Updating my now page was a long due. I’ve moved the task on Akiflow forward countless times. Now that I’m finally updating that page, I figured out tha I might as well write a small life update on the blog. Well, this post also acts as an easy way to tell some big-picture things simultaneously …
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HeroPress essay: Finding My Place In The World
Recently I had the opportunity to share my story in HeroPress. Thank you Topher! Read or listen to the essay in English or Finnish on HeroPress.com.
Services and apps I use weekly
I find people sharing their toolbelt of different services and apps interesting, as those appeal to the mindset that is always looking for shinier alternatives and ways to trim any overhead off from days. Haven’t shared my toolbelt earlier, so decided to do so. My philosophy for services and apps is that the simpler it …
On mentoring a flagship WordCamp
This post turned out to be a long one. Fill your WCEU2022 Flaske bottle or favourite cup with your preferred refreshment and sit back. To whom didn’t already know, I mentored the WordCamp Europe 2022 in Porto, Portugal which ended just a few days ago. WordCamps are informal, community-organized events that are put together by …
Stop Resilio Sync from draining your macOS battery
At work, when developing WordPress sites we share the same database and media files between all developers as well as with staging. This means, that every time someone uploads a new image to the WordPress media library, the image needs to be transferred to other developers as well.
Fighting against work boreout
In the Finnish coding related Slack community, Koodiklinikka, was a good discussion about work boreout. That discussion got me thinking, and I almost said that I’ve never suffered such a thing. In fact, it has happened once. So I thought, why not share few tips on how I battled it then and how I battle …
WordPress and climate emergency
Climate emergency is here. There’s no doubt about that. We are not here for me to tell everyone what climate emergency means or what it causes to everyone’s daily life in the coming years. We are here because I realised something uncomfortable. WordPress community does not talk about climate emergency at all enough. *
How to disable user status updates in BuddyPress
I’m extending the client’s website to have social elements like public profile pages, profile activity, some custom-created content and such. Because I do like to build things myself, my first thought was to build all of this by myself from start. Not so great idea after thinking it thoroughly through. I did look up some …
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On switching jobs.
I feel like this year has again started with many posts about how people are switching jobs. Don’t get me wrong – I’m sure it has been the right move and I’m really happy for them. Nevertheless, it has caused a little bugging feeling inside me. When people share about their new jobs, they are …
Using the same database for development and staging environments with WordPress Network
Here at Dude, we use the same database for the site’s all development and staging environments. With this neat arrangement, we always have the latest content shared between our developers, which is crucial as the team might be working on the same project at the same time. No need for database migrations or moving dump …