When I Was Considered Overqualified for an Adobe Exam Beta
A request for Dreamweaver experience led me back to a 2012 message about an Adobe certification beta—and a useful reminder that tools change, but expertise carries forward.
Insights
Engineering notes and visual stories.
First-hand lessons from WordPress production work, plus photography shaped by the same patience, timing, and attention to detail.
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WordPress & Engineering
Architecture, migrations, performance, accessibility, integrations, and production lessons grounded in real delivery.
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My Practical WordPress Performance Audit Before Adding Another Optimization Plugin
A repeatable WordPress performance-audit process focused on architecture, network evidence, responsive images, JavaScript cost, caching, and real production constraints.
What Agencies Should Expect from a White-Label WordPress Development Partner
White-label development works best when the developer can fit the agency’s process, protect its client relationship, and take dependable ownership of production delivery.
How I Migrated a Divi Portfolio to a Custom WordPress Block Theme Without Losing Content
A practical look at how I separated project content from Divi, preserved recoverable backups, and rebuilt the frontend as a fast custom WordPress block theme.
How I Rebuilt My WordPress Portfolio to Score 100 Across PageSpeed Insights
How I replaced a Divi-based portfolio with a custom WordPress block theme, preserved the editing experience, added client-side navigation, and achieved perfect PageSpeed Insights scores.
Beyond the code
Photography
Birds, flowers, landscapes, and motorsports photographed from El Salvador and beyond.
Back to the Sky: The Rescue and Release of a Wild Chocoyo
Those who know me know that I have a particular soft spot for parakeets and parrots. For years, I’ve spent part of my free time observing them, photographing…
Photographing Scarlet Macaws at Macaw Mountain in Copán Ruinas
A personal photographic journey through Macaw Mountain in Copán Ruinas, where close encounters with scarlet and blue-and-yellow macaws reveal the value of rescue, rehabilitation, and conservation.
A Floral Photography Session at Flores de Guatemala
Original floral photography created while developing the Flores de Guatemala website, featuring tulips, roses, birds of paradise, and handcrafted arrangements.