Josh Mallard

@jeffrey_way Some of that complexity is solution for problems 90% won't hit

If I’ve learned anything about programming over the years, it’s to be suspicious of any person who repeatedly evangelizes increasingly complex approaches and techniques.

@Cloudways, is there a way to get a singular support person on a ticket? I think this has been the worst "can kicking" support experience I've ever had. If y'all are going to have a singular inbox, could it at least be required that someone has to read the thread before responding... I have a WP Multisite install (subdomains) that we've migrated. Sites seem to be there. The problem, if I set the "www" of the root domain as the primary, the subdomain installs redirect to "/wp-signup.php" _site registration not allowed_

@damcreativ I'm further ahead of the game this year than I've ever been! Got my extension filed yeaterday

Thanks IRS, for making a painful process even worse by failing to maintain the worst website on the planet.

Confession — If you see an emdash, or properly placed comma in my writing, you know it's AI generated.

@morganhvidt I choose it because I can have pages or whole sections that are basic HTML, some islands of React, or whole templates of React in the same project.

I see WordPress people moving to Astro. Why Astro compared to others like NextJS?

Are we time tracking in agency world anymore? I try to but I typically have 3 or 4 things running and switching feels off.

@MikeCosper Hopefully making more podcasts... Devil and the Deep Blue Sea was going to be multiple seasons with different themes?

Since a number of you have asked (and CT has announced it), it is indeed true that I've parted ways with Christianity Today. I wish all of them the best as they continue their work. I am still determining what comes next for me, so I covet your prayers and good will.

@fredgreco Not sure if a specific tool but we're doing something like this on top of transcribing old sermon audio. We chunk the content, do an embedding with an LLM and then hook it up to search where the user query gets embedded with the same embedding to match in a vector search.

Friends who use AI: I need some advice. Can I upload a folder of sermon outlines and transcripts into AI (Claude, ChatGPT, or Perplexity) and then ask AI to retain them so I can organize and search them topically? For example, if I am looking to preach a sermon on “the nature of the Church,” I want AI to suggest certain sermons I have preached. I can do that “manually,” but not as fast. How do I do that? The chat function? Or a Cowork function? Or all these AIs have “Computer” functions too. Thanks!

@scottbuscemi @jeffr0 @dipakcgajjar I do!... On Local

@dipakcgajjar Who runs WP on their own hardware?

A properly cached WordPress site on FastCGI serves 1,097 requests per second with 5ms TTFB. That's not speculation. That's a benchmark on real hardware. EmDash on Cloudflare Workers? Also fast. Also global. But here's the difference: WordPress gives you that performance on hardware you control. EmDash gives you that performance on Cloudflare's infrastructure. One is an asset. The other is a subscription. Neither is wrong. But don't pretend they're the same thing.

@tnorthcutt @OneEyedAlpaca We're 2 years from that but already having the conversations on starting to save and what kind of car he wants to buy... 🥺

@OneEyedAlpaca My son starts driving in a couple weeks 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

@photomatt Is this to imply there is divine code?

Letting proprietary code dictate your life is like following a Bible you’re not allowed to read. Beware those who would seek to mediate your relationship to the divine. Happy Easter, y’all. 🙏🐰🌈

You call yourself a Christian engineer, but you haven’t given your life to Open Source? Huh. What license would Jesus choose? I don’t know if it’s GPL or MIT, but sure as heck it isn’t proprietary.

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@problogger @ColtonYarbro To be fair... The frowns are covered by the beards

@ColtonYarbro Do all the guys in your church have to wear a beard? 😁

Celebrating finishing a book with this young brothers from the church. Game night at the pastor’s office.

So, @Cloudflare made such a good April Fools joke they'll actually have to keep this as a product? I've actually got 3 Astro sites I'm working on for friends/family that have no backend... This looks like a good solution

@DemarsSean "you first" "Please, after you" Matthew 20:16

Best caption wins...

@joshbrown 2027: Tokens got too expensive, have to hire real people again

2023: AI is fun to try 2024: AI is a tool with potential 2025: AI is a copilot 2026: AI is my workforce

As I start the latest episode of @lorepodcast from @amahnke, I'm realizing I've listened to every episode since 2016

This is a go to album this time of year for our family open.spotify.com/album/47gx7Jjc…

@markjaquith @ilyamiskov I'd call it "baby safe outlet"

@aBearded_Ginger @ilyamiskov Oh yeah that’s a real thing! But this shown shape is flat on two sides so I think it might be its own thing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squircle

What do you call this shape?

@markjaquith @ilyamiskov We had a client project where these were officially called "squircles"

@ilyamiskov That’s a squirbarrel Only Americans can pronounce this