About Blake
About Blake Howe
Owner of Building Better Software — WordPress security, performance optimization, and AI-driven hosting. 20 years of software development experience. Faith, family, and systems that work.
Explore the sections below to learn more about who I am, what I do, and how I think.
- Communication Style: How Blake prefers to communicate: direct, async-friendly, minimal meetings, written-first, and technically deep when the problem calls for it.
- Current Projects: Active initiatives Blake is working on right now — infrastructure upgrades, new tools, client site migrations, and ongoing development.
- Decision Log: Documented decisions Blake has made, with reasoning — useful context for AI agents and anyone trying to understand how he thinks.
- Domain Knowledge: Deep expertise areas: WordPress, server infrastructure, security, AI agents, and web performance.
- Goals & Priorities: Current professional and personal goals — what Blake is building toward and the priorities that guide his decisions.
- Preferences & Constraints: Working hours, preferred tools, workflows, hard constraints, and things Blake actively avoids.
- Role & Responsibilities: What Blake does day-to-day: WordPress management, security hardening, hosting, and AI integration across nearly 1,000 client sites.
- Team & Relationships: Blake's close circle — family, key clients, and collaborators — and how he works with each.
- Tools & Systems: The full tech stack: hosting infrastructure, monitoring, AI agents, development environment, and the software Blake uses every day.
- Who is Blake?: Background, values, and bio of Blake Howe — Mississippi-based WordPress developer, husband, father, and systems builder with 20 years of experience.