Bob Orchard

My analysis on the Android version of The White House app: thereallo.dev/blog/decompili…

@scottwerner Sarah and I always wanted to be the house with full size candy bars and do it each year. Happy Halloween back to you too!

@boborchard My fiancée and I were just talking about doing a fire pit in the driveway next year! Adult bowl is genius, for sure adding that on. Full size bars though, that’s the dream. You’re the house every kid will remember. Happy Halloween Bob! 👻🎃

I’m giving out packs of Pokemon cards with candy and kids are skipping my house. They have no clue what they’re missing out on

@tealou @WarrenLNaida @kinsta @wpengine @HubSpot HubSpot has specific policies against this behavior. Here’s the link to report it if you haven’t tried this already. They look at everything and it’s the best way to force them (Kinsta) to correct their behavior: policy.hubspot.com/abuse-complain…

@WarrenLNaida @kinsta @wpengine Yes, and also, they subscribed me, with no opt-in, and no ability to opt out or report for spam @HubSpot this is an Australian email address. Please familiarise yourselves with the Spam Act. Thank you kindly.

@sekachov 2

1 or 2?

@mdepolli I was JUST about to send this to you!!

Proud to support this petition for a unified pan-European startup entity. Let’s unite Europe's startup ecosystems! eu-inc.org 🇪🇺 eu-inc.org

@JavierCasares @robeylawrence I'm happy to see the attacks removed - though I found it lacking in a few areas (C&D doxing, ACF takeover).

@robeylawrence @boborchard I read it. I'm happy he did that, and took out the personal attacks.

#WordPress #WPdrama What I expect to happen in the next few days: On Monday, the 21st, Mary Hubbard starts and can put a wall between Matt and the Community (.org). - Access to all blocked contributors is restored, both in Slack, and on Twitter. - The login access checkbox is removed. - The obligation to buy a ticket to a WordPress Event requiring a user access is eliminated. - I have doubts about the ACF/SCF. In any case, although debatable, I do not think it is necessary to restore the community (for now). If these things happen, which indirectly assumes that Matt will focus “on his company stuff” and leave the Community and the Project aside, I think most contributors will actively participate again. But this depends on that vet power that can be applied. If at least the first 3 things on the list don't happen, I think we're already going to mid-January. Why? In mid-November WordPress 6.7 comes out, and I doubt that anyone will start setting up equipment for WordPress 6.8 immediately, for one thing because from late November to early January holidays begin in many parts of the world where most of the contributors are. Add to that, that people will want to get out of the current noise and will want to temporarily get away from the project and rest (which I recommend to everyone, including myself). This means that we are going to early mid January which will be when the 6.8 equipment will be assembled, which also means a delay in the launch date, which would not be in February-March, but in April-May (which would probably lead to only two releases in 2025). And this is where we will really have to see how everything is in general, how is the legal part, how many contributors there are (and if there are not, how Automattic will supply them)… I sincerely hope that the first step happens because if it doesn't, this whole process and the next releases will be uphill.

@iamsam2e 🫶

@jeremypollock @wpengine @wp_acf I don’t know if you knew, but the original language was”…will defect as well” when I initially looked at the post and discussed with other folks in the industry.

"There is separate, but not directly related news that Jason Bahl has left WP Engine to work for Automattic and will be making WPGraphQL a canonical community plugin. We expect others will follow as well." @wpengine and @wp_acf have been hard at work for many years at building out this plugin. We remain committed to our roadmap and our investment for this great #WordPress plugin. The team remains committed. Pick Secure Custom Fields and you pick software marked "legacy" on day one. The experts have no plans to go to Automattic. Why would they?

We have been made aware that the Advanced Custom Fields plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken over by WordPress dot org. A plugin under active development has never been unilaterally and forcibly taken away from its creator without consent in the 21 year history of WordPress.

@jasonbahl That’s VERY well written Jason - congrats on this huge news!!!

Guessing you didn't have this on your WordPress bingo card today? wpgraphql.com/2024/10/07/wpg…

@Shpigford @maybe @postmarkapp is my go-to nowadays. I’ve tried many, and they’re the one I stick with.

who should we be using for transactional emails at @maybe?

@postmarkapp @JaimeAlnassim @andrewhoyer Any time! Keep up the great work!

@boborchard @JaimeAlnassim @andrewhoyer Thanks for the love @boborchard! 💛

Looking for a recommendation for an SMTP service for an agency that wants to configure it for use by 200 WordPress client websites. It must be managed by a single account on the agency level.

@JaimeAlnassim @andrewhoyer @postmarkapp Came here to suggest the same. I’ve been a very happy user of theirs for quite some time!!

@andrewhoyer Have you looked at @postmarkapp? They have a really cool "server" system. I like it a lot

@QuinnyPig @strapijs is solid and the one I reached for when I started rolling back my WP dev work.

I’ve been using WordPress because it’s easy and well-supported. Can anyone recommend a CMS that’s run by grown-ups instead?

@benrobertsonio Finally getting back into writing code and took some time to rewrite our side nav UX

On this monday morning I am procrastinating by re-doing the layout for the admin panel that only I use what about you?

@KR1573N @Sean_Dobbin

@PaulieScanlon You've still got one of my all time favorite personal sites. If I can find a way to collab I definitely will. Best of luck on this new part of your journey!

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@benrobertsonio @gill_kyle @SchauDustin Yes it is. 12 books sounds like a lot, but I’d at least give the first one a shot. Each book expands the world and feels like a pretty solid read, so you can take time between them if you’d like.

@gill_kyle @boborchard @SchauDustin is this the cradle series? amazon.com/Unsouled-Cradl… my dad's name is Lindon, i have never seen anyone else spell the name that way i don't know if I can start in on a 12 book series though

2 months left in the year and I'm 4 books away from my goal of reading 24 books this year and need some recommendations what is the best book you read this year?