A couple of months ago, my go-to Lorum ipsum generator went offline. I found a number of alternatives, but most of them were unnecessarily complex for my needs. Others had intrusive advertising, or privacy issues. So I decided to see if I could roll my own. Introducing https://tanck.nl/li (code a| Roy Tanck
CC0 licensed photo by mdburnette from the WordPress Photo Directory. To set up my new phone, I opted to use Android's built-in migration tool. This copies apps and settings from your old device to the new one. I'd never used it before. My experiences were mixed. Here are some things that stood ou| Roy Tanck
Photo by Roan de Vries Last week, I visited Basel, Zwitserland to attend WordCamp Europe and AltCtrlOrg. Traditionally, the last talk at WCEU is a Q&A with WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, who's been at the center of considerable controversy lately. I'm not usually someone to step up t| Roy Tanck
Over the last couple of weeks, I spent some time investigating an issue with PHP's OPcache feature. Simply put, OPcache keeps a compiled copy of PHP scripts, so that those files don't have to be re-compiled every time they are called. It's one of the main reasons why PHP execution is quite fast nowa| Roy Tanck
The ActivityPub plugin for WordPress sounds like a great idea. It hooks up your blog to the Fediverse, where users of apps like Mastodon can read your content. I installed it in October of 2023, and soon after that, something strange happened. A blog post I wrote went viral. But I had no idea. It ...| Roy Tanck
I've pretty much had one or more WordPress plugins available through the official repository since that repository was introduced. It's been one of the ways I contribute the the WordPress project. But recently, I've been removing some of them, and trying to find a new maintainer for the rest. And no| Roy Tanck
After 16+ years of freelancing, I recently joined the Dutch government as a WordPress specialist. Part of my job is to keep my team, and the rest of our organization, informed about what goes on in the world of WordPress. So far, that bit has been a lot more eventful than I imagined it would be.| Roy Tanck
Mastodon is quickly becoming my favorite social media platform, so I thought I'd give the now-sorta-official ActivityPub plugin a go. The ActivityPub protocol is what Mastodon is built on, and the plugin makes it possible for Mastodon users to follow your blog. And comment on blog posts, apparently.| Roy Tanck
CCO licensed photo by Seth Goldstein from the WordPress Photo Directory. Tip: whenever you buy a pre-built PC, run some benchmarks to see if the performance numbers are comparable to similarly specced systems. Long story short: for my PC they weren't. Geekbench reported a far lower score than| Roy Tanck
NAS devices are great for storing large amounts of files, and making them available to other devices on the network. A typical gigabit home network is usually fast enough to conveniently access those files from your PC or Mac. If you need some extra speed from one of your computers, it might be wort| Roy Tanck
This December, if there's one tech New Year's resolution I'd encourage you to have, it's switching to the only remaining ethical web browser, Firefox. According to recent posts on social media, Firefox's market share is slipping. We should not let that happen. There are two main reasons why switchin| Roy Tanck
