Andrew Woods

Senior PHP/Laravel/WordPress Web Developer in Queens, NY; plays guitar for fun, rocks karaoke. Learning Spanish and ASL. Former Organizer of @SeaPHP

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Articles

The CMS Plateau

By Andrew Woods

A CMS is critical for running a user-friendly website today. So why have we stopped innovating in the CMS space? Here’s a breakdown of how, in the year of our nerd 2025, our modern content management systems let us down. by Andrew Woods

Published in Yelling at Clouds, February 2025

Universal Vim Part Three: Putting the You in Utility

By Andrew Woods

We complete our quest to craft a universal vim experience. We add a few utilities to increase your speed, agility, and efficacy to be more effective in Vim. by Andrew Woods

Published in The State of PHP, October 2022

Universal Vim Part Two: Fuzzy Search Fun

By Andrew Woods

We continue our quest to craft a universal vim experience by enhancing your ability to search your content using FZF, a performant fuzzy finder. by Andrew Woods

Published in Making Code, September 2022

Universal Vim Part One—No Plugins Required

By Andrew Woods

Vim is a powerful editor with a long history. It’s the most popular of the descendants of Vi. Over the last couple of years, a fork of Vim was born called Neovim. This article will provide you with a Vim configuration file that can be used across both Vim and Neovim. by Andrew Woods

Published in PHP Blueprint, August 2022

Power Up with Git

By Andrew Woods

Git is an essential tool for the modern software developer. You learn how to customize Git to enhance your developer experience. You’ll also learn some combinations of commands to make you more effective with Git

Published in PHP 8 Bits and Git, December 2020