• So, I had cancer

    So, I had cancer

    Direct, straight to the point, while moving on and keeping it lighthearted!And if you’re on any of the same Slack instances as me, this is why I’ve had that sick emoji for the last 9 months. This is not a blog post any more, it’s a novel, I will only apologize slightly. Why didn’t I…

  • How I commit to WordPress

    How I commit to WordPress

    Spurring a round of activity on how various core committers of the WordPress open source project work through code committing, I felt compelled to also jump on the train, as I felt like my process diverged a bit. I unfortunately did not have the opportunity to join in during WordCamp US this year, where this…

  • Certifications in the WordPress ecosystems are not necessarily a good idea

    Certifications in the WordPress ecosystems are not necessarily a good idea

    The topic of certification has popped up a few times in the WordPress ecosystem (I remember the first time I took part in a discussion about it, during the WordPress Community Summit at the inaugural WordCamp US), and it’s got both its strong opponents, and proponents. I’d say I am quite firm in my stance…

  • WP Support Hub

    WP Support Hub

    Over the past year, I’ve been thinking of ways to improve how companies, agencies, and open source developers in general tackle support on WordPress.org, and over the past few months, I’ve been building something to improve just that. The problem WordPress.org is a community, and support is provided both by those who publish plugins and…

  • The need for feature removals in the Health Check plugin

    I’ve been maintaining the Health Check plugin since 2017, its origins as a core plugin, and then as a community plugin focused on support, having been its primary uses. I’m not going to stop maintaining it, but over the two years, it’s stagnated a bit, after its inclusion in core, keeping up with maintaining it…