Darren Ethier

Darren Ethier

@nerrad.bsky.social

What you follow affects how you lead. Married. Father of 4. Product & Code at @woocommerce working on intersection of Gutenberg and Woo. Adventure is life.

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Jeffrey B. Paul
@jeffpaul.com

So very thankful to the over 900 folks who helped contribute to WordPress 6.8!

techewel.bsky.social@techewel.bsky.social

WP 6.8 hit a record 924 contributors, an all-time high! This shows the community’s strength and growth. Read my full stats breakdown and thoughts on current state of WordPress. Data sources and lots of interesting stats @ community.wpmanageninja.com/contribution...

community.wpmanageninja.comContribution Stats & Insights for WordPress 6.8 [Cecil] - WPManageNinja CommunityLast week, WordPress released its biggest and only major update of 2025. This version includes some amazing features. As I love data, and we use data extensively at our company, WPManageNinja, to buil...

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Rich Tabor
@richtabor.com

Be Wrong More Often The best product leaders share one counterintuitive trait: they're comfortable being wrong. They've calculated that the cost of waiting for certainty exceeds the cost of mistakes. You see, the math is brutally simple: every day spent seeking certainty is a day you fall behind.…

rich.blogBe Wrong More OftenThe best product leaders share one counterintuitive trait: they're comfortable being wrong. They've calculated that the cost of waiting for certainty exceeds the cost of mistakes. You see, the math is brutally simple: every day spent seeking certainty is a day you fall behind. Strong opinions accelerate learning. Each one tests a hypothesis about user behavior or market needs, and some hypotheses fail.

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Riad Benguella
@riad.blog

Vibe Coding is real. I don’t like being alarming, but if you’re a developer and not jumping on the AI train yet, you’re in trouble. Today, for the first time, I really felt a 10x boost in my own productivity.

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Riad Benguella
@riad.blog

Looks like @wordpress/env or wp-env now supports Multi-site and phpMyAdmin by default. Kudos Miguel Fonseca for the additions. Documentation is also being added here github.com/WordPress/gu...

github.comwp-env: Added phpMyAdmin and multisite support to the documentation by t-hamano · Pull Request #68125 · WordPress/gutenbergRelated to #67588, #67845 What? Add documentation for the new support recently added in the env package (phpMyAdmin, Multisite). Why? For developers How? I have updated two files that I thought nee...
Darren Ethier
@nerrad.bsky.social

Got a chance to chat a bit with @jameswlepage about what this crew is doing at WCEU this past year. Super pumped they're joining A8C!

Automattic@automattic.com

WPAI is now part of Automattic! Together, we’re building smarter, faster, and more intuitive WordPress experiences. Welcome aboard James, Greg, and Ovi! automattic.com/2024/12/09/a...

Darren Ethier
@nerrad.bsky.social

Very very interesting and I’m glad this conversation is happening. It opens up a lot more user (and dev) friendly possibilities.

Riad Benguella @riad.blog

While on eyes are on the #WordPress 6.7 release today, some of us already started about what should come next. I'm really excited about this proposal to improve the templates architecture and behavior in block themes. github.com/WordPress/gu... Please send the feedback our way. Thank you.

github.comBlock Themes and site editor: Refactoring templates · Issue #66950 · WordPress/gutenbergDescription Since the introduction of block themes, the mental model has been that these themes provide interconnected entities (templates, styles, patterns) that the user can edit in the UI. This ...

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