RicheyWeb Software Development

Cron vs Joomla Lazy Scheduler and WebCron

As a Joomla developer, I often leave local dev site tabs open in the background for hours, sometimes days. Recently, I switched back to one of these tabs for a quick check, with the DevTools Network panel open. To my horror, dozens, maybe over a hundred AJAX calls fired at once, flooding the network log. The browser froze, navigation stalled, and it took agonizing seconds to recover. “That’s why it’s so slow sometimes!” I realized, pinpointing Joomla’s Lazy Scheduler as the culprit, piling up tasks in the background. This frustrating experience reminded me of the tried and true solution: regular cron with Joomla’s scheduler:run CLI command.

AI Browsers Turn Users into Spies

As a software developer and web admin, AI is my secret weapon. I feed it code snippets, API docs, and debug prompts, churning out prototypes or fixes in minutes; hours of grunt work slashed. I've even built Joomla publishing tools that utilize AI: System - AI Meta. But I’m meticulous: sensitive configs stay air-gapped, proprietary datasets never touch the cloud. I’ve spent years fencing off crawlers like GPTBot, keeping client data out of AI training pipelines. AI browsers threaten to make that effort a complete waste of time.

Negative SEO via URL Parameter Abuse in Joomla

Negative SEO uses malicious tactics to sabotage a website’s search engine rankings. A dangerous method, Negative SEO via URL Parameter Abuse, exploits a flaw in Joomla’s core System - SEF plugin’s canonical URL generation, enabling attackers to create duplicate content issues that harm rankings. This canonical attack method is a real threat, and System - SEF causes it (as seen on an official Joomla site), why nearly all official Joomla sites disable the plugin (likely due to this exploit), and what RicheyWeb is doing about it - informed by SEO insights from dofollow.com.

Varnish and Joomla

I made a statement in the Joomla forums offering to describe how I use Varnish and Joomla together. Well...today is the day! Due to an unforeseen summer cold - I'm not doing the outside work that I thought I'd be doing, so it's time to make good on that promise.

Microsoft Deliverability - SendGrid and Blacklists

As a webmaster, I’ve been crushed by Microsoft Deliverability issues, with their S3140 error - “part of their network is on our block list” - blocking my RicheyWeb server’s 1–5 weekly emails to outlook.com, hotmail.com, live.com, and countless business domains hosted by Microsoft.

AI Automation Unlocking Content Opportunities

Staying ahead of the content game is tough. Whether you’re a blogger, marketer, or niche website owner, sifting through news, trends, or industry updates to find relevant topics can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. Manual research eats up hours, and by the time you spot a hot topic, it’s often too late to capitalize. Enter AI automation—a smarter way to discover content opportunities that drive traffic, engagement, and revenue.