On dying languages - whether to make something easier so you can learn it quicker or whether you work hard to teach it so you can learn it more deeply thedailydive.pgogywebstuff.cβ¦
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On learning curves, skateboards and Ned Ludd
Finding a way to learn the things we need such that we can be helped until we don't need the help
Missouri voters elected Trump and Hawley
while making abortion legal, increasing the minimum wage, and voting down a raise for law enforcement. What a state
Verifying that we've viewed the Slack conversation that took place between @jason_coleman and @photomatt, and can confirm that Matt did threaten to take over Paid Memberships Pro. Story coming soon.
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I have a screenshot of the DM. I'm considering the safest way to share it publicly and looking into options for third-party verification. Any recommendations?
Thank you to everyone who has replied! Iβm looking forward to learning about any and all efforts and how I might can help with organization. I, of course, have my own thoughts on the matter. I have a busy work week ahead. Iβll try to find time to share them.
Hello, dear #WordPress friends. So now that most of us are *finally* on the same page that project leadership needs reform, is anyone strategizing how folks can work together to bring change? Are there any efforts being made to organize the community? Iβd love to hear from you.
the hostile takeover of ACF was clearly threatened and isn't a surprise, but I am shook right now how any trust I had in WordPress as a platform had just been wiped out.
Some of the most amazing people in the #WordPress community are leaving because they can no longer ethically/financially/emotionally support what our community has become.
Here is a heartbreaking goodbye letter from long-time contributor @megabyterose π
megabyterose.com/2024/10/leaβ¦
Introducing NotMattPress - Now with 8% less existential threat
π notmatt.press π
"If I were ever not a good leader, the software could fork" - Matthew Mullenweg
Thanks @photomatt but we didn't need your permission or @Automattic's πͺ
The NotMattPress repo auto-sync's with the WordPress repo daily at 4:20am
It automatically changes "WordPress" to "NotMattPress", "Matt Mullenweg" to "No Matt", etc.
So you can run your own version of WordPress without anyone knowing it's WordPress ... because it's Not(MattPress) π
#WordPress
Advanced Custom Fields @wp_acf is very much integrated in our OSS ecosystem as evidenced by all of the tutorials on WordPress dot org and the 375 presentations on WordPress dot tv. Not to mention the 3,700 times it occurs as reference on WordPress dot com. @photomatt
ALT Google search results for site:learn.wordpress.org "advanced custom fields"
no experience with Drupal's credit system, but their non-profit has 12 board members, runs a site, and organizes events. can we give them WordPress Foundation for an internship or something? dri.es/solving-the-maker-takβ¦