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Today’s beach read, diving into the feisty and…
Today’s beach read, diving into the feisty and hilarious Earl Weaver #TheLastManager
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Monday Morning Beach Report: chasing sand crabs
Monday Morning Beach Report: chasing sand crabs
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The Daylight computer is fantastic in bright sunshine…
The Daylight computer is fantastic in bright sunshine at the beach
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One benefit of visiting family on the east…
One benefit of visiting family on the east coast is retro sports finds, like this Orioles beach towel
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Honoring Zeel Thakkar: Supporting the WordCamp Asia Memorial Scholarship
The Zeel Thakkar Memorial Scholarship honors a WordPress contributor whose enthusiasm and participation helped strengthen the community. I’ve made a donation and hope others will consider supporting this effort to help more women from India and Nepal attend WordCamp Asia.
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Fueled – 252 Piece Puzzle
A recent family puzzle night featured a puzzle from Fueled Shop, our company’s Pressto Shop-powered merch store. The experience highlighted both the convenience of print-on-demand merchandise and some of its tradeoffs.
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Supporting Sustainable Open Source via the Open Source Endowment
I’m pleased to be a founding donor to the Open Source Endowment, a new initiative exploring a community-funded endowment model to sustainably support critical open source infrastructure.
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AI is Changing the Relationship Between Developers and Open Source
AI is making open source more valuable than ever, but it’s also changing how developers interact with the communities that maintain it. Two recent LeadDev articles prompted me to think about a growing tension: AI is increasing demand for open source while also increasing the burden on the maintainers who sustain it.
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Talking Open Source, WordPress, and Contribution Beyond Code on the Crossword Podcast
I recently joined the Crossword podcast for a conversation about open source, WordPress, and what meaningful contribution looks like beyond writing code. We talked about non-technical roles, sponsored contribution, and how large community-driven projects actually function, along with a few additional thoughts I didn’t get a chance to fully unpack during the episode.
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Agree and Amplify: Funding Open Source as Digital Infrastructure
Open source software powers critical digital infrastructure, but funding rarely reaches the people who maintain it. In response to Dries Buytaert’s recent post on funding open source for digital sovereignty, I argue that this is not just a government procurement issue. It is a systemic one. From WordPress to Tailwind, widespread adoption is too often…