Mark Aceves

A Tale of Two WordPress Themes:

A Tale of Two WordPress Themes:

A Journey of Pain, Frustration and Joy I’ve been making websites for a longtime and one of my tools of choice is WordPress CMS. It’s one of the most flexible, easy to use and customizable Content Management Systems on the market. Oh and it’s Open Source, which is tech nerd...

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Goodbye, old friend.

Goodbye, old friend.

My birthday this year, October 17, was just like any other normal day, except that I was in final discussions to join a new company and was getting ready for what would be my final interview the next day. I was excited, as 2023 had been the most difficult and...

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All CDN’s are not created equal

All CDN’s are not created equal

Over the past year I spent a good amount of time looking at CDN’s (Content Delivery Network) as the company I was working for was in a position where they were not fully happy with their CDN/Security partner of record, but weren’t sure what direction to go in. I decided...

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Leadership Lessons from Ted Lasso

Leadership Lessons from Ted Lasso

I’ve been thinking alot about leadership styles lately, and I keep thinking about the leadership style of Ted Lasso. While, yes, he is a fictional leader, there are plenty of takeaways from the show that can be applied in real life, and I was going to write about them, but...

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How AI will change work and management going forward

How AI will change work and management going forward

I read an article that talks about how AI will transform how we work, how we manage our work and how managers will need to evolve over the coming years.Managers absolutely need to explore the various tools and capabilities coming out of this revolution and determine what will work and...

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How much Technical Debt do you owe?

How much Technical Debt do you owe?

Technical Debt can be a real problem or challenge for most companies. It’s a fine line to walk when balancing between budget to invest in addressing technical debt and budget to invest in new initiatives. At the end of the day it’s a juggling act that comes down to budget...

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Where did all the cookies go?

Where did all the cookies go?

Attention Web and Digital Marketers! Internet cookies are going away in 2024, which means that Marketers are going to have to pivot how they are collecting customer data. I read this article that discusses how first-party data gathering will actually allow for more accurate customer information and targeting. From the...

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