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8 November 2020

That cheap WordPress theme is going to cost you far more than you paid for it

Technical Opinions

The marketplace model looks cheap upfront. A £49 theme, a stack of plugins, a developer who moves on once invoiced. Over three years it costs significantly more — and it's never obvious until something breaks.

wordpress · themes · web development

15 November 2019

I skipped proper testing on my own site. A stranger on the internet caught it before I did.

Process & Practice

I updated a parent theme and silently broke the mobile layout. A stranger caught it before I did. I do this professionally. It's the clearest illustration I know of why you cannot assume.

testing · development · process