I just donated to the The WP Community Collective at a $100 a year level. Their work is invaluable, and I highly recommend you do the same. Thank you to those working on a better future for all of WP.

It seems clear from updates to the WordPress developer resources that MM's biggest fear is that someone will take away the .org repository from him. Good. Keep pushing, everyone.

If the conference space for WordPress is going to be severely restricted, we need alternatives. Real calls for papers, real sponsorships, real participation from the community.

If WP doesn’t change much, then forking it just got easier, right?

If you’re going to be biased, be biased towards action.

The WordPress community doesn't need to agree on a single direction for community to take the reigns. We need to agree on a basic model for moving forward, but projects serving different needs is a good thing. Not every user is the same, and we shouldn't act like they are.

I’ve been quiet on here and it’s because I’ve been treating my mental health. I’ve started a GoFundMe to cover some medical expenses. Please share, support, or donate—every small action counts. gofund.me/e8a07975

We're incredibly excited to share that Matt Leach will be sharing details of what AspirePress has been working on at Alt Ctrl Org in June!

I tried some “vibe coding” with a presentation I was working on. I asked Copilot to write the code for me. Here’s how it went. The code quality was acceptable and the code itself was mostly correct. I had to make several adjustments to the code to get it to work, but it did

I will be in Europe for #wceu. Who will I see there?

I regret to share that I will be unable to make it to #wceu as previously expected. I will miss you all.

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I’m proud of my work on AspirePress and FAIR Package Manager and though I wish I could have contributed more to both I’m glad they’re in the hands of the community.

Much has been made of me starting AspirePress in October of last year, but I could not have done the work without the dedication of countless contributors, including Alex Sirota, Andy Fragen, Austin Meakin, Chuck Adams, Matt Leach, Namith Jawahar, Brent Toderash, and Veerle.