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WordPress Drama: Crossfire
Automattic faces a cease-and-desist letter over alleged trademark violations concerning WP Fusion Lite. But it really does look like their use could be classified as “fair use.” If not, any WordPress site using the .org repo is also in violation …
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WordPress: The Drama Continues
The WordPress.org team has forked the Advanced Custom Fields plugin amidst a legal dispute with WP Engine, raising concerns about user awareness and security updates. Were they right to do so? It’s complicated, but likely yes.
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WordPress Drama: From the Sidelines
Yeah … the inside track of WordPress is a mess right now. I’m sure we all have opinions, so I figured I should log mine in as well.
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WordPress, Hosts, and Hosting
After nearly a decade out of WordPress, I visited WordCamp US and met with several hosts. TLDR: the state of WordPress hosting is stale.
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Bounties and Risk
I reflect on my experiences in cybersecurity, emphasizing the challenges and risks involved in reporting security issues. I’ve had positive experiences, such as receiving a bug bounty from Dropbox, and negative ones, like a legal threat from a university. Despite occasional hostilities, I strongly believe in responsibly reporting security problems and advocate for compensating security researchers.
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Find Your Tribe
There is a great deal of value in surrounding yourself with people who don’t look like you. It helps you grow and build character. Likewise, there’s value in finding your tribe – people with whom you connect on a far deeper level. Go. Find your tribe.
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The Great Migration: Mastodon
I migrated my personal Mastodon server from a cloud-hosted machine to a mini PC in my home office. Learn how I wrangled Docker and Cloudflare Tunnels to make this work!
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Password Security
How do you address password security? What controls do you put in place? Do they matter? What does a strong password look like? Learn how to protect your users in 2024 and beyond!
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The Great Migration: Next Steps
With a new server set up, the next step in the great migration was to start moving services to it from the cloud. First up, my toy encrypted secret sharing service!
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Tech Error: Diversity Not Found
If everyone around me looks like me, sounds like me, and generally thinks like me I am not learning or growing. Diversity is a critical requirement for growth, development, and sustainability in any field – but tech in particular!