Software Engineer working at @automattic, prev @atlassian
Manchester, UK.
Based in United Kingdom
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RSS is such a beautifully boring piece of technology.
A site publishes a feed. Your reader checks it. New stuff appears.
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I wrote about this today. I absolutely read the code
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Real talk. It's easy to bitch and moan about the number of WordPress security releases we've seen over the past few months.
I get it. Updating and checking sites takes time, especially when you're responsible for dozens (100s?) of them.
But those releases also mean people are finding vulnerabilities, reporting them, and doing the work to fix them. Researchers and maintainers are taking responsibility for software that millions of people depend on.
That's a sign of a healthy community. It doesn't make the vulnerabilities any less serious, or put WordPress above criticism. It does give us a response we can examine and fixes we can apply.
And “I'll just build it with AI” doesn't get you out of any of this. Neither does switching CMSs or writing everything yourself. Whatever you build still needs security review and ongoing maintenance.
A working website can still be a vulnerable website. Fewer public security reports don't automatically mean fewer security problems.
Personally, I want people looking for flaws in the software I use, and people committed to fixing what they find. I'm glad WordPress has that community.
If you're building your own alternative, who's doing that work six months after launch?
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I've been spending more time on Mastodon and consuming content through RSS these days rather than X. Works well.
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WooCommerce 11.2.0 will include configurable emails for order withdrawal requests, acknowledging customers and notifying merchants when a request is submitted. Store owners can manage both emails from WooCommerce > Settings > Emails
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There is no problem using get_text. This issue only surfaces itself if your callback to get_text calls WC()->query->get_query_vars()
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Thank you for your contribution @faisalahammadwp was good collabing with you 😊
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Social media is being banned for U16s in the UK (along with other countries), personally I'm happy about this. But restricting teens from using social media isn't the same as saying they can’t participate online.
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@courtneyr_dev I came across your Post Format for Block Themes plugin and it's what I've been wanting for my own blog, so great work on it!
I've opened a few PRs today to address some stuff 😊
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WooCommerce 11.1 will bring the order withdrawal right functionality into core to better serve EU customers. Disabled by default, but eligible stores will see a notification in their WooCommerce inbox notifying them that they may want to enable this feature.
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I'm not sure the two are equivalent. You can have poor code pass tests. It also depends on what tests it is writing (or not writing) do you pay attention to those?
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Was told for years that AI services are going to put SWEs out of a job and now apparently us power users are putting AI services out of business.
Exclusive: Microsoft is tightening rate limits on GitHub Copilot, removing Opus from $10-a-month subscriptions, and plans to move users to token/API-based billing later in 2026 in a sign that it's looking for way to cut costs for its AI services.
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ALT Exclusive: Microsoft To Shift GitHub Copilot Users To Token-Based Billing, Tighten Rate Limits Edward Zitron Apr 20, 2026 4 min read Executive Summary: Internal documents reveal that Microsoft plans to temporarily suspend individual account signups to its GitHub Copilot coding product, as it transitions from requests (single interactions with Copilot) towards token-based billing. The documents reveal that the weekly cost of running Github Copilot has doubled since the start of the year. Microsoft also intends to tighten the rate limits on its individual and business accounts, and to remove access to certain models for those with the cheapest subscriptions.
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I agree. I'm looking forward to that too. I'm just curious as to what type of content you think would be great starter content. E g. Store setup / product types / settings / payments etc.
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