This week I have used 5.1 Codex a LOT, both the official Cursor integration and as the model for Cursor chat The way it behaves in these two environments has been radically different. Official integration, I don’t notice a tangible change from v5. In Cursor chat it became lazy

As a builder of custom WP blocks who uses Tailwind, the way the rich text block applies styles never sat right with me. I was inspired by Kevin Geary approach with Etch to replace core blocks with custom blocks, and today I prototyped a custom Paragraph block that applies

Daniel Claus 🎅🏼 Andrew Kepson Tailwind will work with Etch soon and then you'll be be able to build whatever you want (or import existing Tailwind layouts) with everything automatically authored to blocks instantly.

Keeping this going with custom Heading and Image blocks that use Tailwind classes for all the styling. Logical next step seems to be to rebuild the RichText block itself from the ground up

Today’s trail run. Enjoying the last of the fall weather before it gets cold this week

I know y'all are busy hunting BF deals, but we released Simply Static Pro 2.0 (after 4 years and 88 releases): 🎲 better 404 ⌨️ better forms 🎯 better search 📋 better workflow 👨‍💻 UAM integration Read the full announcement: simplystatic.com/tutorials/simp…

Currently using Grok Code over Starlink

Tonights custom Gutenberg block: a slider carousel using Alpine.js I ended up going for a dynamic block with this one, taking me out of my React comfort zone and further into the realm of PHP

Introducing the WordPress AI Client SDK: make.wordpress.org/ai/2025/11/21/…

Etch's Auto Block Authoring feature is now 100% faithful and rock-solid — even with components, loop queries, dynamic data, conditional logic, and custom JavaScript. What you design in Etch is exactly what appears in the block editor, pixel-for-pixel and feature-for-feature.

The new Abilities API offers a unified way to define and expose WordPress capabilities, streamlining workflows and opening up automation possibilities. It's set to launch in WordPress 6.9! Dive into the details and get ready to build smarter with WordPress. Link below 👇

I’m looking to hire an expert in using Vite to build WP Block themes. Anyone?