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coreymaasson Ask HN: Using wordpress as a CMS with 100k pages

What's your recent experience with it that makes you describe it as a dumpster fire?

coreymaasson Ask HN: Using wordpress as a CMS with 100k pages

I've seen WordPress server as many pages at an enterprise level with lots of traffic. WordPress is a great option, and will server as many pages as you need well with decent caching.

coreymaasson Ask HN: A free tool for posting content to social media platforms in one place?

Also if this is something you want to discuss working together on, get in touch! https://gelform.com/contact

coreymaasson Ask HN: A free tool for posting content to social media platforms in one place?

Please do. I’ve been looking for something similar for ages. Buffer et all are expensive for simple publishing. I finally bought a lifetime membership to Radaar on AppSumo, but the “post to multiple channels” could be simpler and I’ll never use all the other 100 features they offer.

coreymaasson Ask HN: A free tool for posting content to social media platforms in one place?

WordPress, out of the box, is quite secure, especially if it's not a high traffic site. And then most of the plugins that interact with services like social media either use tokens or one-time keys, so I wouldn't worry about these issues too much (depending on the plugin you choose).

Source: I've built, maintain, and use a number of WordPress plugins that interact with social media.

coreymaasson Ask HN: Tools you have made for yourself?

- A simple php script that emails me daily asking "what did you do yesterday" and logs my replies (using Mailgun's free threshold). I've now had a diary for 10 years. - A simple php script to log the dates of mp3's I add to a certain folder, which helps me organize my monthly radio show (So I'm sure I play the new music I get). - A WordPress install to store recipes I like. - A small browse extension + php api to catalog social accounts I visit often. I often mention the same people in my twitter, facebook, instagram posts (I review their music), so I don't have to look up their multiple accounts every time.

coreymaasson Ask HN: Why do you still use Wordpress in 2021?

One server. I use Beaver Builder for the homepage and laying out any PHP dynamic pages (log in, log out, contact us, etc), and then either enqueue scripts or a custom rewrite rule to serve any javascript apps e.g. React.

coreymaasson Ask HN: Why do you still use Wordpress in 2021?

I use it as the back-end for most of my web apps. One or two free plugins and I never have to think about managing users again. I.e. I never have to write a "reset password" flow again. I can just get onto writing the core functionality of the app.

coreymaasson Ask HN: What (side-)project are you working on?

https://MexicanTrain.Online - An online version of the dominoes game, MexicanTrain. I started a year ago so my family could keep playing. It's brought hundreds of people closer together, which feels great.

coreymaasson 100Mbps uploads and downloads should be US broadband standard, senators say

You may as well say most of those websites are HML. Or Apache. Misused software results in slow websites.

coreymaasson Ask HN: What are you working on?

https://mexicantrain.online

An online version of the dominoes-based game, Mexican Train. I've kept it free, and it's already brought thousands of folks closer together during the pandemic. After some scaling issues, I'm currently rooting out bugs and moving to a new, faster API.

If anyone wants to help, it's React and PHP. I get emails daily thanking me for creating it, so it's a really rewarding project to work on.

coreymaasson Show HN: After 2.5 years on my side project, it has hit £500/month revenue

This is the way to actually win. This is what makes it B2B, where the actual money in music lives.

coreymaasson FrontPage: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Not necessarily. I start most of my sites with a blank theme and use Beaver Builder to lay things out.

coreymaasson FrontPage: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

There were two parts to this. Something to "design" (build) websites, and somewhere to host it that wasn't tied to a grid. I learned to build web pages in Netscape. It came with a free html editor. And then I hosted on Geocities and Xoom for free.

coreymaasson Show HN: Cross-platform profitable web-app running on WP

Are you using the wordPress REST API for all those transactions?

coreymaasson Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2020)

SEEKING FREELANCER | Remote | React

I have an online game at https://mexicantrain.online . It's a donation-supported passion project that has brought a lot of joy to people in lockdown, especially older folks. But the game is hobbled together in React and is buggy and slow. I'm seeking a freelancer React developer to fix bugs, find bottlenecks, add better state management and generally take the game to the next level. Please contact me through the site. Freelancers only, no agencies.

coreymaasson Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?

https://mexicantrain.online

An online version of the dominoes-based game, Mexican Train. It's a big hit with retirees (and our family). We're up to 100 games/day and daily I get emails from older people in quarantine thanking me for it. It's been really rewarding.

coreymaasson Ask HN: Fastest/easiest framework to build a web application in 2020?

I gave a talk a couple of years ago about using WordPress and still highly recommend it. It solves so many problems out of the box - account management, routing, CRUD, etc. Here's a video of the talk:

https://wordpress.tv/2019/04/23/corey-maass-build-a-web-app-...

There are a number of large web apps that use it, so it's not just for MVP's. I also heard the book "Building Web Apps with WordPress: WordPress as an Application Framework" will be getting a second edition this year.

It's not the coolest, shiniest option, but a solid one, I think.

coreymaasson Into the Personal-Website-Verse (2019)

My web projects: https://gelform.com

My music reviews and podcast: https://BassTourist.com

coreymaasson Ask HN: How did you meet your spouse?

I sat next to her on a plane. Every girl I'd dated for 7 years previous I met online, so I never thought I'd meet someone in real life.

So it was luck, but the part I view as important was after exchanging a little conversation, we were quiet during the flight. When we deboarded, she was walking in front of me, and I could've just let her go. I consciously made myself catch up to her, continue the conversation, and then ask for her number at luggage pick-up. Meeting her was luck, making sure I didn't let her get away was my choice.

coreymaasson Ask HN: Who's Blogging (November 2019)

I write music reviews at https://basstourist.com . WordPress, hosted on a VPS.

coreymaasson Why a Digital Diary Will Change Your Life

I'm a developer so I created my own simple PHP version. The habit-changing feature I added was having the script email me every day. So every day I get an email asking what I did the day before. Like texts, I find it hard to ignore emails, so I actually reply. Previously, when I had to remember to add an extry, I'd go weeks without journaling.

coreymaasson Ask HN: What is your stack to build a business website ultra fast?

I'm a LAMP developer. Marketing sites are WordPress and Beaver Builder. App functionality is the Slim framework with the RedBean ORM or a WordPress back-end.

coreymaasson Ask HN: Frequent job hopper? How do you build a good reputation?

I have two columns on my resume. One for f/t employee jobs and one for freelance/contract jobs. I even call it "Select freelance/contract jobs". It gives me the freedom to list the gigs where I did something worth showing off and/or where the contact would make a good reference. It illustrates that I'm a contract worker, and I've never had anyone ask me "why do your contracts turn over so fast?" It's the nature of the work.

coreymaasson Ask HN: Your most useful purchase of under $100 in 2018?

coreymaasson Ask HN: What CMS in 2018 for web apps?

Taking the question literally, I've been interested in building web apps on WordPress for a couple years now. I've spoken about it a couple times at WordCamps. https://wordpress.tv/2017/06/05/corey-maass-rapid-web-app-de... It's an amazing platform for rapid web app development, as it takes care of common patterns out of the box like user management, routing and more. Do you have specific goals or questions?

coreymaasson Ask HN: Which self-hosted solutions are you using?

I'd never thought of WordPress plugins as self-hosted apps until I built my WordPress plugin, Kanban for WordPress [1]. It can be thought of as a self-hosted Trello. I've since seen a self-hosted Buffer, Pocket, Evernote, Delicious/Pinboard, all on WordPress.

[1] https://KanbanWP.com

coreymaasson Looking for Website Feedback

The homepage appears cutoff http://prntscr.com/k2z3pl

Honestly, the "more" page would make a better homepage. https://teamup.zone/team/browse

I don't know the site, so show me as much great content as you can.

coreymaasson A legend reborn: Microsoft brings back the iconic Classic IntelliMouse

Any tips on Japanese models, and where to buy them?

coreymaasson A legend reborn: Microsoft brings back the iconic Classic IntelliMouse

I'm a leftie but started on mice in the 90s with my right hand, so I never had to relearn. I used the Microsoft Trackball Explorer for a decade. I'm many years into the Logitech Cordless TrackMan Optical, but mine is starting to have problems. Every couple of months I look for the "next thing" but didn't know there's a patent on trackballs preventing production. Heartbreaking.