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Pixo’s blog for useful insights, practical resources, and the occasional musing—thoughtfully conceived and freely shared.

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How to bring modern development best practices to WordPress

Is WordPress still relevant? We think so. Here's the technology stack we use at Pixo to make WordPress a first-class experience for our developers and a quality product for our clients.

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Hyperfine makes benchmarking CLI apps easy

With tooling like this, you could have a script that will benchmark the developer’s/CI agent’s machine the first time it’s run and then leave behind a small settings file with the best configuration.

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Partying on Zoom: A look at Pixo’s end of the year celebration in 2020

How did we make our holiday party remote AND fun?

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New business owners Melinda Miller and Jason Berg

Before the buyout, Melinda and Jason had been effectively running the company since January 2019 and have been part of Pixo’s leadership team since 2013 and 2015, respectively.

What we believe; what we’re going to do

We willingly join the global call for justice and commit to measuring what matters.

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How to update your restaurant’s website for a pandemic

Content changes are cheap, Grubhub sucks, and I’m hungry, so let’s figure this out together.

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Nothing talks to each other: Solving the problem of connecting multiple systems

When hardware and software are “talking” to each other, that conversation introduces a lot of complexity. We uncover true insights about your users to guide us.

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Defining fluid typography with static design mockups

And how it helps designers make the leap between initial vision and final product.

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Taking the anxiety out of running a website

Websites won’t last forever, but regular maintenance will keep yours healthy and useful as long as you need it.

7 ways Symfony helped us build an international site

Making an international site is hard, but Symfony made it easier.

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Eyetracking tips, designing for older people, confirmation modals — and more!

A peek into Pixo’s design-discourse channel, where we get inspired and glimpse the future of software.

Resources for “just enough strategy”

…or for anyone wanting to build a site with great content

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Drawing toast: My new favorite brainstorm icebreaker

Turn anyone into a visual communicator in three minutes or less.

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Hacking the holidays for a good cause

How we replaced our print holiday card with a website, 1,400 LED lights, and support for an invaluable community resource

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Symfony 4: Autowiring in a nutshell

Symfony moved into version 4 last November. One of the best patterns embraced by the newest major version of this venerable framework is Autowiring — basically a term for Dependency Injection that uses PHP type-hinting.