Open Source

Many of us work with open…

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Brian Krogsgard

Many of us work with open source, but maybe we've forgotten that initial joy of how it affects our lives. If so then reading this post from Piotr Gankiewicz on open source being a "life changer" might help you remember.

Daniel Bachhuber is moving forward making…

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Brian Krogsgard

Daniel Bachhuber is moving forward making WP-CLI more independent. He is actually looking for support in "non-code" roles, so reach out to him if you feel you can help. If you didn't catch his presentation at WordCamp Europe that covers…

The Community Signal podcast has an…

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Brian Krogsgard

The Community Signal podcast has an interview with Brad Williams. They talk about building a Business in an open source community, primarily focused on how WebDevStudios (which contributes 60+ hours a week to WordPress) and employees are involved. Brad is also…

Cloud.gov launching as a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) for the US…

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Brian Krogsgard

Cloud.gov launching as a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) for the US government. It uses open source API and tools for teams to handle "environments, services, applications, access points, and billing structures". I'm always intrigued and usually excited when modern solutions like this come out of…

Thoughts on WooCommerce Connect

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Brian Krogsgard

Last week, Automattic introduced WooCommerce Connect, a Jetpack-esque suite of tools for WooCommerce, where modules could utilize the processing power of WordPress.com to run particular elements of eCommerce websites. WooCommerce Connect requires Jetpack, and therefore also a WordPress.com account, in…

Weekend listening: The A16Z podcast talked…

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Weekend listening: The A16Z podcast talked about open source business models in a short episode the other day. Automattic isn't mentioned, but the conversation around investing in community influencers, winning over developers, and building out a sales team is pretty…

A Day of REST is going to Boston

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Brian Krogsgard
The second A Day of REST conference will be in Boston, Massachusetts. The event will cover the WordPress REST API in-depth, with talks and workshops from leaders in the community. It will be co-organized by Human Made and Post Status.

The aftermath of the Panama Papers…

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The aftermath of the Panama Papers is going to be happening for a long time, but a few sources that are trying to figure how exactly the link happened have been recently mentioning a three-year old install of Drupal. A…

Matt Mullenweg was recently on the…

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Matt Mullenweg was recently on the ChangeLog podcast where he talked about JavaScript for WordPress, REST APIs, Calypso, amongst other (mostly technical) subjects.I haven’t yet listened to this in full, and it’s long, but it’s an open source centric podcast that…

First off, I’ve never made an…

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First off, I’ve never made an investment into an open source company. And secondly, even if I had, I have no idea what a “good investment” looks like. I don’t think anybody does, ever. But I am a former investor…

WordPress plugin directory redesign: great potential, great power

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Brian Krogsgard

Sometimes I wonder if those who work on WordPress.org website projects realize just how powerful their decisions are. I think they do, though I'm also confident the direct commercial impacts of their decisions will never be their first consideration. The…
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