Building a Smart Video Router: From Basic Player to Intelligent Stream Manager
How we transformed a simple video player into a time-aware content delivery system The Challenge We started with a functional...
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Fixing HLS Video Players with Barba.js: A Debugging Journey
A technical deep-dive into making live video streams work with single-page application transitions The Problem Ever tried combining smooth page...
How to Optimize WordPress Images Without Slowing Down Your Site
Large images are killing your website's performance. A 1.4MB JPEG might look great, but it's costing you visitors. Slow websites...
Custom WordPress Theme: 13-Day Progress Update
My new custom WordPress theme is finally up and running! You're looking at it. I started building this website with...
WordPress Image Optimizer Plugin – Second Iteration Update
Progress update time! Second iteration complete. I got through their feedback requests. Fingers crossed, we'll be on the directory by...
Building a Live HLS Video Stream Plugin for WordPress: A complete build journey
Yesterday my after-hours work started with fixing a video streaming feature I had been experimenting with. What began as a...
Building out a custom WordPress Theme from scratch in 2025
Yesterday the first draft of Click Foundry’s new custom WordPress theme. My goal is to make it feel modern, lightweight,...
Design the Click Foundry Website Part 2
I uploaded the old version of my site here. And I think So, I know what I'm going to keep....
Building My First Public WordPress Plugin
Check out the full version in substack. I just completed my first WordPress plugin for public release—a free image converter...
Rebuilding the Click Foundry Website pt.1
I went through my local backup to see what I had going on. It's in essence a home, about page,...