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I pride myself now on working with some of the best WordPress engineers in the world. At 10up, our clients know they’re getting solid editorial projects backed by even more solid engineering. There’s some magic in that, but most of it is learned.
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Celebrity is a great thing because it gives us a target to reach for or drive towards. It can also be a paralyzing force when that target becomes unreachable due to the nature of its celebrity.
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If you intentionally abstained from voting you ignored your peers explicitly asking for your opinion. This means we don’t want to keep hearing complaints from you in the future, because you obviously don’t care enough to make a change.
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Team efforts rarely come with individual recognition. This is usually a good thing, though it might be difficult to accept.
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There are two growing trends with WordPress: An emphasis on mobile use, and the assumption that users are always connected. I think both are dangerous.
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Your definition of “expert” might be a bit lacking if you fail to ever look outside your own bubble of engagement and expertise.
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My one-month digital detox is over. I learned a lot during October.
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We no longer have to worry about name collisions between differing versions of the same utility library within WordPress.
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I’ve read the annual Writers of the Future anthology every year since I discovered it in high school. It’s a fantastic anthology of cutting edge new fiction from yet-to-be-discovered authors. That’s the most amazing thing, really. That the authors featured in the anthology are still technically novices. They haven’t achieved commercial success and are, as of yet,