Odds & Sods
Notes from the shop — process, tools, and the occasional opinion.
November 21, 2025
AI is a Better Writer. So Why Am I Still Blogging?
It's not hard for me to admit that AI is a better writer than I am. It's faster, more succinct, and understands grammar far…
October 21, 2024
Replacement for Jetpack Tiled Galleries and Lightbox Carousel
Jetpack has long suffered from mild to moderate derision in the WordPress developer community due to its bloated nature and heavy-handed approach. I don't…
September 26, 2024
Our Take on AI and the Web (As a Web Design Agency)
"Is AI going to take my job?" is not a question I'm currently concerned with. How AI will change the way I work and…
April 2, 2024
Why We Chose Utah
It's been nearly 17 years since we moved to Park City. We love living in this town and adore being in Utah. We chose…
January 22, 2024
Spigot 15, Extra Extra
We've launched a new version of Spigot - v15. Here's the announcement for your reading enjoyment
December 22, 2023
That’s it. That’s the Tweet.
The tweets are all gone. For good. If you're wondering what happened to the tweet history that once was on this website, sorry to…
June 2, 2023
Why the Fediverse Is Primed to Be the Next Big Thing on the Web
If you're old enough to remember the early-ish days of the internet, you may remember the general excitement of the unbounded possibilities of what…
November 9, 2021
WordPress Database Cleanup
Maintaining spigot17.spigotdev.com/ is a passion of mine. It's my site after all. So when I realized that the database was massive, even after deleting…
November 5, 2021
Quick and Easy Dark Mode with Sass
I haven't spent a ton of time thinking about dark mode updates to websites. I haven't used it much on any of my devices,…
October 26, 2021
Goodbye Sweet Tweets
I've been using Twitter since 2008, and for reasons I'll explain, I've been pulling each and every one of those tweets into this site…