Julien Liabeuf

Synapse: An Experiment in AI-First Personal Knowledge Management

Sat, 10 Jan 2026 03:00:00 +0000

Building an Obsidian vault that AI can actually understand.

Product Backlog Ownership — Why It Matters

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 03:00:00 +0000

In Agile methodology, the Product Owner is the sole owner of a product backlog. There are good reasons for it. However, I have seen my fair share of backlogs being modified without the Product Owner being aware of it.

From Pivotal Tracker to Clubhouse

Tue, 14 Jul 2020 09:02:08 +0000

Part of my job as a Product Manager at Nimble is to take care of the development of several web and mobile applications.

The True Cost of In-House Development

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 13:02:08 +0000

«It would cost me half as much to develop my application if I hired a developer myself than working with you guys.»

So Long, N2Clic.

Tue, 17 Jan 2017 12:46:13 +0000

It's been almost 6 months now. Officially. Less in reality. There is so much to take care of in such a process. I'm still finishing up some paperwork.

PhpStorm and PHPCodeSniffer on Windows

Tue, 18 Oct 2016 05:03:58 +0000

I've been wanting to get onto PHPCS for quite some time now. While reading a blog post discussing it, I decided it was now or never. I should have started using PHPCS a while ago anyway...

Installing PEAR on Windows

Tue, 16 Aug 2016 09:44:51 +0000

I have been using phpDocumentor on my Windows laptop lately, and one of the requirements is to have PEAR installed. While this is a pretty simple process on Linux, it gets a little more complex on Windows.

EasyEngine or How I Gained 1s in Page Load Time

Sun, 17 Jul 2016 11:33:17 +0000

My blog has been hosted on various machines from various providers. It is only recently that I started to aim for performance, though.

Je t'aime… moi non plus

Fri, 08 Jul 2016 06:37:21 +0000

As a plugin developer who released a few plugins on WordPress.org, I sometimes feel like the song says: "Je t'aime… moi non plus". Well, sexual content aside :p

Get More Reviews of your WordPress Theme or Plugin

Sun, 03 Jul 2016 16:32:47 +0000

So you just got this new WordPress theme or plugin approved by the review team. Exciting!

NameCheap FreeDNS and .is Domains

Sat, 14 May 2016 04:29:14 +0000

One more NameCheap-related article. Yeah, I'm a big fan of their services!

Easy Dismissible Notices in WordPress

Sat, 02 Apr 2016 03:43:36 +0000

WordPress admin notices are great. They're extremely handy for communicating an important message to the users of your theme or plugin.

(My) Perfect WordPress Development Environment

Sat, 26 Mar 2016 16:41:55 +0000

I've been developing WordPress stuff for a few years now. During all this time, my development toolkit changed. A lot.

MailGun and NameCheap: SPF and DKIM Validation

Thu, 15 Oct 2015 07:14:24 +0000

When working on client projects, e-mail delivery is a primary concern. Most of my clients (most people in general I assume) use e-mail quite extensively for lead generation on their site.

Apps Passwords and Role Based Activation for WP Google Authenticator

Sun, 16 Nov 2014 14:32:19 +0000

I am really happy to announce that I pushed version 1.1.0 of WP Google Authenticator today. This version is the biggest update since the first release of the plugin. It adds support for two things that have been asked in the past: apps passwords and role based activation.

Install Nginx with Server Blocks

Sat, 12 Apr 2014 09:28:22 +0000

One very important thing with the droplet I setup on DigitalOcean is to be able to host multiple sites. Hence, we're going to use Server Blocks (the equivalent of Virtual Hosts on Apache).

Setup Ubuntu Server with SFTP

Sat, 12 Apr 2014 04:00:14 +0000

This article is the first one of a series about how to setup a cloud server server running Ubuntu 12.04. This server will be used to run multiple sites. Essentially Ghost blogs and WordPress sites.

Second WordPress Meetup

Sun, 30 Mar 2014 03:54:46 +0000

On the 24th was the second WordPress meetup I organized in Bangkok. We had the two founders of a successful WordPress company talk about the way they "productized" their WordPress development services.

How to create a theme/plugin translation file

Mon, 03 Mar 2014 12:51:51 +0000

This tutorial is gold. You'll learn the right way to create a translation file for your WordPress themes and plugins.

Bangkok WordPress Kick-off

Tue, 25 Feb 2014 12:46:40 +0000

Yesterday was the day. First time I organize a meetup. It's been quite a rush in the end, but it was really worth it. I was very lucky to have Siobhan McKeown speak about getting involved in WordPress.

Rescue Code Now Available in WP Google Authenticator

Sat, 25 Jan 2014 06:41:44 +0000

WP Google Authenticator has just been updated to version 1.0.4. This new version only brings ~~one change~~ few changes, but it's a pretty big one.

Using SublimeLinter with PHP

Fri, 29 Nov 2013 15:22:39 +0000

I lost a considerable amount of time today.

Add 2-Factor Authentication to WordPress

Fri, 22 Nov 2013 13:48:38 +0000

This article is both a security tip and a tutorial to my WP Google Authenticator plugin.

WP Google Authenticator

Sun, 17 Nov 2013 09:22:08 +0000

Are you concerned about security? Then this plugin might be for you.