leader, coach, architect, engineer ☻ empowering those who make the web better ☻ wordpress core committer ☻ open sourcerer ☻
Joined April 2014
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Tonya Mork retweeted
9 Dec 2025
Relying heavily on AI doesn’t only stifle critical thinking. It constrains creativity too.
New evidence: People generate more original ideas when they consult AI sometimes, rather than extensively or rarely.
Independent thought is a foundation of ingenuity.
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9 Dec 2025
One of the hidden powers in a “stupid” question: a breakthrough.
9 Dec 2025
Every breakthrough starts with someone asking a “stupid” question.
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Tonya Mork retweeted
25 Sep 2025
ALT Juliette in front of a slide that says “Funding is not optional”.
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Tonya Mork retweeted
25 Sep 2025
ALT Photo of a slide that says: “If something “just” works, it generally means someone in the background is putting a sh*tload of effort into it to keep it running smoothly.”
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Tonya Mork retweeted
24 Sep 2025
"Our life is what our thoughts make it." – Marcus Aurelius
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Tonya Mork retweeted
21 Sep 2025
The browser is striking back.
Bloated stacks, fragile abstractions, bad defaults - it’s all catching up with us.
I’ll dig into all of this at Web Directions Dev Summit, Nov 19–20 (Sydney online).
💸 Codes: jonodevsummit25 / jonodevsummit25streaming
webdirections.org/dev-summit
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Tonya Mork retweeted
31 Aug 2025
Almost 4 years later... @LadybugPodcast comes back tomorrow! 🐞
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Tonya Mork retweeted
1 Sep 2025
We're kicking off our new season with an introduction to engineering management! If you've ever wondered whether the role is right for you, take a listen!
open.spotify.com/episode/0Me…
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Open source packages are abandoned every day. Your dependency could be next.
Join @jrf_nl at #LoopConf for Resurrecting the Dead—a candid look at how projects fail, and how you can step up to prevent it.
👉 Save your spot:
LoopConf.com/sessions/resurr…
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29 Aug 2025
Amazing news! Congrats 🎉
27 Aug 2025
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/…
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Tonya Mork retweeted
16 Aug 2025
Feeling embarrassed by your past work is not a sign of incompetence. It’s a mark of growth.
Regretting your prior decisions doesn't reflect poor judgment. It reveals new insight.
Cringing at your old opinions doesn't display ignorance. It demonstrates an open mind.
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Tonya Mork retweeted
10 Aug 2025
Released: PHPUnit Polyfills 1.1.5 and 2.0.5
These releases fix PHP 8.5 deprecation notices for the `AssertAttributeHelper` trait.
github.com/Yoast/PHPUnit-Pol…
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Tonya Mork retweeted
7 Aug 2025
A small suggestion of mine in a tactical place has yielded results 🎉
As of today the CONTRIBUTING files in GitHub repositories will be easier to find.
Kudos to the @github team which actioned this suggestion.
github.blog/changelog/2025-0…
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Tonya Mork retweeted
31 Jul 2025
WordPress Coding Standards just got a significant release update to 3.2.0:
✅ Better detection of deprecated WP functions & parameters
✅ Cleaner heredoc/nowdoc enforcement
✅ New sniffs, updated utilities, faster performance
Read more: github.com/WordPress/WordPre…
#WordPressDevelopment
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Tonya Mork retweeted
30 Jul 2025
WordPress Agencies should check out ThemeSwitcher Pro! We just landed another 5-figure project to iteratively replace legacy sections/pages with a new block-based theme and refreshed look. Opens up an entirely new service offering for your business!
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Tonya Mork retweeted
27 Jul 2025
Great communication
isn’t just about words—it’s about understanding what isn’t said.
Listen closely, and you’ll hear what matters most.
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Tonya Mork retweeted
28 Jul 2025
I have written about the security vulnerabilities that I see
1. Most commonly mass-exploited;
2. Used to take over entire websites;
3. Cause the most harm. 👇
oliversild.com/most-dangerou…
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Tonya Mork retweeted
24 Jul 2025
I am getting tired from influencers with little to no tech industry experience to write stupid stuff like this for likes.
As @simonw said:
“Quitting programming as a career right now because of LLMs would be like quitting carpentry thanks to the invention of the table saw.”
its over for cs grads. if you are in cs just leave the field. its never been so over. just pivot. go do something else but cs. do it now. its getting out of hand. anything but cs.
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Tonya Mork retweeted
15 Jul 2025
NASA saved 2 months of dev time by using our open source Asset Manager Framework plugin for WordPress.
🚀 Seamless media management
✅ Saves 5–10 mins/image
🔒 Built-in accessibility attribution
Open source just works.
#WordPress #NASA #OpenSource
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Tonya Mork retweeted
17 Jul 2025
Ever struggled to convince a client they need to invest in security?
Here’s my approach to helping customers actually get it.
oliversild.com/how-to-help-c…
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