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Exiting — and Reentry, Block Themes, GitHub Actions, and Assessing the Pandemic’s Impact on WordPress

ByDan Knauss

The Post Status podcast picks of the week include two takes on selling businesses, going back to work for someone else, and then… Chris Coyier and Corey Maas tell their stories. • Daisy Olson has the lowdown on block themes. • Raquel Landefeld on the power of community. • Press the Issue launches a solidly journalistic WordPress podcast with Allie Nimmons investigating the pandemic’s impact on WordCamps for the first episode.

Chris Coyier has a new and…

ByDan Knauss

Chris Coyier has a new and lengthy but highly consumable essay on the subject of “The Widening Responsibility for Front-End Developers.” Chris touches on the increasing burdens of the role as well as its joys: “Being a front-end developer puts us on the front lines between the thing we’re building and the people we’re building…

Considerations choosing a university CMS

ByBrian Krogsgard

I like this post by Chris Coyier because I think it asks good questions — something that we may not always do. It’s thinking like I was doing that gets companies into messy situations to begin with. Some TECH DUDE who’s got it all figured out before the considerations are even made very clear. There…

After a conversation with Rachel Andrew,…

ByDan Knauss

After a conversation with Rachel Andrew, Chris Coyier put together some excellent suggestions about technical writing in a detailed post. Some key takeaways: Make content scannable with thoughtful intros and outros while being mindful of the length and tone. Relate new technologies to existing/well-known ones. Write what’s personal and important to you.

Chris Coyier stops to think about…

ByDan Knauss

Chris Coyier stops to think about the power usage of websites and whether good performance maps to lower energy usage. 🔋 Chris links to a number of good articles and experiments on this subject. At the end of the day though, “The less across the network, the less electricity. The less your browser has to…