jedarlington

This is my archive

Why I moved a client site onto Bedrock WordPress

Turner & Pooch's WordPress build got a Bedrock migration — env config, Composer-managed plugins, and a web root that only exposes what it should. Read More

My client handoff checklist

Seven things I check on every small-business site before calling it done, mostly written after skipping one and regretting it. Read More

FuelFinder: a weekend with vanilla JS

A weekend project to stop tapping through five apps to find cheap petrol — no framework, no backend, just JS. Read More

Studio Brooke Canal: designing a site that gets out of the way

Stripping a site back so the space and the work speak for themselves — the best decision was deciding what not to build. Read More

What six small-business sites taught me about maintenance

Lessons from keeping a handful of small-business WordPress sites running long after launch day excitement wears off. Read More

Building a care home site that actually needs to be accessible

Accessibility as the actual job the site has to do, not a compliance checkbox — lessons from a care home build. Read More

A few months into agency life

What actually changed moving from solo freelance work into an agency — code review, scope discipline, and learning from projects that aren't mine. Read More