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Don't avoid plugins - The Theme Foundry – WordPress themes for publishers

If you’re ever interested in the pain points associated with WordPress, you should ask someone in the trenches of providing technical or customer support. We’ve heard it all, over and over again. One recurring theme I’ve noted since my tenure in the support forums is this: users are afraid of installing plugins. The original tickets […]

Code Is Cheap Now. Software Isn’t.

The barrier to entry for building software has collapsed. The barrier to building something that matters hasn’t moved an inch.

Features-as-Plugins First Transitions Into Features-as-Projects

Last year, I identified key factors that suggested the features-as-plugins first model was falling apart. A lack of communication, direction, buy-in from core developers, and synchronized developme…

WordPress Plugin Repository: Worth the Hassle?

All things in life have advantages and disadvantages, and so does uploading a plugin to the official plugin repository at WordPress.org. What's a WordPress plugin developer to do?

I Switched From Claude Code to OpenCode — Here's Why

I tested OpenCode against Claude Code for real development work. Here's what surprised me about the open-source alternative — and what I don't miss.

Matt Mullenweg Addresses Concerns That WordPress is Moving Too Fast

There are at least three major releases of WordPress per year where users can expect new features and major bug fixes about every four months. While this is great for users, some companies, plugin,…

The Best Code is No Code At All

Rich Skrenta writes that code is our enemy. Code is bad. It rots. It requires periodic maintenance. It has bugs that need to be found. New features mean old code has to be adapted. The more code you have, the more places there are for bugs to hide. The longer

New Features (Dec 8)

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polytoken

Polytoken is a coding harness and I think it is good enough to tell people it's worth their time.

Building an Open-Source Alternative to Cursor with Code Context - Milvus Blog

Code Context—an open-source, MCP-compatible plugin that brings powerful semantic code search to any AI coding agent, Claude Code and Gemini CLI, IDEs like VSCode, and even environments like Chrome.

GitHub’s one-dimensional view of open source contributions – Wes McKinney

TL;DR One of the most harmful parts of the GitHub platform is the code contribution calendar. This “hacker score card” overemphasizes the value of commits over the other kinds of important contributions to open source projects, like doing code reviews and discussing bugs and new features on the issue tracker.

I’m excited to announce the official beginning of Stucco Software – a cooperative software development studio.

The one product feature that tripled our sales last month

Here’s how the tiniest Know Your Company feature that took 20 minutes to code led to the biggest impact on our business… Even the smallest lever can have a big impact.A few months ago, we moved Kno…

The free tier of GitHub Codespaces permanently changed my workflows as a developer

I remember the GitHub Codespaces announcement. It sounded innovative and exciting, but I did not have a specific need for it. I enjoy…