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Production notes on AI systems, WordPress infrastructure, and SuperControl websites. No fluff, just signal.

Engineering

Native WordPress around SuperControl: live availability without a widget skin

8 min read

Sync property data, ask SuperControl for live dates, and hand off to checkout with a calendar that belongs to the theme — not an embed.

Jake Henshall
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Strategy

Keep SuperControl, rebuild the guest experience

7 min read

Dated templates and bolted-on calendars are not a reason to rip out the PMS. Keep SuperControl. Rebuild the public site around it.

Jake Henshall
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WordPress

Using AI on a WordPress modernisation, not as the rebuild

7 min read

Use AI to inventory plugins, map ACF groups and draft a cut list. People still do the rebuild. Generators do not reduce plugin debt.

Jake Henshall
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WordPress

WordPress AI that belongs in production

7 min read

Most WordPress AI plugins are demos. Production AI on WordPress runs off the public request, behind a human, with a cost cap and an owner.

Jake Henshall
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WordPress

Hardening WordPress MCP before you give an agent write access

8 min read

Treat WordPress MCP like WP-CLI: a small role, a small catalogue, staging first, and logs. Prompts are not access control.

Jake Henshall
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WordPress

What WordPress MCP is actually for

7 min read

Model Context Protocol is a tool interface for WordPress, not a chatbot plugin. Use it for inspection and local ops, not overnight publishing.

Jake Henshall
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WordPress

Link and sync ACF fields across pages (without environment sync)

7 min read

Share one ACF value across selected pages with a source of truth. That is not the same as syncing WordPress between environments.

Jake Henshall
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WordPress

The ACF trap: dragging a field does not move the data

8 min read

Renaming or moving an ACF field leaves stored values behind. Treat schema changes as migrations with preview, transaction and rollback.

Jake Henshall
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Tools

AI DevTool Stack for Small Teams

5 min read

A lean, high-impact AI development stack for small teams shipping fast without losing quality.

Jake Henshall
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Engineering

From Prototype to Production AI Coding Assistant

7 min read

What changes between demo and production when building an internal AI coding assistant.

Jake Henshall
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Architecture

Shipping Claude and OpenAI Together

6 min read

A practical multi-provider architecture for quality fallback, cost control, and vendor resilience.

Jake Henshall
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Engineering

Secure Tool Use for AI Agents

6 min read

How to lock down tool execution paths so AI agents remain useful without introducing avoidable risk.

Jake Henshall
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