk/2022/12/on-strikes-and-taxes/

This morning is just going to be a social media stream of consciousness from me as I process many things from the last few weeks and months. You may want to mute me. 😂

Catching up on reading. This is a great little tutorial from @briancoords@wpbuilds.social using the new #WordPress #JavaScript packages.

https://www.briancoords.com/recreating-the-quick-draft-dashboard-widget-using-the-wordpress-data-layer/

The JSX + components seem like such a no-brainer. But I realise I’m basically allergic to big piles of dependencies. If I build this, how long until it breaks? 🤔

The enter key now also submits a guess. SO glad I fixed that!

Gosh it’s a mess. I wish I could do design. 😭😭😭