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Build on strengths to deliver software people love. I ❤️ WordPress and work on quality, testing, and developer productivity at Automattic. Based in Arizona.🌵

Tucson, Arizona
Joined March 2007
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Put me in, coach. I support @photomatt and am all in on the mission to build @WordPress as the foundation of the open web, and @automattic as the company I’m proud to work for, for decades to come.
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True. With more recent security issues I've gotten more paranoid.
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Replying to @netsolcares
I already got in touch today, chatted with Varsha and asked for help. Tweeting you since the answer was NOT satisfactory.
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Hi back! This is **your** job, not mine: it's a shared WordPress hosting and I don't control the PHP version. Your KB article doesn't address WordPress hosting.
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@netsolcares Please update PHP versions on shared hosts, including WordPress hosting. I am a NS customer, but also work on the #wordpress core security team, and this is very urgent. Logged in today to my Network Solutions dashboard and was surprised to see PHP 8.2.34 instead of 8.2.35 for my sites on your WordPress hosting.
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Replying to @riadbenguella
I still use it to write Markdown files and manage agentic context.
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I’m the author of two books. But my career started with a blog nobody read. In 2008, before Instagram and iPhones, I started a free blog on @WordPress. I was not a “writer.” I just blogged as a way to express myself and hoped my stories could make a positive impact on someone.
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Proud to be a part of a strong and dedicated team pushing faster security updates for WordPress.
WordPress 7.1.4 is now available. This security release fixes multiple issues, and site owners should update immediately. Update from the WordPress Dashboard or download the release. wp.me/pZhYe-5Ha
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Replying to @nealstephenson
@nealstephenson has spent decades writing about technology, science, history, and the futures they might create. Now, he’s taking us inside the history behind his latest novel, D: Heavy Water.
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PSA from the President of the Internet: Don't use Spacefast
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WordPress 7.1.3 is now available with 7 security fixes and 4 bug fixes. Update your sites immediately from the Dashboard, or download the release from WordPress.org. wp.me/pZhYe-5ER
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Replying to @soydiloreto
@soydiloreto Gracias, Pablo—congrats on your first contribution to WordPress Core! 🎉 core.trac.wordpress.org/tick…
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My birthplace 🇲🇽
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There is only One True SaaS Layout. You may not like it, but this is what peak usability looks like
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Opus 5.5 finishes tasks so fast it feels like it skipped ahead or missed something. Turns out, better models means less time multi-tasking or context switching to other agentic work while waiting.
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What if you could generate a site with Lovable, Base44, v0, Claude, ChatGPT, etc, and import into WordPress as a real block theme? Oh wait you can github.com/Automattic/static…
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