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The author reflects on the evolution of WordPress, emphasizing its growing complexity and the need to rethink its foundational concepts. The post introduces a new series aimed at exploring innovative ideas for WordPress, questioni...
A voice agent conducts structured interviews with WordPress users, focusing on past behaviors to gather honest insights and streamline user research.
WordPress 7.0's WP AI Client simplifies AI integration for plugins by providing a single API for multiple AI models, enhancing usability and configuration.
5.7API is the UI
2026-02-09 • web development software development api
The post argues that APIs are becoming the primary user interface for agents, shifting the focus from traditional visual elements to structured data and predictable endpoints.
Integrating audio into a blog enhances accessibility and user experience, allowing posts to be read aloud using a voice clone technology.
5.6I Don’t Vibe Code
2025-08-19 • tools code best practices software engineering ai
The author critiques the 'vibe coding' approach, which involves using AI to generate code without understanding its underlying mechanics. They emphasize the importance of guiding AI tools like Claude Code and Copilot, advocating f...
WordPress 7.0's new WP AI Client allows users to select AI providers, enhancing plugin functionality and ensuring seamless integration with various AI models.
The post discusses the concept of an application menu for WordPress, proposing a centralized interface for users to access various actions and features. This menu would serve as a consistent anchor, helping users navigate the plat...
The post discusses the challenges users face when trying to add pages in WordPress, highlighting the confusion caused by the current interface. It proposes a solution involving a persistent sidebar in the editor that allows users ...
The author shares their experience with using specific subagents built in Claude Code that enhance their workflow. They highlight the Linear product manager agent, which efficiently creates structured issues for bugs, streamlining...
0What Nobody Tells You About AI Coding
2025-06-24 • technology code developers ai
The author discusses the impact of AI-augmented coding on the skills and mindset of developers, highlighting the shift from implementation skills to strategic thinking and creativity.
0Ridiculous Swings (with AI)
2025-06-16 • curiosity rover exploration ideas ai
The author discusses how the use of AI has changed his approach to exploring ideas, allowing him to take more risks and explore weirder ideas.
The text discusses the convergence of design and development, highlighting the challenges of the traditional process and the opportunities presented by AI tools. It emphasizes the benefits of designers working directly with functi...
0PressConf 2025
2025-04-28 • conference press conference 2025 pressnomics ai
PressConf 2025 was a unique and intimate conference that brought together leaders in the WordPress space to have candid conversations about AI, knowledge sharing, and real-world application. The single-track format and unrecorded ...
0AI is the New Baseline
2025-04-07 • technology adaptation
Shopify's CEO Tobi emphasizes the importance of AI literacy for every employee, stating that it is quickly becoming the new coding literacy. The memo encourages teams to view autonomous AI agents as teammates and discusses the pot...
0Be Wrong More Often
2025-03-19 • leadership decision making product management
Exceptional product leaders are comfortable being wrong, as waiting for certainty costs more than mistakes. Strong opinions accelerate learning and test hypotheses about user behavior or market needs. Breakthrough products often s...
The author attended WordCamp Asia 2025 in Manila, Philippines, and was impressed by the passionate WordPress community and the keynote speech by Matías. The conference featured talks, a speed build challenge, and authentic interac...
The author experimented with creating an AI voice support agent for his WordPress theme using PlayAI. He compiled questions and answers into a structured JSON file and built a WordPress block using Cursor and the PlayAI Web SDK. T...
0Real People
2025-02-04 • nonprofit organizations content management system
The text discusses the importance of making WordPress a better experience for real people, using the example of a friend who runs a nonprofit organization. It emphasizes the need to understand how real people use the tools and how...
The author discusses their experiment with building a text editor over the weekend, focusing on simplicity and natural writing space. They mention using localStorage and considering adding WordPress integration. The tech stack inc...
02024 Year in Review
2025-01-15 •
The year 2024 was transformative for the author, involving extensive travel, professional growth, and personal reflections. It included participation in WordCamps, leading design for major WordPress releases, and a significant inc...
0Advice to My Younger Self
2025-01-09 •
The text provides principles for transforming good work into exceptional work, emphasizing the importance of choosing worthy problems, developing taste, staying curious, mastering focus, being steady, caring about one's craft, bui...
0The Physics of Focus
2024-12-19 •
The text discusses the concept of focus, emphasizing that true focus comes from being so interested in one thing that everything else feels unimportant. It gives examples of how obsessive focus has driven breakthroughs in history ...