Insights and lessons on technical leadership, team building, and software development https://mattcohen.co en-us Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:45:19 GMT Matt Cohen's Blog https://mattcohen.co/posts/when-in-doubt-default-to-creativity https://mattcohen.co/posts/when-in-doubt-default-to-creativity We are at our best when we are creating. Wed, 05 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT CoachingLife Matt Cohen https://mattcohen.co/posts/embracing-devices-in-schools https://mattcohen.co/posts/embracing-devices-in-schools Its time to embrace devices in schools, or be left behind in the irresponsible dust of irrelevance. Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT LifeTechnology Matt Cohen https://mattcohen.co/posts/handling-specific-and-ambiguous-url-rewrite-rules-in-wordpress https://mattcohen.co/posts/handling-specific-and-ambiguous-url-rewrite-rules-in-wordpress How to handle ambiguous URL rewrite rules in WordPress. Sun, 26 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT CodingTutorialsWordPress Matt Cohen https://mattcohen.co/posts/shaping-ideas-together https://mattcohen.co/posts/shaping-ideas-together To get your message across, have your team help to create it. Fri, 06 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT BusinessCoaching Matt Cohen https://mattcohen.co/posts/magic-the-gathering-and-how-to-kill-product-innovation https://mattcohen.co/posts/magic-the-gathering-and-how-to-kill-product-innovation aka. the current state of Magic: The Gathering, or why on earth is Spongebob Squarepants on a Magic card? Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT DesignLife Matt Cohen https://mattcohen.co/posts/watering-by-hand https://mattcohen.co/posts/watering-by-hand As powerful as automation is, there will always be space for human interaction and it’s benefits. Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT CoachingLifeMindfulness Matt Cohen https://mattcohen.co/posts/how-i-write-digital-notes-for-my-future-self https://mattcohen.co/posts/how-i-write-digital-notes-for-my-future-self How I use digital tools to leave notes to my future self as a way to maintain focus over time. Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT CoachingLifeMindfulness Matt Cohen https://mattcohen.co/posts/music-is-the-message https://mattcohen.co/posts/music-is-the-message When in doubt, listen to the creatives of the world. Music holds the message. Tue, 15 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT LifeMindfulnessMusic Matt Cohen https://mattcohen.co/posts/renaming-your-wordpress-plugins-main-file https://mattcohen.co/posts/renaming-your-wordpress-plugins-main-file Here’s how to rename your main WordPress plugin file name without deactivating your plugin. Sun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT TutorialsWordPress Matt Cohen https://mattcohen.co/posts/mvps-with-wordpress https://mattcohen.co/posts/mvps-with-wordpress WordPress has so many features built right in. Lets use them to build out an MVP and see what we can do without writing any code. Sun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT BusinessTutorialsWordPress Matt Cohen https://mattcohen.co/posts/amazon-and-takealot-in-south-africa https://mattcohen.co/posts/amazon-and-takealot-in-south-africa Amazon has launched in South Africa. Here’s what I believe we can learn and observe. Wed, 08 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT BusinesseCommerce Matt Cohen https://mattcohen.co/posts/cross-the-street https://mattcohen.co/posts/cross-the-street There is time for thought, and there is time for action. What is important in a given situation is knowing which approach to take. Mon, 08 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT CoachingLife Matt Cohen https://mattcohen.co/posts/the-reason-we-build-wordpress-plugins https://mattcohen.co/posts/the-reason-we-build-wordpress-plugins When building WordPress plugins, build your part of the cathedral. Mon, 12 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT WooCommerceWordPress Matt Cohen https://mattcohen.co/posts/building-a-terms-list-block-for-wordpress https://mattcohen.co/posts/building-a-terms-list-block-for-wordpress I wrote a terms list block for WordPress. Here’s what I learned. Sat, 06 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT CodingWordPress Matt Cohen https://mattcohen.co/posts/adding-unit-tests-to-your-wordpress-plugin-using-wp-env https://mattcohen.co/posts/adding-unit-tests-to-your-wordpress-plugin-using-wp-env Are you considering adding unit tests to your WordPress plugin? Here’s how to do this easily using wp-env. Fri, 29 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT CodingWooCommerceWordPress Matt Cohen https://mattcohen.co/posts/create-every-day https://mattcohen.co/posts/create-every-day Create something every day. Thu, 28 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT LifeMindfulness Matt Cohen https://mattcohen.co/posts/manage-energy-rather-than-managing-time https://mattcohen.co/posts/manage-energy-rather-than-managing-time The thing is, you’re always on time. Manage energy, rather than time. Tue, 19 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT BusinessCoachingMindfulness Matt Cohen https://mattcohen.co/posts/my-wordpress-origin-story https://mattcohen.co/posts/my-wordpress-origin-story Every WordPress user has a story to share. Here’s my WordPress origin story. Thu, 07 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT LifeWordPress Matt Cohen https://mattcohen.co/posts/one-at-a-time https://mattcohen.co/posts/one-at-a-time Focus on one thing at a time for maximum effectness without the tired. This is how we’re wired, after all. Wed, 06 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT CoachingMindfulness Matt Cohen https://mattcohen.co/posts/smart-defaults https://mattcohen.co/posts/smart-defaults WordPress plugins should “just work”. Here’s how to make that happen. Use smart defaults. Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT WooCommerceWordPress Matt Cohen