Two interesting things I’ve seen this…
Dan Knauss
Two interesting things I've seen this week powered by Raspberry Pi computers: an open-source intercom for kids and a Covid-19 ventilator. 😲
Here’s a very cool technology: a…
Dan Knauss
Here's a very cool technology: a neural network called DALL·E that creates images from text captions. It can interpret a wide range of image descriptions in natural language, like “an armchair in the shape of an avocado.” 🥑
There are some very good (and…
Dan Knauss
There are some very good (and some funny), recent Twitter threads here full of people sharing their "WordPress stories." Thanks to John James Jacoby for asking! 😄
Kathryn Marr interviewed Aveling/Ray, about their work…
Dan Knauss
Kathryn Marr interviewed Aveling/Ray, about their work with actor Nick Offerman and the Offerman Woodshop collective's online store. Find out how it was built, what it was like to work with Nick, and why his collective chose WordPress and WooCommerce. 👍
🛒 Commerce Journey Upcoming Webinar: Tips…
Dan Knauss
🛒 Commerce Journey Upcoming Webinar: Tips for Building Cost-Effective Ecommerce Sites with WooCommerce Expert Patrick Rauland 📅 Tuesday, January 26 @ 11AM CST. Join Cory Miller and Patrick Rauland. Patrick is obsessed with eCommerce. He’s used WooCommerce as a customer,…
Will Automattic compete with WordPress freelancers?
David Bisset
A new service from Automattic will build sites on WordPress.com for customers starting at $4,900. How will this impact WordPress freelancers?
Built by WordPress — .com that is
David Bisset
Automattic enters the low-end website market Automattic this week announced that its "premium website building service" (which was in beta in fall 2020) is now officially accepting customer applications for "websites starting at $4,900 USD." The announcement describes a turnkey…
Jean-Baptiste Audras shared some fascinating stats…
Dan Knauss
Jean-Baptiste Audras shared some fascinating stats and colorful charts on core contributions focusing on people and companies who contributed to the WordPress 5.6 release. You may recall it was directed by a 100% female Release Squad. Some highlights: 605 people…
Mathieu Viet has a summary of…
Dan Knauss
Mathieu Viet has a summary of BuddyPress updates and activity in 2020. Some highlights: 9 releases (3 more than in 2019) 2 major releases (1 more than in 2019) 7 minor releases (2 more than in 2019) Fixed 186 tickets,…
Could being a “happy” developer depend…
Dan Knauss
Could being a "happy" developer depend on where you live? That's the question that seems to arise from Honeypot's Developer Happiness Index, which Hélène Le Gascoin, Hayley Kuhl, and Emma Tracey break down for us. 😃 Overall, the Nordics are…
A look at the HTTPArchive’s data…
Dan Knauss
A look at the HTTPArchive's data for images shows that as of October 2020, 10.6% of the web was using native image lazy loading. 💤 That number was only 1.5% in July! As Rick Viscomi, who brought this to my…
If you are trying to choose…
Dan Knauss
If you are trying to choose between the popular and similarly matched GeneratePress and Astra themes, then this post from Matteo Duò might help you understand their differences. 🤔
🧪 Here’s a MySQL engine that’s…
Dan Knauss
🧪 Here's a MySQL engine that's written in PHP for unit tests. 😲 (Hat tip to George Peter Banyard.)
Nate Arnold recently developed a WordPress…
Dan Knauss
Nate Arnold recently developed a WordPress theme for headless WordPress projects and wrote up a simple explanation of the decisions that were made after implementing the theme on a few JAMstack projects.
WPForms published their year in review…
Dan Knauss
WPForms published their year in review for 2020, and they have been quite busy! They passed 4 million active installs and 56 million downloads for the year. 💨
Angela Jin shares a few lessons…
Dan Knauss
Angela Jin shares a few lessons learned in her ongoing quest to build empathy: "During difficult conversations, especially with people you care about, it may be instinctual to want to make things better." But instead of trying to help, sometimes…
