Christopher Kennedy

Your digital dreams, realized with a dash of caffeine creativity.

Balancing bytes and barbells, code and coffee, family moments and future innovations.

Who needs a new web widget for surveys? 🙋‍♂️

This is a new practice for me to lead for a side project I have been working on. I have worked with designers and product managers who have led these discussions. At most, I’ve provided my technical opinions on how to solve problems for these personas. About 3 weeks ago, I decided to code a…

September 19, 2023
Weaving OpenAI ChatGPT into my day-to-day

Disclaimer: This post has some techie buzzwords. I bet your social feeds are feeling a lot like mine lately. It’s AI this and AI that. Automate your life with AI. The skit from South Park comes to mind. Every chance I get, I’ve been trying to use AI. The headlines made it impossible to ignore.…

August 30, 2023
Let’s build a Survey Widget with Preact Habitat

Problem Statement Before our marketing teams can try new trends, they’re at the mercy of our engineering team. Solution I want to detach core code from the creative’s work and convert it into lightweight widgets. This allows the marketing content to be created with any tool with little to no knowledge of how these widgets…

August 30, 2023
Publishing WordPress Sites without a PHP server

As I’m typing this up, I am watching the Boston Strangler movie on Netflix with my wife. I wanted to see how fast I could spin up a blog. My requirements: Even though it’s known for blogging, WordPress is a great CMS. Chances are, you’ve engaged with many websites that were built in WordPress. It’s…

August 12, 2023

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