Articles and field notes
Development
Planning, pricing and building web and mobile software.
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- 09 Nov 2026
Index 48 articles
Articles in “Development” from the PN Scripts blog: plain guides and notes from our own work on software, hosting and games.
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Development
Moving 158 game pages to short addresses with one-hop 301 redirects
How we moved every game page from /title/slug to /slug: one 301 per old address, reserved words, rewritten links, clean sitemaps and the live numbers.
9 min read
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Development
A Laravel CMS with WordPress-style plugins and themes: install it and write your first plugin
Install PN Scripts Press, a Laravel and Filament CMS, then write a plugin with actions and filters and a theme with settings, step by step, with the limits.
10 min read
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Async standups in Slack that people actually answer
How to run a written daily standup in Slack: the questions, the timing, one thread a day, blockers that get seen, and what a standup bot must do safely.
8 min read
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Printing a dated calendar or planner for Bulgaria: holidays, week numbers and working days
What a correct Bulgarian calendar needs: Easter, moved and declared days off, ISO week numbers and working days, plus paper sizes and printing.
9 min read
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Believable Bulgarian placeholder content for designs and test data, without using anyone's real details
Why lorem ipsum hides problems in Bulgarian layouts, how to make names, e-mails, ЕИК, IBANs and phones that look real but are not, and the formats to get right.
9 min read
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Full-page screenshots in Firefox, and a frame that makes them fit a store page or a link preview
Three ways to take a full-page screenshot in Firefox, from the menu to the command line, what goes wrong on long pages, and how to frame it at 1200 x 630.
9 min read
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Touch typing in Bulgarian: БДС or phonetic layout, and how to practise
Which Bulgarian keyboard layout to learn, measured on real text, how to tell which one you have, and how to practise touch typing so it lasts: accuracy first.
8 min read
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Know when the washing machine has finished, from a smart plug's power reading
How to tell from a smart plug's watts that a washer, dishwasher or dryer has finished: thresholds, pauses, dryer tumbling, plugs that go quiet, and reminders.
9 min read
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Development
Maths worksheets for grades 1 to 4 that practise the right thing: ranges, regrouping and remainders
What each primary grade practises in Bulgarian maths, why random sums often drill the wrong skill, and how to generate fresh sheets with an answer key.
8 min read
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Cross-stitch chart size on Aida and seamless pattern tiles: the stitch arithmetic
Finished size on 14 and 11 count Aida and evenweave, the fabric to cut, a reliable test for seamless tiles, and crisp stitch patterns in CSS.
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