I build for the
web, and write
about the journey.


I’m Troy Chaplin — a developer in Ottawa working with WordPress, modern frontend, and AI tooling. I ship plugins, block themes, and build-tool experiments, and I write notes about the journey: what broke, what worked, what I’d do again.

Latest journal notes

“At the end of the day, family comes first. Everything else — work, hobbies, side projects — fits around the joy and chaos of life at home. The late nights, the early mornings, the noise, the mess, the laughter in between — that’s the life I’m building, and the people I’m building it for.”