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…