Professional button masher. Fiercely defensive '90s kid. Recovering political junkie. Not even internet-famous. https://xitter.cf/t.co/ngiAH4SrWv
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A few weeks ago, I set out to get some experience building something with PHP that is NOT #WordPress, and decided that I'd dive deep into #Laravel. I figured the best way to approach it would be to just build *something*, and see how far I could get. A project for learning.
I was switching browsers today (moved from Chrome to Safari, and now to Firefox), and that means logging back in to all the things, including X.
My condolences to those of you who rely on this place to make a living.
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I've joined @wpengine to contribute full time to WordPress core, continuing the performance work I started while at Google: weston.ruter.net/2025/08/27/… – at Portland, OR
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Any product managers in the WordPress space looking for a new role working with leading WordPress plugins, DM me 🙏
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"I have no interest in giving up writing code. That's not the unpleasant part that I want AI to take off my hands. Just so I can — what? — become a project manager for a murder of AI crows?" world.hey.com/dhh/coding-sho…
I really love this approach. Why would a poet or artist ever want a computer to write poetry or make art for them? That's the fun part!
Give computers the boring stuff. The stuff you dread doing. The stuff that takes time away from what you love.
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I can't stop thinking about this exchange.
What is with people dog piling on someone who has made outstanding amounts of money and pays his employees super well and provides an amazing balanced Life for people to pursue leisurely activities of their choice?
What is wrong with these people? Literally creates a dream job, talks about how much he enjoys it, gets told he's a failure... Wut?
Bro runs an 8 figure (assumed) yearly business, has a family and loves them, and won the LeMans 24-hour race... I would call that winning
"Problem is that nobody seems content to merely put their dent in the universe. No, they have to fucking own the universe. It’s not enough to be in the market, they have to dominate it. It’s not enough to serve customers, they have to capture them." signalvnoise.com/svn3/recons…
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Would love to hear from the @LocalWP @wp_acf community!
Since Advanced Custom Fields often turns #WordPress into a more powerful CMS, should new sites created in Local include the plugin - free version of course - by default?
If you had that 🪄, what would you do?
18%Default!
39%Optional, of course
16%Blueprint, please
27%No way!
67 votes • Final resultsIs there anyone in my network who feels like they would be a good fit for this role?
wpengine.wd1.myworkdayjobs.c…
Have a look, and if you apply, let me know. This particular role is US based, but still reach out if you're outside the US. We'll likely have EU roles opening soon.
You Can't Build Interactive Web Apps Except as Single Page Applications... And Other Myths
htmx.org/essays/you-cant/
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Thousands of #WordPress sites are showing this error after the 6.8 auto-update:
"Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly."
Just checked Google — thousands of results indexed in the last 24 hours with that error .....
google.com/search?q=%22Funct…
#GenesisWP 3.6.0 has been released! Thanks so much for everyone's patience while we worked this one out. See the details here: studiopress.blog/genesis-3-6…
I'm more and more convinced that short form video content consumption will be our undoing. Especially when its delivered algorithmically.
Frankly, I'm not sure if the benefits of AI technology outweigh the very obvious and possibly unavoidable societal decay.
If I'm wrong, LMK
Lots to love about this!
I just released my Alpine.js Page Editor into the wild! 🎉 It allows anyone to edit text, upload & resize images and add/delete/reorder posts! Check it out, and please give it a 🌟 github.com/dashpilot/alpinej… @Alpine_JS @calebporzio
I would like to know if I'm way off / alone here, so let me know if you build stuff on the web and this resonates with you:
1. No build
2. Server-side rendering
3. Languages used where they were intended (browser vs server)
4. Actual CSS
5. Prioritizing performance
I may genuinely be too nostalgic for my own good. But this ^ feels like such a dream scenario to work with. Maybe those days are gone?
Sideloading files into your site's storage is ridiculously easy in Laravel.
Simplified Stream Response Handling in Laravel laravel-news.com/stream-resp… posted by @harrisrafto
"projects serving different needs is a good thing. Not every user is the same, and we shouldn't act like they are."
This is incredibly important. Splintering is a feature, not a bug. For too long, we've bought the myth that success is defined as total market dominance.
