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Don Nelson @donnelson.dev · 27/08/2026

I’ve tried detailing slime and poster putty. Had a little success with the latter.

Don Nelson @donnelson.dev · 27/08/2026

Anyone who figures out a good way to get stuff out of the speaker grills of a MacBook Pro will make a fortune. It’s the one regret that I have of going with the space black color.

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Don Nelson @donnelson.dev · 26/08/2026

Plugin approved for inclusion in the WordPress Plugin Directory! Just need to get a few things finalized with both the free and paid versions, and then the official launch can happen.

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Kevin Powell @kevinpowell.co · 20/08/2026

Anytime I use nesting in a YouTube video, people comment that they didn't realize we can use it in vanilla CSS. Browser support is getting pretty good now, but there are a few gotchas, one of which might surprise you if you're coming from a preprocessor like Sass.

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Don Nelson @donnelson.dev · 17/08/2026

I’ve been using Cursor off and on for almost a year now. However, I’ve become a bit leery of it now that it’s been acquired by SpaceX. Now it constantly defaults to Grok for the AI model it uses no matter how many times I change it.

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Don Nelson @donnelson.dev · 12/08/2026

Do not use Outlook online (outlook.com) from a smartphone. I found out the hard way that it doesn’t show you what email it’s sending your replies from. I have a couple of aliases. Responding to an email to one of those alias emails sent the response from my default account instead. 🤦🏼‍♂️

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Don Nelson @donnelson.dev · 04/08/2026

Needing to get up to speed on Python and Flask for work, and I’m really enjoying it.

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Don Nelson @donnelson.dev · 23/07/2026

I just read a story about MySpace possibly making a comeback soon, and I’m admittedly a little excited about it.

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Don Nelson @donnelson.dev · 15/07/2026

Just uploaded a final updated zip file of my first plugin to the WordPress plugin review team. Fingers crossed that it will be approved. @shuttlepress.com

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Don Nelson @donnelson.dev · 29/06/2026

Submitted an updated version of my plugin to the WordPress plugin directory review team on Saturday. I believe the initial review and feedback was AI assisted. Now, I’m just waiting to hear back again from a human review. Excited but worried that there will still be issues with my company name.

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Initial plugin review feedback already received from the WordPress team. Impressive turnaround. Have to make a couple of changes today and get it resubmitted.

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Thanks, Craig. This whole process has been quite the learning experience.

Just submitted the free version of my first plugin for inclusion in the WordPress Plugin Directory. 🤞🏼

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Don Nelson @donnelson.dev · 26/06/2026

Family time is my favorite time.

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I've been wanting to get back into working with Ruby on Rails, but RVM doesn't want to play nice for me in macOS. Not worth the headaches. I should be focusing on other things anyway.

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Hey, @bsky.app. I really need edit post functionality for days when I’m posting after a reduced night’s sleep. 😂

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Oof. Typo. My first foray into WordPress PLUGIN development. I’ve been a WordPress developer for many years already.

My first foray into the world of WordPress development is now well underway. Excited to share more soon. Please feel free to sign up for the pre-launch email list or just give the @shuttlepress.com account a follow.

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Probably wasn’t a great idea to post it at such an odd time, but I was excited. Can’t wait to share more.

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Getting ready for the launch. The countdown begins soon.

Don Nelson @donnelson.dev · 03/06/2026

Just when you thought the value of your CodePen Pro account couldn’t get any higher, @chriscoyier.net and team bring this feature into the picture.

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Don Nelson @donnelson.dev · 03/06/2026

Getting social media accounts ready for my new side project. Lots of work, but I know it will be worth it in the end. bsky.app/profile/shut...

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My son’s band just dropped their new single on Bandcamp. It will be on all the major streaming platforms on 6/1.

Midnight Oil, by Juicebox

track by Juicebox

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💯 If I can make a little money off of it as well, that will be a bonus. Excited to put my marketing skills back to some good use, too. It’s checking a lot of boxes for me, which makes me excited to pursue it.

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Agreed. The market share is still very high, so I hope it will gain a little traction. It will solve a problem for me, so I know it will help others as well.

Don Nelson @donnelson.dev · 24/05/2026

I’ve started developing a serious WordPress plugin for the first time ever. Just hope I’m not too late to the game.

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Discovered today that Breedlove no longer makes acoustic bass guitars. I played one twice and loved it. Wishing now I would have bought it when I have the chance.

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So it’s worse than I thought. Wow.

I guess those additional functionalities are really outside of the Kadence theme, though.

“A note for current customers: If you’re an existing customer staying on your current plan, your features remain the same. Access to the functionalities below requires upgrading to one of the new Kadence plans.”

Don Nelson @donnelson.dev · 09/05/2026

Nothing like purchasing a “lifetime” license for the Kadence theme only to find out that their new owners have changed up licensing terms. No new features unless I change to an ongoing subscription now.

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The featured image gets imported on one site but not another. I have three sites that are all behaving differently.

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Don Nelson @donnelson.dev · 09/05/2026

I’m also using the same CSV file on both sites, but it imports on one yet fails on the other.

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Don Nelson @donnelson.dev · 09/05/2026

The Events Calendar is THE most frustrating WordPress plugin that I have ever dealt with. So many inconsistent behaviors between sites. Even with something as seemingly simple as importing events from a CSV file when using the same plugin versions on two sites.

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A refreshable Braille display is a device that takes a computer screen's text and generates it in Braille by raising and lowering pins through holes on a flat surface. The display refreshes as the user moves through the screen's content. www.afb.org/node/16207/r...

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Refreshable Braille Displays

Braille displays provide access to information on a computer screen by electronically raising and lowering different combinations of pins in braille cells. A braille display can show up to 80…

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Don Nelson @donnelson.dev · 25/04/2026

Moved the image uploads for my @strapijs.bsky.social Media Library over to @cloudflare.social, which increased my @astro.build site’s performance score from 72 to 97 on mobile while retaining 100 on desktop in PageSpeed Insights. Big win.

Don Nelson @donnelson.dev · 25/04/2026

Realized late last night that Railway doesn’t store Strapi’s media gallery images. They appear to get discarded after the Astro build. I’m going to need to store them in Cloudflare or an AWS S3 bucket instead, I think.

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Don Nelson @donnelson.dev · 24/04/2026

I learned so much building an @astro.build website and deploying it to @netlify.com. Then I learned even more by connecting it to a @strapijs.bsky.social backend that I then deployed on @railway.com. This might be my favorite stack for a website ever.

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Don Nelson @donnelson.dev · 21/04/2026

Excited to get back to this today. Almost there.

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Don Nelson @donnelson.dev · 21/04/2026

Just a little more setup, and we’ll be set. Just not tonight, though.

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Don Nelson @donnelson.dev · 21/04/2026

After MANY attempts, I finally have a successful deployment of @strapijs.bsky.social on @railway.com. It’s been a learning experience for sure. Next up is hooking up an @astro.build site to it.

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Don Nelson @donnelson.dev · 17/04/2026

Totally legit. Someone’s gotta do it. 😂

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Don Nelson @donnelson.dev · 15/04/2026

I’d forgotten until tonight just how good the swipe to text feature on my iPhone works. I need to start using it again. Consistently this time, though. I can’t even remember the last time I used it.