It started with a phone call from my mom. Microsoft had announced it was removing Publisher from Microsoft 365, and she, my aunt, and my cousin all had years of files made in it. Newsletters, … [Read more...]
Cross-Cutting Concerns with MediatR Pipeline Behaviors
I've recently been exploring MediatR Pipeline Behaviors and cross-cutting concerns (logging, validation, security, transactions) but also wanted to tackle some performance and resilience scenarios … [Read more...]
Laravel User Timezone Aware Trait
Next up in the series on useful Laravel model traits is the `UserTimezoneAware` Trait. This trait is useful when you have dates on models that you need to display in the user's timezone. ```php // … [Read more...]
Useful Laravel Model Traits: Gravatar
Starting a little series here on useful Laravel model traits. This first one I use quite often. // app\Traits\HasGravatar.php namespace App\Traits; trait HasGravatar { /** * The … [Read more...]
Laravel Transformable – An Eloquent Model Trait for Consumable Models
In working on a new Laravel-based REST API over an existing database, I quickly realized the need to shield API consumers from my underlying database structure, especially since I knew the structure … [Read more...]
Gravity Forms + Microsoft Dynamics CRM
I've been hard at work on a brand new WordPress plugin that brings you easy web-to-lead and web-to-contact forms for Microsoft Dynamics CRM through the powerful Gravity Forms plugin for … [Read more...]
DNS from the command line: dnsimple-cli for Node.js
Too busy to do a full write-up now, but I'm working on a new Node.js dnsimple-cli package based on azure-cli. Of course, it starts with ASCII art: After logging in, you can do something like … [Read more...]
WooCommerce MailChimp 1.2 Released
WooCommerce MailChimp version 1.2 is now available on the WordPress Plugin Repository which brings enhancements to provide even greater control over the opt-in settings to better support international … [Read more...]
WooCommerce MailChimp Update
WooCommerce MailChimp will soon surpass the 3,500 download mark after just under 3 months on the WordPress Plugin Repository. The response has been incredible, interest has been steadily gaining and … [Read more...]
WooCommerce MailChimp 1.1 Released
The response has been huge to my WooCommerce MailChimp plugin but there have been quite a few international users who haven't been able to use it due to laws requiring the ability for customers to … [Read more...]