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The internet produces approximately 3.7% of global greenhouse gas emissions—roughly equivalent to the airline industry. By 2025, this figure is projected to double as digital consumption continues to grow exponentially. Every website you build, every page view you serve, every byte of data tran...

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After two decades of watching content management systems grow increasingly bloated and complex, the web development community faces a critical question: do we continue accepting the compromises of legacy platforms, or do we demand better?

This article examines three approaches to cont...

Business owners face a familiar problem: standing out in a crowded market while proving real expertise. Podcasting has emerged as a practical solution. A podcast is not just audio content—it's a platform where your business, your thinking, and your credibility are repeatedly demonstrated in you...

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Due to being in residential treatment, I will not be taking on any new clients for at least a month.

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FearlessCMS Update: 05-15-2025

Update on FearlessCMS

FearlessCMS Update

FearlessCMS has been in alpha for a few weeks now. I never got around to announcing it here. But we're already on Alpha 2.

I expect to be on Alpha 2 for some time. I want other developers to st...

GeekDown Editor

GeekDown markdown editor

GeekDown Markdown Editor

Yesterday, I published the first release of the GeekDown markdown editor. It's version 0.0.1. This should indicate it is very early alpha software. With that being said, I am using it right now to write thi...

Plans...

Talking about plans

FearlessCMS

I am currently working on FearlessCMS, a content management system that I will be using for new clients. I hope to have this in alpha by the end of May. It is a flat-file system, meaning it doesn't connect to a SQL database. It use...

I'm back, program wasn't quite three months

I'm back!

So I found out while I was in the program that it wasn't necessarily for three months. Besides, my insurance would only cover 45 days.

It's all good. I got the healing I needed for the time being. Now I'm ready to get to...

In 3 month residential treatment for mental health.

Back on another break...

Hi everyone! Well, interestingly, the same day I made my last post that said I was doing better, I had a bit of a meltdown and crisis later that day.

I spent a week in the hospital, and then was re...

Had to take a mental health break...

Had to take a mental health break, so projects had to take a back seat.

Hi everyone! I had hoped to work on certain projects a bit more, but I pretty much needed a mental health break. I had several weeks where it was a struggle for me. So I di...

New Year, New Site!

Happy New Year!

Well, it's a new year! And a lot has changed! I have decided to redo my website. Honestly, it's still in progress, but I wanted to go ahead and get something up as I took the old site down several months ago.

I have started my own new pro...