Lightning Talk: Mistakes (WordCamp Phoenix 2011)

Mistakes

by @nacin

THE ONES I HAVEN’T ERASED FROM MEMORY, AT LEAST

“Working on old code is like

stepping back in time... to a time when I sucked.”

— @kevinmontrose

Not leaving myself breadcrumbs.

Useful notes and comments are a good start.

Theme  Name:  WordPress  Default  Theme  URI:  http://wordpress.org/  

Worse, not renaming my imposter theme.

Not using child themes.

Boost my ugly code’s self-esteem.

Whitespace. It’s why you can read this sentence.

November 16, 2009

Next time, find ways to get involved earlier.

“I’m reclassifying this as a defect in

the UI flow.”

[ Type changed from enhancement to bug ]

Older posts are next. Newer posts

are previous. Got it?

I know, I’ll just write

_______________ (thing that WP already does)

Using the Theme Editor

It’s nice and all, but…

Trying WordPress MU

before knowing anything about WordPress

Tying installs together with gum

blogs.example.com/here blogs.example.com/there

blogs.example.com/everywhere

Not escaping, sanitizing, or

validating Security is tough,

but it’s not optional.

“One word, capitalize the P.”

I swear, every wrong instance was a typo.

Habits I haz them.

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#blamenacin (Thanks, Pete!)

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