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it's wild to me that one of the most powerful ecommerce software platform out there is a plugin for blogging software

When you're a founder and choose to exit, look at who is the buyer. When @woodyhayday and I sold ZBS CRM to Automattic, it was mainly because of @photomatt being in charge. If it was a CFO we've never heard of or a company with different beliefs we would have said thanks but no thanks. Glad Matt's back! It wouldn't be the same without him.

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Claude Design + Claude Max + WordPress + WP-CLI/SSH fetching + idea to build a hall of shame for /wp-admin/ notices = dismissed.fyi I built this in a few hours so bare with me while I pour in real data. Right now not all of findings are 100% accurate.

I'm not sure how I feel about this new google sheets favicon..

So my #radicalspeedmonth @automattic was to build Meet Steve meetsteve.online/ I speak to a lot of entrepreneurs at different stages and this aims to help them with ideas on how to grow their business at whatever stage they are at.

@Ghost what's up with this false comparison page? Did AI write this for you? "Email newsletters: ❌ No, extra app — $10+/month" WordPress.com Newsletter starts at $4/month with unlimited emails and unlimited subscribers. ghost.org/vs/wordpress/

A little bit different of a year in review for me this year mikestott.me/2025-the-year-c…

AI Predictions post whichaimodelisbest.com/blog/…

Yeah, I was fed up of keep going into GA4, then GSC - so I built something to save me the hassle.

6:30am on a Sunday. Why am I doing this! (apart from I've been eating like a 🐷)

. @marclou what would be cool with TrustMRR is see a distribution of startup MRR. Would need many more startups, but would presumably show a bell curve around lower MRRs and help make those starting out know they're not alone at lower MRR levels compared to the big players - WDYT?

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Time for some lovely Belgian beers 🍺🍻 @PoeHaH if you're around let me know.

So many things are wrong with the advert.... 1. It's from a global woman's page about a global man's event 2. 16th October is a Thursday Anything else you can spot??

Networking. Do more of it. Meet entrepreneurs, people starting or scaling their own business. Guess how many use @WordPress in this photo and how many think it's "just blogging".

Sigh.... but who do I call now. Why can't big businesses get even the small things right? Sweat the small stuff.