Technology Insights Archive
Browse Raymond Tec technology insights: practical notes, technical decisions, field observations, opinions, and longer explanations drawn from building, fixing, maintaining, and supporting real-world technology.
These posts go deeper than the daily news cycle. The focus is on what was learned from the work, why a technical decision mattered, what tradeoffs showed up, and what might help someone facing a similar problem make a better decision.
Newest first. Use the search box to look for a topic, or the page controls at the bottom to move back through the archive as it grows.
Practical technology insights from the work itself
Topics can include WordPress and ecommerce, custom software and automation, security and maintenance, networks and field service, content and search, and the ongoing process of building Longtail Forge. Some entries will be deep technical explanations. Others may be a shorter lesson, decision, or observation that is useful enough to keep around after the immediate problem is gone.
The standard is the same either way: explain the important part in plain English, show the tradeoff when there is one, and avoid pretending every technology question has one universal answer. If you are looking for current headlines instead, visit the Raymond Tec News archive. For the combined view, head back to News & Insights.