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If I had a nickel for…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2020

If I had a nickel for every time I heard "PHP is dead" I'd be rich! Warrick Bayman seems just as frustrated: "It isn’t dying and it isn’t reaching 'end-of-life.' That’s it. No matter how much some people want it…

“If PHP didn’t exist, what would…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2020

"If PHP didn’t exist, what would be your primary coding language today?" I got a lot of interesting and some surprising answers to that question on Twitter. 🐦 Totaling up all responses, I got: Python 31% JavaScript 28% C /…

Bob Dunn asked Matt Mullenweg what…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2020

Bob Dunn asked Matt Mullenweg what can go wrong in an open-source project? 🤔

Anything involving the open-source business model…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2020

Business

Anything involving the open-source business model makes interesting reading — and this piece from Joe Morrison (Aazavea) about the end of Mapbox GL JS as open source didn't disappoint. ⚰️ Joe claims open core is dead: "I still believe open…

The Knight Foundation is awarding a…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2020

The Knight Foundation is awarding a total of $2 Million (USD) to 24 newsrooms to upgrade their websites. Almost every winner chose WordPress. As Steve Burge of PublishPress notes, 20 out of 24 recipients of these grants will be moving…

Rachel Zick shares how FiveThirtyEight managed…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2020

Rachel Zick shares how FiveThirtyEight managed to stay up during election week despite record traffic and page views. The numbers are impressive, even if the teams knew what they were up against ahead of time: The site served "close to…

Chris Hartjes has a simple message…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2020

Chris Hartjes has a simple message for improving your coding skills: practice makes perfect. "For me I think there is a tripod upon which all your programming outcomes rely on: operating systems, editor, and language features. By refining and practicing…

Upcoming Events 📆 State of the…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2020

Upcoming Events 📆 State of the Word 2020: Matt Mullenweg announced that he will be streaming on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter on Thursday, Dec 17th, 2020 at 1600 UTC. Note: Post Status will have a live chat in our Slack…

The official release of WordPress 5.6…

Dan Knauss

December 3, 2020

The official release of WordPress 5.6 is just days away — December 8, 2020. Until then, you are encouraged to test Release Candidate 3, which is now available. 📦

Gutenberg 9.5 has been released, with…

Dan Knauss

December 3, 2020

Gutenberg 9.5 has been released, with a focus on full-site editing and global styles. As Nik Tsekouras explains, fonts are now supported in the Code Block, and the full height alignment control is available in more blocks. ⬆️ If you…

Kjell Reigstad over at ThemeShaper shows…

Dan Knauss

December 3, 2020

Kjell Reigstad over at ThemeShaper shows how to build a single-page block-based theme. He describes the experience positively: "This exercise made me truly excited about the future of theming. It took very little time to assemble the boilerplate necessary to…

😷 How can the WordPress community…

Dan Knauss

December 3, 2020

Hosting

😷 How can the WordPress community return to hosting safe, in-person events? A discussion is underway, thanks to Angela Jin starting it. 💬

If you’ve been living in a…

Dan Knauss

December 3, 2020

If you've been living in a communication blackout or a cave without wi-fi, you might have heard that Salesforce announced their purchase of Slack for $27.7 billion. Something I wasn't aware of is that Slack might have been ripe for…

Eric Karkovack writes about the hidden…

Dan Knauss

December 3, 2020

Eric Karkovack writes about the hidden benefits of raising your prices. Of course, "the first thought is usually of the extra cash it can bring in," but there's a lot more that can happen too. For starters, it might cut…

Eric Bailey offers some tips for…

Dan Knauss

December 3, 2020

Eric Bailey offers some tips for creating an eco-friendly website: "Most of our crimes occur before the last mile, and it’s up to us as responsible designers and developers to do the hard work." 💦 Eric suggests checking to see…