Open Channels FM: How Instant Access to Information Has Changed Patience and Learning

A reflection on the internet’s impact on patience and learning. It highlights how instant answers have reshaped our experiences, often sacrificing depth for speed in knowledge acquisition.​ 

Matt: Claude & Sonos

Tonight was one of my most surreal Claude Code Sundays. To make a long story short, I pointed Claude Code at my Sonos setup in Houston: “All 29 Sonos speakers were running on WiFi with SonosNet completely disabled. They had accumulated ~89 million dropped packets across the system. That packet loss is why groups kept […]

LGPD Compliance in WordPress: The Ultimate Guide for Beginners

I remember reviewing my site analytics years ago and seeing a sudden burst of traffic from São Paulo. I felt a rush of excitement seeing my content reach people across the globe. Then it hit me: was my site actually legal for those readers, or was I accidentally inviting a massive fine into my inbox? […]

Matt: WordPress, AI, plugins, future of software engineering

Yesterday I was on the WP-Tonic podcast, and my colleague Adrian Laboş did a great summary of the key points, which I’ll share here: AI security audit wave incoming: Expect AI tools to flood WordPress core and the 70,000+ plugin ecosystem with both improvements and newly discovered security vulnerabilities, requiring infrastructure to triage at scale. […]

Gutenberg Times: Interactivity API, WordPress 7.0 Beta and Telex updates — Weekend Edition 358

Greetings from snow-covered Munich — or at least it was when we left Friday for Salzburg, Austria, with a one-hour delay after our locomotive engineer got caught in the city’s snow-induced chaos. Have a fabulous weekend! Yours, Birgit Developing Gutenberg and WordPress This week, WordPress 7.0 Beta 1 is ready for your testing on a […]

Open Channels FM: Communicating Transparently Around Challenges

Communication isn’t just about communicating around the good things, the shiny things.​ 

WordCamp Central: Introducing WordCamp Mukono 2026: Sustainable Growth, Building a Lasting WordPress Future

The WordPress community in Uganda is pleased to introduce WordCamp Mukono 2026, scheduled for March 13 & 14, 2026, at Murs Country Resort, Kigunga, in Mukono, Uganda. Guided by the theme “Sustainable Growth – Building a Lasting WordPress Future,” WordCamp Mukono 2026 will bring together over 300 attendees including WordPress users, contributors, code wranglers, developers, […]

I Found the 9 Best WordPress Construction Themes (30+ Themes Tested)

When you run a construction or contracting business, your website needs to work just as hard as you do. But many construction WordPress themes make simple tasks, like adding real project portfolios, service pages, and a quote form, more complicated than they should be. When those pages aren’t shown clearly, visitors can have a hard […]

WordPress.org blog: WordPress 7.0 Beta 1

WordPress 7.0 Beta 1 is ready for download and testing! This beta release is intended for testing and development only. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, use a test environment or local site to explore the new features. How to Test WordPress 7.0 Beta […]

Matt: WP & AI Updates

There’s so much fun stuff happening, first the new assistant launched on .com, covered by TechCrunch and in this video. Also some cool Claude stuff launched. James has a nice write-up of the other dozen things that are going on, it’s fun to see the AI parts of WordPress moving at AI-speed. We just need […]