WordPress helps me unwind – story of a part-time developer
Here is Ajay reading his own story aloud. In October 2023, I will complete 20 years of my association with WordPress. What started as an experiment soon became an integral part of my life. Hi! I am Ajay D’Souza. I am the author of several completely free WordPress plugins, and this is my WordPress story. In the beginning… I vaguely recall always having a passion for computers during my school days. Then, it was Logo. It was only in mid-2000 that I discovered HTML. I had initially set out to learn C or C++ and got distracted by this language that allowed me to build webpages. I created a site on Sherlock Holmes by hand on a free host. I learnt a bit of PHP, which helped me create dynamic portions of the site. But I still didn’t know what MySQL was. In late 2003, when yet another free host closed its shutters, I finally bought ajaydsouza.com. This site has remained my home on the web for nearly 20 years. Finding WordPress After buying the domain, I started blogging using WordPress in October 2003. At that time, WordPress was still in its infancy, and I enjoyed playing with innovative technology.…
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