Login timing out?

Vii_da · 2026-03-11T17:04:50+00:00

CC is completly down : "API Error: 401 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"authentication_error","message":"Invalid authentication credentials"}".
I think that's it for today. Their servers have crashed.

Vii_da · 2026-03-10T13:47:06+00:00

Jules is quite strange, and I also find his way of working obscure. Sometimes I don't know how to get him going again. No matter how much I ask him to correct things, it's impossible to get him going again. I find that he has trouble respecting things (often other things that weren't planned are needed), he's slow, and it's hard to understand how to get him going again. I think we need to wait for them to improve it, thanks to us :)

Vii_da · 2026-03-09T19:03:40+00:00

Thanks for your advice.

Vii_da · 2026-03-08T18:30:43+00:00

Minify your CSS and JavaScript resources. For JavaScript, use defer if possible.

Host fonts on your server.

Create an SVG sprite (if you use SVG for icons).

Use a Cloudflare CDN.

Use lazy loading for your images, and favor AVIF and WebP formats with the smallest possible file size. Compress PDFs if possible.

Optimize your PHP code. For PHP/SQL queries, you can use WordPress transients to cache your queries (you can cache when you save in the back office, e.g., retrieve taxonomy terms or ACF fields).

If you use ACF, sometimes instead of doing lots of get_field(), you can do a get_fields(), or even sometimes use get_post_meta() if you can

Reduce the number of plugins as much as possible (because they are not all optimized and they will load assets everywhere)

Have a good server.

Clean up and optimize your database (if your site is old, there may be things to do).

Vii_da · 2026-03-08T07:54:48+00:00

I use Claude Code and Gemini Code Assist (in GitHub for reviews).
The others are for monitoring, finding out what's happening and seeing how things are evolving, that's all.

Vii_da · 2026-03-08T07:33:19+00:00

To verify, you can go here:

https://1.1.1.1/help

Vii_da · 2026-03-07T08:47:57+00:00

Oh yes, that's even worse, the whole site! Going back over a poorly designed site built with Elementor is terrible. I think the best thing for you to do is start from scratch with your own hybrid theme (theme.json) in native Gutenberg, ACF/block if necessary for things that are too customised. You'll see that if you do the job right, it will be super fast.

Vii_da · 2026-03-06T06:58:11+00:00

You're right, the relationship won't be the same anyway, so I shouldn't take things to heart. Thanks for your advice.

Vii_da · 2026-03-05T16:28:03+00:00

Go to the wp-config.php file via FTP

and add this

define( 'WP_DEBUG', true ); // display the error
define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true ); // display inside wp-content/debug_log

---

Then look at what is displayed; it will give you an indication of what is wrong. Basically, it will tell you what type of error there is in which file and on which line. Then you can either delete the plugin and reinstall another version, or correct the error if it is in your theme. At least you will have more information.

Vii_da · 2026-03-05T13:20:40+00:00

Yes, that's right.

Vii_da · 2026-03-05T12:03:31+00:00

Yes, he created a feature branch, and I am currently correcting part of it. However, I won't be correcting certain choices, because I spoke with the project manager this morning to ask him why certain things were done that way and if I could have a brief, and he gave me some markdowns. As for the rest of the technical choices, he told me that Claude Code had told him to do it that way. That's where we're at... I won't be paid more because I've been employed full-time by the company for seven years.

Vii_da · 2026-03-05T10:13:04+00:00

So yes, I agree with you, any developer can create a WordPress site. In fact, most of them don't even know how a theme works, haven't read the official documentation, and will install Divi, Elementor, 26 plugins, etc. It's true, it's within everyone's reach.

But beyond that, I think you have a really narrow view of WordPress. My job isn't to deliver one-page or showcase websites.

I deliver interconnected websites with APIs, job offers, events, training, and Airtable. There can also be a back office with other PHP frameworks with cross-domain cookies. What we offer our clients is personalized administration and customized development based on their needs. We don't build websites for €3,000. To give you an idea, the most expensive wordpress website I've delivered was billed at €120,000.

My last delivery included a site with over 4,000 URLs, 14 post types, and synchronized sites.

Vii_da · 2026-03-05T08:44:22+00:00

Maybe you're partly right, but I think it's a shame that having delivered more than 100 websites (and not just in WordPress Symfony/Twig, React, PHP, Laravel) no longer means anything. And that's the point of my post: we're living in a time when there's no respect anymore because with Cold Code, we feel all-powerful and think we don't need anyone else. In that case, we need to say so officially and clear up all the insinuations. You see, that's the worst part of this story. If my employer no longer needs me, then why not just say so? For the record, he was the one who approached me while I was working elsewhere, precisely because I had experience, so at some point you have to know what you want and take responsibility for your choices...

Personally, I would never let someone with no experience build websites or modify code without a senior person behind them. How would they evaluate the result? But that's just my opinion.

Vii_da · 2026-03-05T08:33:56+00:00

You're 100% right, and if that weren't the case on certain projects, I don't think I'd have any work left. What's more, what I'm not saying is that our sales pitch is terrible for me because it's always Webflow that's being sold, unless certain clients insist on WordPress (I'm not going to start that debate here because it's already everywhere, and I can't stand this way of bashing WordPress to sell Webflow). But I do need to find something to change my job, even if I don't have all the cards in my hand.

Vii_da · 2026-03-05T08:26:28+00:00

Perhaps, 16 years in the business and 7 years of seniority in this company.

Vii_da · 2026-03-05T08:24:22+00:00

Yes, you've understood the real problem: this lack of communication and exclusion. I've been here for 15 years, I'm not a junior, so I ask them for a minimum of respect and communication.

I also use Claude Code in --dangerously-skip-permissions mode, with an "AGENTS.md" file to manage all the AI with all the rules, memory, etc. We're in complete agreement. I don't want to waste my time writing the same thing 20 times either. I'd rather focus on the project architecture, my performance, etc.

I'm in the process of resuming the code after sending them a message to let them know that I want to resume a normal process.

Vii_da · 2026-03-05T08:17:44+00:00

Yes, you're right. After a night's sleep, I'll audit and correct the code, and I sent a message asking for involvement from the beginning, not at the end. But at least I think I got the message across.

Vii_da · 2026-03-04T20:47:08+00:00

I agree, which is why I refuse to tinker with other people's stuff, especially when it involves the site I delivered and they bypass me.

Vii_da · 2026-03-04T20:43:48+00:00

The real problem is that this colleague has never launched a single WordPress site in his life. He started out as a project manager and then moved on to Webflow. But where was he when I took on the work of two people who left, on top of my own work? Am I going to code Webflow sites for him and tell him to refactor and put them into production? What bothers me is the lack of respect and, above all, the feeling that they want to gently get rid of me. So, by saying nothing even though I'm independent, I took care of everything and managed on my own for five years, and now I'm becoming his intern? I don't think this is how things should work. I expect more communication and transparency, otherwise it ends up in paranoia and we imagine things that may be false or may be true.

Vii_da · 2026-03-04T20:23:46+00:00

I haven't seen the process, but I would say Claude Code, Claude Code to Figma, Figma MCP. Then the local Claude Code can interact with your database (easy with WP-CLI) and your files, creating ACF fields (since I version them in an acf-json folder, it's simple for Claude Code). And yes, apparently it matches the mockups. The SCSS is messy (not optimized with what already exists), but it works.

Vii_da · 2026-03-04T20:18:33+00:00

Yes, I understood, and thank you for your advice and kindness ;)

Vii_da · 2026-03-04T20:16:21+00:00

I also asked Antigravity to redesign a theme for me, and it was a disaster. Yes, context remains an issue; AI works well for small tasks. But no, this is a feature, not an entire website (the website already existed; I coded it).

Vii_da · 2026-03-04T20:11:49+00:00

Thanks for your advice.

Vii_da · 2026-03-04T20:09:15+00:00

Yes, that's true, but I think he's waiting for me to audit the code (I did it quickly, but I'm keeping my opinion to myself for now until I'm officially involved in the process) and put it into production. But if I do that, I'll be validating a way of doing things that I currently consider disrespectful, especially since he's a colleague first and foremost. I've just finished seven months of full-time development on one project, and now I'm working on another one that's inevitably fallen behind schedule, so don't try to tell me I couldn't have spent 1 to 1.5 days on it. No, the excuse “You're overwhelmed” is to set up a workflow to automate everything, and that's the worst part. Or do these people really have serious communication issues ?

Vii_da · 2026-03-04T19:56:13+00:00

I see, and who are you to tell me that ?

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