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In my opinion queue workers are often overlooked and underutilized as a way of dealing with background tasks. In the bad ole days of Drupal, we were stuck with hook_cron and a single wget call to cron.php with a so-called secure key.

How to create Queue Workers

In my opinion queue workers are often overlooked and underutilized as a way of dealing with background tasks. In the bad ole days of Drupal, we were stuck with …

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Quick guide to creating views bulk operation actions, useful for mass adding mass operations to your content overviews.

Drupal 9: Views bulk operation

Views bulk operations are a great tool for mass content operations in Drupal, and creating a bulk action is pretty simple.

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The 2 hardest things in programming is Naming, Caching, and off by one error's

NoTTL - A new caching concept?

There is an old joke in IT that goes “The 2 hardest things in programming is Naming, Caching, and off by one error’s”. I’ve often said …

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When I made my new site, I made a decision to not have any cookies on it. Here's why.

Why this site doesn't use cookies

Did you notice the lack of a consent popup on this website? That’s because there are no cookies here, because this site doesn’t need them.

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How to avoid server maintenance and get a new website.

Hugo: A flat file CMS.

As a developer, I’ve had plenty of experience setting up sites for clients, but when it comes to my own site, I often can’t be bothered. WordPress …

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