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Papers, Please: Prove You’re the Author
My Dreamy Tags plugin hit an unexpected checkpoint: proving I owned my own code. What followed was a crash course in WordPress identity, domain email forwarding, forgotten accounts, and DNS quirks—ending with verified ownership, cleaner infrastructure, and hard-won lessons learned. Read More
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Monica Podcast: Effective Output, Uneasy Terms
This review documents an early-2026 evaluation of Monica Podcast, an AI podcast generator that delivers compelling results while surrounding them with pressure-driven pricing, opaque policy terms, and consent-shaping interface design. Effective output, uneasy terms. 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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Navigation over Narrative: A Minimalist Cyberpunk Overhaul
I’ve overhauled my homepage into a streamlined cyberpunk navigation hub. By transitioning to icon-based routing and a transparent “open-calendar” contact system, the site now functions as a true command center for my technical projects, civic advocacy, and historical archives. Read More