ByDan Knauss
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Recently Github added the ability to support one-time payments to those on the site. Very useful if you want to contribute a one-time amount to an open source maintainer or book time with someone regarding their project. 💵
The things that unite us aren’t always what we expect. And sometimes they’re the same things that divide us — or at least a fraction of us.
Well, data is awesome and this is pretty good data. GoDaddy announced what they are calling the Hot 100 that highlights the top 100 trending themes and plugins. The list updates net gains in active installs, so it’s a trend measurement, versus total active installs or downloads. That’s what accounts for some of the large variations between…
Calypso is an ambitious Mac app from Automattic to bring the WordPress publishing and site management experience to the desktop.
Google recently launched opensource.google.com, a new website for Google Open Source. The site features Google’s programs, organizations they support, and a comprehensive list of open source projects Google has released.
“Writing open source software and staying sane while at it” is sage advice from Sebastian De Deyne. 🤪 Some highlights: Write your library’s docs as soon as possible, spy on others in the same ecosystem, and tag stable versions early. The best tip for me: Don’t overcomplicate! If you don’t need a feature, don’t build…
The ecosystem of businesses that have been built around WordPress is huge, but shallow. Few companies are both large (relatively speaking) and central to a broad WordPress community. With 60+ employees, some of which are very well-known WordPress developers, 10up has quickly become a central figure in the WordPress world. Big WordPress companies with significant…
