Reach out if you need help with…

Project Architecture

The first step of a large project can often dictate its outcome. Whether it’s advising on which eCommerce plugin to utilize, building project roadmaps, or mapping out data structures for complex imports from a prior CMS — let me help get your team off to the right start and avoid issues before they become problems.

Technical Escalation

The trickiest problems can sometimes outstrip the day-to-day needs of agencies. If you don’t have anyone on staff capable of efficiently diagnosing, triaging, and remediating software conflicts — or the folks you do have are stumped, I’m easy to tag in to investigate, for only the hours you need.

Developer Training

Would you like to begin leveraging newer functionality in WordPress, but unsure where to begin? I’m delighted to run group seminars or 1:1 sessions with your people to help them level up and get more comfortable with aspects to bring to their daily work.

Security Incident Management

Managing incidents when things go wrong are tricky. If you’ve had a vulnerability disclosed to you, or you’d like to set up a Bug Bounty program, reach out! I’ve served as point person for Security Incident Response Teams numerous times in the past and overseen security releases to protect millions of customer websites.

Some assorted writings…

Two Coins Bug

There’s an old riddle I heard while growing up that I used to hate. You have two coins that add up to 30 cents, but one isn’t a nickel. What…

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The Genealogy of Malware

While working on Jetpack Security, one thing I have a greater opportunity than most to do is inspect naughty bits of code that get injected into a user’s site. One…

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WordPress of Things

Continuing my prior remarks on building Internet of Things devices that connect to WordPress, I delivered a talk at WordCamp Lancaster earlier this month on that topic. All the code…

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Motion Sensor WiFi Light Switch

The downside of the old knob and tube style of wiring is that some off-the-shelf light switches, like the common Leviton motion-sensor switch, are totally non-functional without a ground wire…

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Electronic Conference Badges

Ever since attending Defcon 24 this past August, I’ve been enthralled with the idea of electronic event badges. I’m also pondering and trying to sort out what exactly would be…

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I’m Learning the Core Media Modal.

Disclaimer: This is basically me stream-of-thought’ing things as I’m learning the Core Media Modal’s codebase.  It’s my scratchpad, and I’m merely making it public in the hopes that it may…

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