Scott Bolinger on WordPress, JAMstack, and the future of the independent developer
Scott Bolinger talks to me about headless WordPress, JAMstack, APIs, and the state of the indie developer in the WordPress landscape.
Matt Mullenweg’s State of the Word, 2019
Matt Mullenweg just completed the 2019 State of the Word, where he offered a comprehensive overview of the last year of all things WordPress.
Fear and uncertainty for WordPress, with Matt Medeiros
Matt Medeiros talks to me about fear and uncertainty for WordPress. It’s a wide ranging and casual conversation about various concerns present to many in the WordPress economy.
Salesforce Ventures invests $300 million in Automattic, at a $3 billion valuation
Salesforce Ventures has invested an incredible $300 million as the sole investor in Automattic’s Series D, their first raise since 2014. Total investment is now $491 million over 15 years.
Chat with a WordPress skeptic
Kira Leigh works with WordPress, but in most instances she’d rather avoid it. I talk to her about why she’s a WordPress skeptic.
Is Tumblr a social network?
Sharing without a strategy. Blogging without a plan. Connecting without an angle. Maybe that’s how Tumblr shines?
Automattic — the maker of WordPress.com — has purchased Tumblr
Automattic has purchased Tumblr from Verizon, in a firesale move reported to be for less than $3 million. There is still value in the site, however, for Automattic.
Caldera has been acquired by Saturday…
Caldera has been acquired by Saturday Drive, the makers of Ninja Forms. Acquiring competitors … Read more
Sarah Gooding did a nice job…
Sarah Gooding did a nice job summarizing the changes Jetpack is testing for paid … Read more
John James Jacoby released the initial…
John James Jacoby released the initial version of BerlinDB, a “collection of PHP classes … Read more
The New York Times explains how…
The New York Times explains how they built a proprietary “collaborative editing CMS” for … Read more
Grzegorz Ziółkowski tweeted to announce that…
Grzegorz Ziółkowski tweeted to announce that “unifying text-based blocks” are in development for WordPress … Read more
Scott Bolinger rebuilt his WordPress blog…
Scott Bolinger rebuilt his WordPress blog in Gatsby and wrote about his experience, which … Read more
In BuddyPress 5.0.0 you will be…
In BuddyPress 5.0.0 you will be able to tidy your BuddyPress blocks in a … Read more
Carolina Nymark announced the theme review…
Carolina Nymark announced the theme review team will require all themes to implement keyboard … Read more
Dealing with dates in programming isn’t…
Dealing with dates in programming isn’t always straightforward, which is why I appreciated this … Read more
