Ben Newton - Commerce Frontend Specialist

Posts tagged “developer-tools

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BlackOps Kept Giving Me the Same SEO Advice Every Week. So I Gave It a Memory.
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BlackOps Kept Giving Me the Same SEO Advice Every Week. So I Gave It a Memory.

Per-site snapshots and a recommendation ledger turned stateless analytics into advice that builds on itself.

BlackOps kept handing me the same SEO advice every week, so I built per-site memory into its GA4 and Search Console tools. Here is how it works.

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Stop Hiring Cooks. Start Building Kitchens.
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Stop Hiring Cooks. Start Building Kitchens.

Everyone says "we can use AI for that." But if your plan is to do that reliably, repeatedly, and at scale, you don't have a solution. You have a demo.

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Command-Driven Development Logging with Visual Progress: A Better Way to Track Development with Claude Code
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Command-Driven Development Logging with Visual Progress: A Better Way to Track Development with Claude Code

How I created and use a command-driven system in my everyday commerce development process with Claude Code to document progress with visual screenshots - giving me complete control over when and how enterprise development gets documented.

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I Asked AI to Make My Site 'Pop' — It Built Asteroids Instead
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I Asked AI to Make My Site 'Pop' — It Built Asteroids Instead

From a simple UI request to shipping a complete Asteroids game—discover how Claude Code transformed casual conversation into production-ready code with authentic 1979 arcade gameplay.

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Claude Code Is More Than a Dev Assistant—It’s My Project Manager
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Claude Code Is More Than a Dev Assistant—It’s My Project Manager

Discover how combining Claude Code with a simple ROADMAP.md file transformed my personal project management and delivered consistent progress on my blog.

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Quickly Add VSCode to Your iPad
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Quickly Add VSCode to Your iPad

Transform your iPad into a development workstation with VSCode web. Install vscode.dev as a home screen app, sync settings, and code from anywhere with GitHub integration.

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5 VSCode Extensions I Use Daily to Manage My Remote Teams
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5 VSCode Extensions I Use Daily to Manage My Remote Teams

Essential VSCode extensions for commerce frontend development and team leadership. Tools that enable efficient development across multiple e-commerce projects and remote team management.

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First Look at the Official Readwise Obsidian Plugin
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First Look at the Official Readwise Obsidian Plugin

Complete review of the official Readwise Obsidian plugin featuring automatic syncing, custom formatting, backlinks, and spaced repetition to transform reading highlights into knowledge.