I left the house yesterday at about 5:15am to drive from Wichita Falls, TX to Austin, TX to go hang out and get some BBQ with coworkers that were in Austin for classes. We left shortly after I arrived in Austin, around 10:15am, to go queue at Franklin’s. After 2 hours, we’d successful received our […]| Eric Binnion
In a recent conversation with one of my teams, they shared that they often felt left out when changes were made. Their view was that we needed a culture shift to ensure their functional area was considered. Culture matters. But it’s also big, fuzzy, and not something you “fix” overnight. But, what we can do […]| Eric Binnion
One of my son’s friends messaged me asking how to get started with coding. My answer was to start with AI. Use ChatGPT or Claude, probably the paid versions, and have it help you code something that you actually care about. That’s how I learned to code with WordPress. People wanted features that WordPress didn’t […]| Eric Binnion
This past week, I was in York, England to see the folks from team Shilling. It was a good meetup, with a good mixture of fun and work activities. The biggest takeaway from the meetup was seeing faces light up with joy as Claude Code worked magic. The most fun thing was playing Dungeons and…| Eric Binnion
This past week, my family flew to Anaheim to spectate the 2025 Pokemon World Championships. This was Embers' first flight and our first big trip as a family.| Eric Binnion
On the way back from our medical appointments in Houston, we needed to stop to catheterize Ember and give her a bottle. We found a nice little coffee shop named The Coffee Nook in Buffalo, TX. While there, I looked up some sheet music and played “The Wheel on the Bus” for Ember and Sara. […]| Eric Binnion
We were in Houston last week for some medical research appointments Ember. What this really meant is that we spent a few hours at the hospital and then a lot of hours in the hotel room. While waiting around in the hotel room, I decided to deploy some code to WordPress.com. As I was walking…| Eric Binnion