Blog — Page 9 — ConnorOnTheWeb

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Plugin, Theme or functions.php? Where WordPress Code Belongs

Where custom WordPress code belongs: a plugin, child theme, functions.php, a must-use plugin or a snippets plugin, and what breaks when it’s in the theme.

Tech Oct 3, 2026 17 min read

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AI-Built App Security Checklist: What a Developer Checks First

Built an app with ChatGPT, Claude, Lovable or Bolt? Six things a developer checks first, from exposed API keys and row-level security to error handling.

Javascript Oct 2, 2026 17 min read

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You Built It With AI. Here’s How a Developer Takes It Over

Built an app with ChatGPT, Claude, Lovable, Bolt, Replit or v0? How to export and own the code, what a developer checks first, and when to rebuild.

Javascript Oct 2, 2026 14 min read

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Website Platforms You Can Start Without Code and Extend Later

WordPress, Shopify, MediaWiki and Drupal let owners start without code and developers extend them natively later. How each works, and what to avoid.

Tech Oct 1, 2026 15 min read

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Escalating an npm Account Lockout When Support Goes Dark

Both of npm’s published email addresses are dead ends, and the support form needs a login you no longer have. Here is the escalation path that actually reached a human.

Javascript Aug 4, 2026 15 min read

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AI Code Generation Has a Version Problem

Frontier models score 48% to 51% on version-conditioned code generation. The documented cause is API churn, which stable platform APIs largely avoid.

Javascript Aug 2, 2026 8 min read

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The Case for Vanilla JavaScript in 2026

Every gap React filled in 2013 now has a native answer, and three arrived in the last year. The evidence for choosing vanilla JavaScript in 2026.

Javascript Aug 2, 2026 11 min read

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What React Gave Back to JavaScript

Named contributors, open GitHub issues, and documented dependencies connect React’s team to shipped JavaScript features.

Javascript Aug 1, 2026 5 min read

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What Node.js Gained Since React Launched

Built-in fetch, a native test runner, TypeScript without a build step, and a permission model: what Node.js absorbed into the runtime since 2013.

Javascript Jul 31, 2026 6 min read

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What the Browser Platform Gained Since React Launched

Import maps, Web Components, the Observer APIs, and View Transitions: everything the browser platform gained since React launched.

Javascript Jul 31, 2026 7 min read

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Everything Vanilla JavaScript Has Gained Since React Launched

Every ECMAScript edition from ES2015 to ES2026, plus the browser APIs and Node.js built-ins that landed while the framework conversation moved on.

Javascript Jul 31, 2026 7 min read

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Alpine.js and Laravel Livewire Are Sibling Projects

A bug report from a Laravel Blade project led here: Alpine.js and Livewire turn out to be sibling projects, sharing a creator and a real, named stack.

Javascript Jul 30, 2026 5 min read