How a Tiny Dale Carnegie Book Smacked Me Out of AI Brain – Iterative Wonders I finally caved and went to the bookstore to buy How to Win Friends & Influence People . I’ve heard about it for years... The "must-read" that shows up on e

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The Word “Computer” Meant Human… (At Some Point) – Iterative Wonders If you asked to see a computer in the 1700s, no one would point you to a glowing rectangle. They’d point you to a person. Yes, a human. For centuries, "computer

“We did not name the machines after some abstract idea. We named them after the humans they were replacing.”

The Internet’s Landlord: Where Does Your Website Actually Sleep at Night? – Iterative Wonders Demystify web hosting with a fun landlord-and-apartment analogy: domains, DNS, shared hosting vs VPS vs dedicated, and managed WordPress hosting - so you finally understand where your website “lives” ...

I tried explaining hosting without making anyone suffer: where websites live, what DNS actually does, and how to pick the right setup - plus the truth about your web host landlord.
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#hosting #websites #DNS #web #developer #development #WordPress #domains

The Internet’s Landlord: Where Does Your Website Actually Sleep at Night? – Iterative Wonders Demystify web hosting with a fun landlord-and-apartment analogy: domains, DNS, shared hosting vs VPS vs dedicated, and managed WordPress hosting - so you finally understand where your website “lives” ...

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A Complete Visual Tour of the First WordPress Release Ever! – Iterative Wonders They say you should never look back, but when it comes to the internet, I disagree. I recently decided to play digital archaeologist. I didn’t just look at pict

★ Know your web & UX history: A Complete Visual Tour of the First WordPress Release Ever!

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Have you ever seen the first version of WordPress? I certainly didn’t, and I honestly didn’t think it looked like this!

“Say It!”

A Complete Visual Tour of the First WordPress Release Ever! – Iterative Wonders They say you should never look back, but when it comes to the internet, I disagree. I recently decided to play digital archaeologist. I didn’t just look at pict

Ever wondered what WordPress looked like back in 2003?

I decided to find out. I dragged Release 0.71 into 2025 so I could show you exactly how it felt.

Come take the full tour:
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#WordPress #WebHistory #Nostalgia #Technology #TechThrowback #Tech #Dev

Three Ways phpMyAdmin Saves Your WordPress Site (And Your Sanity) – Iterative Wonders The WordPress Dashboard is a lovely place. It has buttons. It has colors. It feels safe. But sometimes, things go wrong. Maybe a plugin goes rogue and gives you

WordPress showing a critical error? Locked out of your own site?

Time to revive it from the database.

I wrote about three cool tricks to “hack” your own site back to life using phpMyAdmin here: iterativewonders.com/2025/11/30/t...

#phpMyAdmin #WordPress #WebDev #Developer

The Code We All Share: A Love Letter to Open Source – Iterative Wonders Imagine you go to a famous burger joint. You love the special sauce. You ask the chef for the recipe, and he looks at you like you just asked for his social sec

Chef 1: "My special sauce is a trade secret."

Chef 2: “Here’s the recipe. If you make it better, you can share your version so everyone can enjoy it.”

That’s the spirit of Open Source.

I wrote a love letter to it here: iterativewonders.com/2025/11/29/t...

#OpenSource #Tech #Developer

How to Speak SQL Without Saying a Word: The Story of phpMyAdmin – Iterative Wonders If you have ever built a website, managed a WordPress install, or dipped your toes in backend development, there's a good chance you have met phpMyAdmin . It’s

Is phpMyAdmin still relevant in 2025?

Short answer: Yes.

Long answer: It’s the Nokia 3310 of the internet; It's not flashy, but stubbornly dependable.

Here is the story of the GUI that saved our sanity: iterativewonders.com/2025/11/28/h...

#phpMyAdmin #PHP #SQL #WordPress #WebDevelopment

How I Built a 3D Print Cost Calculator with a Neural Network Learn how I built a 3D printing cost calculator with a tiny neural network to predict resin consumption and automate my resin business.

I used to price resin miniatures by hand.

Now a quiet bit of business automation with AI predicts how much resin to use for each model in seconds, and I get my evenings back.

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#3DPrinting #ResinPrinting #AIForBusiness #MachineLearning #IndieBusiness #Miniatures

The 2025 WooCommerce holiday gift guide Unique, fun gift ideas for friends, family, or yourself!

Are you looking for Christmas gifts for friends and family? Check the Woo guide to holiday gifts! We selected Woo stores with super cool products for every taste!

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#woo #woocomerce #christmas #holiday #gifts #ecommerce #onlineshopping

The Architect of Emotion: Shigetaka Kurita, the Inventor of Emojis – Iterative Wonders The human soul is a complicated thing. It is vast, turbulent, and capable of feeling seven different types of “anxiety” before breakfast. We were a species forc

Ever stared at a message ending in a period and thought: "Okay, they definitely hate me"?

We used to live in a world where text had no tone. We needed a hero. We got a visionary with a 12x12 pixel grid.

I wrote a tribute to the origin of the Emoji.
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Michel Valdrighi: The Coder Whose Code Never Went Silent – Iterative Wonders Flip a coin. Actually, cheat a little in your favor. That is roughly the statistical probability (about 43%) that a random website you visit is powered by WordP

“Even when Michel went offline, his work did not. It stayed available, waiting for anyone who cared enough to pick it up and carry it forward.”

https://iterativewonders.com/2025/11/25/michel-valdrighi-the-coder-whose-code-never-went-silent/

Michel Valdrighi: The Coder Whose Code Never Went Silent – Iterative Wonders Flip a coin. Actually, cheat a little in your favor. That is roughly the statistical probability (about 43%) that a random website you visit is powered by WordP

He stepped away, but the code kept speaking. This is Michel Valdrighi.

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How a Typewriter and Solitude Sparked a Keyboard Obsession – Iterative Wonders My brain often feels like a browser with too many tabs open. But there's one tab that's always a bit louder, a bit more tactile, and definitely more clicky: my

Clackety-clack!

“That mechanical beast, with its satisfying thwack and ding, became my silent companion.”

https://iterativewonders.com/2025/11/22/how-a-typewriter-and-solitude-sparked-a-keyboard-obsession/

The Day the Web Discovered Style: How CSS Dragged HTML Out of Its Pajamas – Iterative Wonders Picture this: the early internet. A glorious, chaotic, pixelated mess. HTML, bless its foundational heart, was the main game in town. It was fantastic at struct

My latest post takes you back to a time when #HTML reigned supreme(ish), until it met… #CSS.

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#web #development #tech

How a Typewriter and Solitude Sparked a Keyboard Obsession – Iterative Wonders My brain often feels like a browser with too many tabs open. But there's one tab that's always a bit louder, a bit more tactile, and definitely more clicky: my

My keyboard collection isn't just a hobby; it's a destiny shaped by childhood solitude and a trusty typewriter.

I wrote the full story on why those clicky companions mean so much to me here: iterativewonders.com/2025/11/22/h...

It Was Just a Blog Fix… Until It Was WordPress – Iterative Wonders Ah, the early 2000s internet – a glorious land of dial-up tones, flashing banner ads, and the wild dream of having your own personal blog. Content management ba

“No pitch deck. No roadmap. Just one polite blog post from a frustrated blogger and one thoughtful comment from a stranger an ocean away.”

So began the software that now powers 43% of the web.

Great post by @iterativewonders.bsky.social.

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It Was Just a Blog Fix… Until It Was WordPress – Iterative Wonders Ah, the early 2000s internet – a glorious land of dial-up tones, flashing banner ads, and the wild dream of having your own personal blog. Content management ba

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A blog post and a comment. That’s pretty much how I roll, too.

Indeed. WordPress and other open-source projects are a clear example of that, where people build out of curiosity and for others, not just for profit.

Writing/blogging are the same at heart. Put those two together and you get exactly what sparked WordPress into existence.

Thank you for sharing @zeldman.bsky.social! The WordPress story always reminds me how far open-source can go once it’s out in the world and people keep building on it.

It Was Just a Blog Fix… Until It Was WordPress – Iterative Wonders Ah, the early 2000s internet – a glorious land of dial-up tones, flashing banner ads, and the wild dream of having your own personal blog. Content management ba

WordPress didn’t start in a boardroom.

It started with one frustrated blog post that’s still online, and that post kicked off the project that now powers around 43% of the web.

I wrote up the full story here: iterativewonders.com/2025/11/21/i...

Discover Why PHP's Mascot is the Iconic ElePHPant Discover the quirky origin of PHP's mascot, the elePHPant, and the fun visual pun that connects coding with creativity!

Answered at last: Why Is PHP’s Mascot a Pachyderm?

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The Accidental Programming Language: PHP Just… Happened – Iterative Wonders Forget grand blueprints and visionary manifestos. PHP, the language that hums beneath a huge slice of the modern web, essentially tripped and fell into existenc

Ever wondered how PHP, the language behind so much of the web, came to be? Turns out, its origin story is a lot like Corn Flakes – a truly brilliant invention that happened entirely by delightful accident.

Here is the full story: iterativewonders.com/2025/11/20/t...