Blog

Notes on the things I'm building, learning, and breaking along the way.

• May 20, 2026

  Why I Didn't Just Use Square's Official Plugin

  Square publishes a perfectly capable WooCommerce gateway. I shipped a different one anyway — because the kitchen iPad needs orders in a specific shape, and I'd rather not ask restaurant owners to type Square credentials in two places.

• May 15, 2026

  How RestoPick Pro Grew One Feature at a Time

  Almost every feature in Pro exists because a real restaurant messaged me starting with 'is it possible to...'. Here's the story behind menu hours, recurring closures, tips, kitchen ticket printing, and the Square Connection that powers the companion payment gateway.

• May 8, 2026

  Why I Shipped a Pickup Plugin to WordPress.org

  A weekend of trying every existing pickup plugin convinced me to write my own. RestoPick is the result — pickup date and time at WooCommerce checkout, ASAP mode, honest hours that don't drift twice a year.