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.
- fairpm/mini-fair-repo Pushed 1 commit
- fairpm/mini-fair-repo Closed #12: Other artifact data - banners and icons
- fairpm/mini-fair-repo Closed pull request #13
- fairpm/mini-fair-repo Approved pull request #13
- fairpm/fair-plugin Commented on #71: There's actually no way to get to the page without…
- fairpm/mini-fair-repo Commented on pull request #11: ```suggestion $res = wp_cache_get( CACHE_PREFIX . sha1( $url ) );…
- fairpm/mini-fair-repo Commented on pull request #11: ```suggestion const CACHE_PREFIX = 'minifair-'; ```
- fairpm/mini-fair-repo Approved pull request #11: Looks good, but just renaming the constant here so it's…
- fairpm/mini-fair-repo Approved pull request #11: Looks good, but just renaming the constant here so it's…
Latest Articles
I write articles sometimes, often on projects I’m working on. Here’s the latest stuff I’ve published.
- Building a Stronger Ecosystem The events in the WordPress community since September have shown how fragile the ecosystem can be. In A Stronger Foundation for the Ecosystem, I laid out my core ideas of how we could move forward with the WordPress Foundation to build a better community together. The key ideas were: Pay for infrastructure through a diverse […]
- On Contribution Every day, I open my computer in to Slack. The first thing I see, every day, is the WordPress Slack icon reporting a problem. Every day, I click the icon and log in through WordPress.org, to be told that my Slack account is still disabled. Although I can no longer access Slack, I am still […]
- 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 […]
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
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