<![CDATA[Writing]]> http://eric.mithra62.com/index.php en eric@mithra62.com Copyright 2026 2026-04-21T15:00:00+00:00 <![CDATA[You Didn’t Avoid a Rebuild. You Just Made It Worse.]]> https://mithra62.com/writing/stop-fixing-start-rebuilding https://mithra62.com/writing/stop-fixing-start-rebuilding#When:15:00:00Z You didn’t avoid a rebuild. You just spread it out painfully.

{body}]]> 2026-04-21T15:00:00+00:00 <![CDATA[Your Platform Isn’t Slow. It’s Misaligned.]]> https://mithra62.com/writing/your-platform-isnt-slow-its-misaligned https://mithra62.com/writing/your-platform-isnt-slow-its-misaligned#When:09:45:00Z Your platform isn’t slow; it’s misaligned. Fix the friction, not the symptoms, and performance follows.

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{body}]]> 2026-03-31T15:00:00+00:00 <![CDATA[How I Found Tucson’s Tech Scene (And Why It Stuck)]]> https://mithra62.com/writing/tucson-tech-scene-networking https://mithra62.com/writing/tucson-tech-scene-networking#When:13:38:00Z A personal look at Tucson’s tech scene, from TENWEST to Tech Nerds Unite, and how showing up turned a reset into something more.

{body}]]> 2026-03-24T13:38:00+00:00 <![CDATA[Your Platform Isn’t Broken. It’s Fighting You.]]> https://mithra62.com/writing/your-platform-isnt-broken-its-fighting-you https://mithra62.com/writing/your-platform-isnt-broken-its-fighting-you#When:03:52:00Z Your platform isn’t broken; your business just changed and now it LOOKS broken.

It's not crashing. It's not down. Just… slowing things down in ways that are hard to explain.

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{body}]]> 2026-01-29T22:32:00+00:00 <![CDATA[When You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know]]> https://mithra62.com/writing/when-you-dont-know-what-you-dont-know https://mithra62.com/writing/when-you-dont-know-what-you-dont-know#When:05:02:00Z A candid, good-natured rant about the myth of the “great at everything” developer and dev-ops aficionados.

{body}]]> 2025-12-24T05:02:00+00:00 <![CDATA[Thoughts On Bespoke Versus Hosted CMSs]]> https://mithra62.com/writing/thoughts-on-bespoke-versus-hosted-cmss https://mithra62.com/writing/thoughts-on-bespoke-versus-hosted-cmss#When:17:41:00Z Thinking about going custom? I break down the exact signs your project is pushing past what hosted platforms can handle.

{body}]]> 2025-11-18T17:41:00+00:00 <![CDATA[Introduction to Hidden Files]]> https://mithra62.com/writing/introduction-to-hidden-files https://mithra62.com/writing/introduction-to-hidden-files#When:20:07:00Z Securely serve files stored in your ExpressionEngine site - even those embedded within Channel Entries or in Grid fields - via protected download links, rather than exposing them publicly.

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