Across the Web
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If you’re interested in a talk I’ve given recently, check out Speaker Deck for the slides, or one of the recordings on WP.tv.
Latest from GitHub
Most code I work on is available on GitHub. Here's a few of my latest changes.
- humanmade/S3-Uploads Commented on #677: Our only officially supported installation mechanism is via Composer, we…
- humanmade/S3-Uploads Closed #677: Consider adding support for Git Updater and RepoMan
- dd32/wp-saml-idp WatchEvent
- humanmade/altis-local-server Pushed 304 commits
- humanmade/altis-local-server Pushed 2 commits
- humanmade/altis-local-server Commented on #745: This looks like the main place we generate the URL:…
- humanmade/altis-local-server Closed #745: Add option to override default site path
- humanmade/altis-documentation Commented on #587: Maybe we want a redirect to https://docs.altis-dxp.com/guides/upgrading/v7/#limit-login-attempts-removed ?
- WordPress/gutenberg Commented on #66118: I searched beforehand but somehow it didn't show @t-hamano's #56359,…
- WordPress/gutenberg Commented on #56359: Apologies @t-hamano, I searched before filing but didn't see this!
Latest Articles
I write articles sometimes, often on projects I’m working on. Here’s the latest stuff I’ve published.
- A Stronger Foundation for the Ecosystem The feud between Automattic and WP Engine has continued, with WordPress.org blocking access by WP Engine’s servers. In WP Engine Must Win, I wrote about my thoughts on the legal argument on this battle, and why it is important that WP Engine win the trademark case in order to protect the ecosystem. I also touched on the moral argument: The case […]
- WP Engine Must Win On stage at WordCamp US last week, Matt Mullenweg gave a keynote presentation which made a wide range of points about contribution, the ethics of open source, and the commitments various companies make to contributing. In particular, he called out WP Engine in what was a fairly clear direction to the community to stop using […]
- Seamless webviews in Electron Electron has a few different ways to embed web content safely into an existing window. The standard technique is to use a regular iframe, but this doesn’t give you all the power you might need over user content; notably, you don’t get full control over the will-navigate event for user navigation. The documentation notes that […]
- How WordPress Knows What Page You're On In the spirit of Dan Abramov’s Overreacted blog, where he deep-dives into React on his personal blog, I thought I’d do the same for WordPress. If there’s something you’d like to see, let me know! Since WordPress 1.0, WordPress has supported “pretty permalinks”; that is, human-readable permalinks. This system is built for a lot of […]
- State of the REST API 2017 As we approach the State of the Word 2017 at WordCamp US, I think this is a good time to look back on the state of the REST API project and core focus over the last year. 2017 has been an interesting year for the REST API with highs and lows, and periods of intense […]
Featured Projects
I work on a lot of projects, so here’s a non-exhaustive list of my favourites.
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Requests
A HTTP client library built for usability and compatibility. -
Falcon
GitHub-style notifications (with reply-by-email) for your WordPress site. -
Cavalcade
Drop-in replacement for wp-cron. Scales horizontally for multi-server setups. -
Gaussholder
High-quality placeholder images using miniscule amounts of data. -
Mercator
Completely-rewritten domain mapping for the 21st Century.
Contact Me
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Let’s Work Together
In all of my spare time, I’m the Director of Product at Human Made. Get in touch with our lovely sales team; you won’t regret it.
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