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What building real products has taught me | Page 2
Decisions, mistakes, and practical lessons from apps, business systems, Arabic interfaces, WordPress, and Odoo.
- 61 published articles
- 12 knowledge topics
- Latest 22 Sept 2026
Odoo strategy for Qatar and the Gulf
Odoo 19.4: which operational changes matter, and how should you test the upgrade?
A practical review of Odoo 19.4 for accounting, inventory, sales, manufacturing, and POS, with SaaS limits, testing, and cost.
Product discovery and business systems
The Assistants API sunset: a safe migration plan for Responses API
A production migration plan for the Assistants API sunset covering inventory, conversations, tools, data retention, cost, testing, and rollback.
Web engineering, performance, and accessibility
WebMCP and site tools: should you make your website agent-ready now?
A practical WebMCP and site-tools guide covering contracts, permissions, security, testing, cost, browser support, and experimental limits.
WordPress AI Connectors: where should provider keys live?
The Connectors API defines a clear credential lookup order, but production teams still need to choose a safe storage boundary.
The new media editor and client-side processing
A unified media editor handles crop, rotation, and zoom while client-side processing moves selected work into the browser.
Style states and the SVG Icon API
WordPress 7.1 combines interactive states in theme.json with a public API for registering namespaced SVG icon collections.
Responsive block styles in WordPress 7.1
Responsive styles add mobile and tablet values to Global Styles and blocks, with configurable breakpoints in theme.json.
AI Client and Connectors in WordPress 7.0
A shared AI abstraction and provider connections reduce plugin lock-in while leaving cost, privacy, and failure handling explicit.
Connecting WordPress to AI agents with the MCP Adapter
The MCP Adapter exposes registered WordPress Abilities as discoverable tools while keeping validation and permissions onsite.
WordPress 6.9 performance improvements without another plugin
On-demand block CSS, refined caching, and WP-Cron changes bring Core gains, but production measurement still matters.
Useful new blocks introduced with WordPress 6.9
Accordion, Time to Read, Term Query, and Math add practical tools, but themes and accessibility still need testing.
Abilities API: a common language for plugin actions
The Abilities API describes what a WordPress site can do through discoverable contracts with typed input and permissions.
The Command Palette across WordPress admin
The WordPress Command Palette now reaches beyond the Site Editor, shortening repeated navigation across admin screens.
Block Notes: review content where the change happens
How WordPress Block Notes keep editorial feedback attached to the exact heading, image, or paragraph under review.
Crackling or popping sound from MacBook M1 speakers: the Core Audio fix
What I did when my M1 MacBook speakers started crackling or popping, why restarting Core Audio can help, and how to check for a recurring software or hardware problem.
Web engineering, performance, and accessibility
Astro 7.2 incremental static builds: is the upgrade worth it for content sites?
A practical evaluation of Astro 7.2 experimental incremental builds, upgrade risk, invalidation tests, and measurable value for content sites.
Product discovery and business systems
GPT-5.6 in real projects: choose Sol, Terra, or Luna without wasting budget
A practical framework for choosing a GPT-5.6 model by quality, risk, latency, and dated API cost rather than benchmark headlines.
