There’s something grounding about owning a pet. Pets serve as a constant reminder for you to live in the moment. I find this to especially be true with dogs. Whether they’re enjoying a treat, experiencing the world through smells on a walk, or (my favorite) enthusiastically greeting you at the door like you’re their favorite […]

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Join me as I reflect on reaching a new milestone in my journey as an Open Source maintainer: 13 years since first contributing to the WordPress project.

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Another season of coaching my son's instructional baseball team is in the books. It had its share of ice packs and bloody lips, but the moment that stuck with me had less to do with baseball and more to do with how we teach kids to handle fear, failure, and fun.

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Reblog via Jonathan Desrosiers WordPress is software with limitless potential and a mission to make publishing accessible to the whole world. Boston is a city with prolific, world-renowned universities, vibrant tech communities, and an incredible spirit. One of the reasons why I help organize this meetup is because I have seen first-hand the opportunities it […]

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Nathan Wrigley had me back on the Jukebox Podcast to talk about the future of WordPress releases, the state of the community, and why recent pushback against closed platforms has me optimistic about the web.

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As a recent guest on the Crossword podcast, I discussed various aspects of open source contribution: when to speak up, how to balance active and passive roles, and why being prepared matters more than people think.

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When you're deeply involved with an open source project, it can be difficult to "let go" of the urge to weigh in on everything. But watching a colleague present their work at FOSDEM reminded me why stepping back and trusting others is so important for the health of our communities.

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When is it fair to criticize an open source project? A recent podcast discussion about WordPress 6.9's Notes feature sparked my thinking about how and when contributors should speak up, even without complete context.

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January 15, 2026 marks the 25th anniversary of the Drupal 1.0.0 release. While WordPress and Drupal try to solve many of the same problems, both are thriving Open Source projects that have stood the test of time. In the battle of open vs. closed source, we're stronger together. So we should celebrate each other's major milestones and the communities that support them.

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Recent layoffs affecting TailwindCSS framework maintainers should make everyone pause and reflect. While Tailwind is not in jeopardy, the next open source project to experience this age-old problem may not be.

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November 30, 2025 marks the 7 year anniversary of my first commit to WordPress Core. To celebrate, I've compiled a list of statistics breaking down which areas of the code base my commits changed, and how contributors were credited in those commits.

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