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Where have I been? Am I okay? Thanks to everyone who reached out. It’s time for me to answer these questions.
It’s been a horrible year, one crisis after another. The latest:
This summer (during annual checkups) I was diagnosed with breast cancer. (heavy)
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Unless you live under a stone, everybody will have heard about PHP today.
Now, please realize that the vast majority of Open Source Software, like PHP, and including PHP, is largely maintained by **unpaid volunteers**.
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In our latest blog post, @alexdaubois shares how the PHP Security Team operates, how your security reports are triaged, and how you can do your part to help PHP be more secure. thephp.foundation/blog/2026/…
#phpc #security
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Two identical websites. One vibe-coded in four minutes. One built on WordPress. Let’s launch them both and see what happens...
itlooksdone.com/
I’ll continue to be mostly offline for the coming months (during treatments). I plan to be back next year.
Thank you for your thoughts, prayers, and support. Hugely appreciated!
All my best to each of you 🫶
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It was caught early. Prognosis is good.
Surgery is done.
Treatments start soon.
So no, I’m not okay, but I will be. We’re facing it one step-at-a-time with grace and strength.
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Relying heavily on AI doesn’t only stifle critical thinking. It constrains creativity too.
New evidence: People generate more original ideas when they consult AI sometimes, rather than extensively or rarely.
Independent thought is a foundation of ingenuity.
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ALT Photo of a slide that says: “If something “just” works, it generally means someone in the background is putting a sh*tload of effort into it to keep it running smoothly.”
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The browser is striking back.
Bloated stacks, fragile abstractions, bad defaults - it’s all catching up with us.
I’ll dig into all of this at Web Directions Dev Summit, Nov 19–20 (Sydney + online).
💸 Codes: jonodevsummit25 / jonodevsummit25streaming
webdirections.org/dev-summit
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We're kicking off our new season with an introduction to engineering management! If you've ever wondered whether the role is right for you, take a listen!
open.spotify.com/episode/0Me…
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Open source packages are abandoned every day. Your dependency could be next.
Join @jrf_nl at #LoopConf for Resurrecting the Dead—a candid look at how projects fail, and how you can step up to prevent it.
👉 Save your spot:
LoopConf.com/sessions/resurr…
Amazing news! Congrats 🎉
I've joined @wpengine to contribute full time to WordPress core, continuing the performance work I started while at Google: weston.ruter.net/2025/08/27/…
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Feeling embarrassed by your past work is not a sign of incompetence. It’s a mark of growth.
Regretting your prior decisions doesn't reflect poor judgment. It reveals new insight.
Cringing at your old opinions doesn't display ignorance. It demonstrates an open mind.
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Released: PHPUnit Polyfills 1.1.5 and 2.0.5
These releases fix PHP 8.5 deprecation notices for the `AssertAttributeHelper` trait.
github.com/Yoast/PHPUnit-Pol…
github.com/Yoast/PHPUnit-Pol…
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A small suggestion of mine in a tactical place has yielded results 🎉
As of today the CONTRIBUTING files in GitHub repositories will be easier to find.
Kudos to the @github team which actioned this suggestion.
github.blog/changelog/2025-0…
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WordPress Coding Standards just got a significant release update to 3.2.0:
✅ Better detection of deprecated WP functions & parameters
✅ Cleaner heredoc/nowdoc enforcement
✅ New sniffs, updated utilities, faster performance
Read more: github.com/WordPress/WordPre…
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