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postRebuild Netlify on Headless WordPress Post Publish
Part of the increased complexity of a headless site is queuing the rebuild process. Since I use Netlify to host my frontend and WordPress to write my posts, this process is actually fairly simple. First, I’ll explain what’s going on. Headless Loses Some of the Brains Going headless certainly has great advantages like phenomenal performance. […]
June 2nd 2019 | 3:16 pm

postAdd Font Awesome to GatsbyJS
Font Awesome is an incredible library of easy-to-use icons. I’m a backer and have the t-shirt to prove but I would reach for the library even if I wasn’t. I wanted to add the polish to my own site that a powerful library like Font Awesome can deliver. Font Awesome with GatsbyJS At this point […]
July 26th 2018 | 3:21 pm

postHow to Write a Good Task at Work
If you write a good task at work, it can save your team a lot of back-and-forth discussion time trying to suss out what you actually meant with the original sentiments. I’ll explain why sticking to the basics is better than being artistic when you’re involved in an asynchronous conversation where you’re guiding someone exactly […]
July 26th 2018 | 3:18 pm

postHow to Add a Sitemap to a Gatsby site
Add a Sitemap to GatsbyJS site with headless WordPress data I’m used to building with WordPress and one of the great things about that application platform is the incredible SEO functionality and mechanics built in or easily installable with plugins. When I converted my WordPress blog to a Gatsby site, I had to think about things […]
July 10th 2018 | 3:20 pm