J.T. Gray publishes WordPress plugins under the handle JTZL, with a straightforward goal: build useful software and give it away.
We built and launched five of them: In-Browser Cache, JTZL's Bot Maze, SwipeComic, JTZL's Dark Mode, and Chat for WebIRC.
Each one solves a different problem, but all five share the same engineering standard and all five passed WordPress.org plugin review.
In-Browser Cache: a Service Worker layer that caches static assets client-side, with per-content-type strategies, passive CDN detection across major providers, and a metrics dashboard.
JTZL's Bot Maze: invisible trap links that lure AI scrapers into a lazily generated maze, scoring suspicion by traversal depth while exempting verified search crawlers via reverse DNS.
SwipeComic: a custom post type and series taxonomy for webcomics, with PhotoSwipe 5, touch and keyboard navigation, and drag-and-drop episode ordering.
JTZL's Dark Mode: zero-configuration dark mode driven purely by the prefers-color-scheme media query, with separate strategies for block and classic themes.
Chat for WebIRC: a dependency-free TypeScript IRC client with WSS-only connections, a strict server allow-list, and 30+ slash commands.
Across all five: security-conscious defaults, WordPress-native primitives, and sensible defaults in place of configuration screens.
— J.T. Gray"I sincerely appreciate Yoren's quality craftsmanship. I truly value that when she says a thing works, that it works. That is undervalued in the marketplace today."
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