Have you ever gone to post an update on Facebook and linked to a page on your site, only to find that Facebook wasn’t pulling in the latest version of that URL? It’s really frustrating to have content you want to promote and see an empty link in the wall update! The reason this happens is because FB caches everything, or maybe more accurately, SUPER CACHES EVERYTHING. It’s impressive from a technical standpoint and makes sense...

I’m working on my first-ever WordPress theme to sell (actually, I’m working on two of them at the same time, cuz I’m a glutton for NOT focusing) and as I work, I’m finding that I’m Googling a lot. I have yet to find a comprehensive resource geared towards people who want to sell themes and I’m holding myself back from starting yet another website (ha!) so instead I decided to start documenting what I’m...

Most of my programming time right now is devoted to getting Snail a Note launched as soon as possible. I’m building on top of WordPress because WP’s default features are so powerful that that lend themselves easily to managing the “notes” I need to deal with for Snail. Anyone who’s done WP custom work probably already knows how to create a custom post type or add custom fields, but have you ever tried to make your...

So I got an email from Amazon telling me about a new site they just launched, MYHABIT, which is apparently Amazon’s answer to the flash sale business (and here you thought there were already enough flash sale sites to go around!). I was pretty curious so I clicked through, and was shocked to discover how insanely fast the site is. How are they doing that??? Ok, so this is Amazon. Their infrastructure is clearly above and beyond nearly...