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Tech Roundup for the Week of October 17
Daniel Schutzsmith
Move Over CSS, Here’s JSON • A New Generator Goes Turbo • The Hidden World of Javascript in WordPress • Cool Tool: URL Params
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Does WordPress Need a Product Manager?
Dan Knauss
Lesley Sim thinks so, and she outlines what this could mean — plus a lot of other good ideas for keeping WordPress on top and moving forward. There's a lot in this interview with Lesley and Brian Coords over at…
We don’t need no stinkin’ standards!
Dan Knauss
I wonder how much WordPress is an outlier in even the PHP universe for tolerating the idea that it's "punishment" and "unfair" to be held to a standard with mandatory testing for code that's admitted to the WordPress.org repo for…
Building and Sustaining the WordPress Community Through Mentorship — Post Status Draft 123
Dan Knauss
For Nyasha Green, a healthy tech community prioritizes mentoring. She credits her mentors with helping her find her place in WordPress. How well does your part of the WordPress ecosystem support mentorship? Can we make mentoring a key way people contribute to WordPress's future?
Winning the War on WordPress Notification Spam
Dan Knauss
Nice to see Brian Coords getting involved with the WP Notifications feature plugin project — otherwise known as WP-Notify (Github). He's calling for testing and feedback on the proof-of-concept at this point. You can click this link and immediately spin…
Contributing is Hard — and Easier Than You Think
Cory Miller
Brian Coords makes some good points about the difficulty of contributing to WordPress, which is a mark of privilege, as Josepha Haden Chomphosy has noted. Estela Rueda has some wonderful suggestions for how you can contribute to WordPress core teams…
WordPress Plugin License Renewals and the Challenge of Churn
Rob Howard
When you buy a WordPress plugin, what are you actually buying? Is it software? Access to support and updates? Something in between?
