Author: Dave Romsey

David (Dave) is a Senior Backend Engineer at WebDevStudios where he works on WordPress plugins, themes, and web applications. He loves building solutions that help enable clients to achieve their goals. After graduating from Kent State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Information Systems, Dave started working at Go Media Inc., where he successfully lobbied to adopt WordPress as the preferred platform to build solutions with, crediting its ease of use for both developers and end users. During his tenure, David created starter themes and various plugins which he used along with the team to build custom WordPress solutions for a wide range of clients. He has racked up over 10 years of experience developing with WordPress and has loved watching it evolve year after year. Prior to starting his career in web development, Dave established a strong background in customer service, where he once used The Telephone Doctors Swear Stopper to diffuse a tense situation. He also has a great sense of humor and is totally not writing this about himself. Dave has tons of hobbies and is always getting into something new, so he’s never bored. He enjoys macro photography (particularly insect portraiture), riding his bike on the trail, cooking, playing darts, and hanging out with his two sassy teenage girls, Deedlit and Snarf.

Debugging React with VS Code and Chrome

Have you ever considered using a debugger for your React project but decided to keep on using console.log() instead because you thought it would be a pain to set up proper debugging? I did, until one day, I needed to get into...

Debugging WordPress Using Xdebug, Local, and VS Code

This post covers debugging WordPress using Xdebug, Local, and VS Code. This approach to debugging is far superior to logging variables to the error log or to the screen. Getting things set up correctly can be tricky. That’s where this tutorial helps....

WebDevStudios Day in the Life of a Backend Engineer

Dave Romsey Job Title: Backend Engineer Years at WebDevStudios: 2.25 I’ve always been a big fan of WebDevStudios (WDS). I can’t remember precisely what drew me in, but WDS always seemed to make good choices about WordPress development practices. When trying to...

MySQL Database Export Errors and Solutions

I recently encountered a couple of frustrating MySQL database export errors and wanted to share the solutions I used with other folks, as well as document it for future me. Here’s my setup. These issues could appear on any platform, though. OS:...