I find the EmDash project and reactions around it fascinating on so many fronts. 1) The UX of WordPress that many folks in our community want to change seems to be quite functional IMO and now a company like Cloudflare when had the option to build from scratch still opted for simplicity. This should be a good reminder for us that change for the sake of change isn't always good. Familiar UX is an advantage. 2) Open source and governance are nuanced topics. Celebrating and hoping for open governance from a publicly traded company is an amusing display of naivety. 3) Cloudflare has distribution but not as a place folks think about to build a website. What makes WordPress good is that you can enter the ecosystem from a small independent host in a specific region of the world who uses WebPros or another 1 click install WP flow control panel. Each host around the world are effectively resellers of WordPress because it helps them grow & retain customers. It will be interesting to see whether GoDaddy, Hostinger, etc will be keen to enable 1 click installs of EmDash. Right now that's not possible because CF has a vendor lock in. Without this, I don't see this project gaining fast traction. Right now, this is equal to Wix for Developers. 4) Open source is sometimes good marketing. The plugin sandboxing only works on Cloudflare. That's a vendor lock in. 5) The folks who are technical enough to use this are already doing that with Claude Code. They don't need plugins ... They can vibe code, learn things don't always work, keep spending time .. or smart ones end up plugging a SaaS form builder, Shopify for eCom, etc because they are proven system of records. ^^ This "none" CMS category is a bigger threat to WP IMO than any CMS. 6) It's easy to dig on WordPress plugin security. Bugs & security issues happens in all software. Cloudflare itself pushes out botched updates that takes a good portion of the internet down at least several times a year. Nonetheless, I am keen to watch from the sidelines and see how it goes :)