We Shipped Our First EmDash Plugin: What We Learned
Listora is our first plugin on the EmDash registry. How the port from WordPress went, how publishing works, what broke, and what is still not ready.…
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AI & Tools
AI tools, automation workflows, MCP servers, and how we use AI in WordPress development.
Claude Code and Git Across 100+ Repos: Worktrees, Clean Commits and Release Rules
Six real Claude Code and Git incidents from a 100+ repo agency, with the hook, setting or habit that stops each one from happening again.…
MCP Servers Change Under You: How We Pin, Test and Watch Them
An MCP server is a dependency that changes without telling you. Six real incidents from our agency, and the pin, test and watch rules we keep now.…
When Agents Write the Code, What Is the Developer’s Job?
When agents write most of the code, the job becomes deciding, checking and owning. Here is how we design the work so people do not become tired reviewers.…
Should You Let AI Crawlers In, Block Them, or Charge Them?
For small content sites: let search and answer crawlers in, think harder about training bots, and treat charging as an experiment. Here is the reasoning.…
Can AI Replace a Website Maintenance Retainer?
Can AI replace a website maintenance retainer? What our agents handle across WordPress, Astro, EmDash and Laravel, and what still needs a person.…
26 Releases in Four Days: What Our Release Gates Caught
How a small team and AI agents shipped 26 release packages in four days, which release gates caught real bugs, and which problems still got through.…
The Claude Code Skills Library That Runs Our Agency
A department-by-department tour of the Claude Code skills library we run our agency on: what each skill does, what still needs a person, and how we keep it gove…
From Proposal to Delivery: The MCP Servers That Run Our Agency
One client project followed from proposal to final delivery, with the Claude Code MCP servers and skills we use at each of ten stages, what each replaced, and t…
Codex vs Claude Code vs Cursor: What We Actually Run, and Why
The honest answer to the codex vs claude code question is not a single winner, and that is the first thing most comparisons get … Read more…
The Week AI Coding Agents Grew Up, and the Accountability Bill Arrived
Two things happened in the world of AI coding agents in the same week, and reading them side by side tells you more than … Read more…
Who Owns It at 3am: The Real Line Between Vibe Coding and Engineering
There is a fight running through the developer world right now, and on the surface it looks like a fight about tools. One camp … Read more…