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A Day Preparing Dreamy Tags for WordPress.org
A day spent preparing my Dreamy Tags WordPress plugin for publication turned into an unexpected deep dive into licensing, performance checks, block polish, and the surprise of a disabled WordPress.org account—proof that even familiar platforms still hold surprises. Read More
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Dreamy Tags
Dreamy Tags is a WordPress plugin that creates meaningful, filtered tag clouds by narrowing results to specific categories and tags. Built for real archives and evolving projects, it surfaces recurring themes while hiding administrative noise. Read More
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From Shortcodes to Blocks: A Small WordPress Victory
After years of fighting awkward tag cloud plugins, I built my own. This post walks through the frustrations, the leap into WordPress plugin development, the realities of Gutenberg blocks, and how a filtered tag cloud finally helped surface patterns in my Dreamy Audio podcast. Read More
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Lewis Moten: Materials for Our Data Review Discussion
An email sent to the chair of the Warren County Finance Audit Committee outlining the tools, methods, and datasets used to analyze county financial records. It documents the technical context behind audit-related findings and a follow-up to a public meeting discussion. Read More
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When a Security Device Quietly Ages Out
I pulled out a security device I bought in 2021 and found the companion apps no longer provided the data needed to use it. Firmware updates didn’t help. Without notice, support had essentially expired – leaving six figures locked behind a product still physically intact but digitally stranded. Read More