Mr. Berwanger

Instead of avoiding difficult situations, I embrace the challenge with courage, responsibility, and a focus on finding solutions—motivating my team and creating real value for the business.

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Me 5 minutes after meeting somebody new: it's of utmost importance for you to - open a broker account and buy Vanguard S&P 500 UCITS ETF (USD) Accumulating (VUAA), and - take 10g creatine per day yes 5g was the previous recommendation but after 5g the benefits are cognitive and in studies it delays Alzheimer - start lifting weights 3-4 times per week, strength training avoids guaranteed age-related muscle atrophy and bone density loss, no running is not enough, you need both strength training and cardio, get a personal trainer to check your form - build a business or SaaS so you can escape the system of employee servitude which is generally built to exploit you, the only way to get really rich is own your own business and the earlier you start the sooner you'll succeed because it takes years to understand how to do a business so better start now - as a guy you probably have low testosterone, it's an epidemic due to our processed food and soil depletion due to intense farming, you don't realize this is completely affecting your identity and behavior as a man, and in turn your relationships with women, and as a woman similarly your hormones are imbalanced too - fix your hormones to how they should be (like they were 100 years ago) by working out, lifting weights (both for men and women), cardio and a clean diet of whole foods (meat, veg, fruit, eggs, water) and no processed food (whatever is made in a factory, eg 90% what's sold in stores) - get therapy if you need, it's good if it solves things (like cognitive behavioral therapy) but it should always be combined with heavy workouts and a clean diet - live near your friends because especially for men of middle age (your future) there is a loneliness epidemic, so to avoid this hang out with your friends every week (even if your gf/bf blocks this, override it, it's of utmost important for your mental health) That's it for now 😊

@PineDigitalCo I use AI to speed up and enhance my development and data analysis work. I invest my time in review, fine-tuning, and client meetings.

@mrberwanger Interesting. What has been the difference that allowed you to do that? I’ve been solo my entire WordPress journey and people often ask me how I manage to do all the things.

Today I realized that I’m handling the same number of clients on my own as I did 15 years ago with a team of 12 people.

Vida de trabalho remoto é uma eterna prova de vida😆

@MadDevBR Gerado por IA

Mano, pelo amor de Deus, para que isso? #javascript

The solution to fix this poll issue in WordPress lies outside of it: a microservice outside WordPress dedicated solely to recording votes, avoiding processing and database bottlenecks. For results, they can be generated with a small delay and caching.

Working on a poll plugin for WordPress to handle ~200–300 rps. Currently, none of the existing ones, not even premium versions, meet this requirement.

I stole this idea and now use it with every single employee. It’s the best illustration I’ve seen of teaching someone to be high agency. It says there are 5 levels of work: Level 1: “There is a problem.” Level 2: “There is a problem, and I’ve found some causes.” Level 3: “Here’s the problem, here are some possible causes, and here are some possible solutions.” Level 4: “Here’s the problem, here’s what I think caused it, here are some possible solutions, and here’s the one I think we should pick.” Level 5: “I identified a problem, figured out what caused it, researched how to fix it, and I fixed it. Just wanted to keep you in the loop.” Using this framework, here’s what I say to every new employee… You will live at Level 4 from Day 1 and as we build trust you will rise to Level 5. Being high agency doesn’t just mean tackling problems in this way. It means your entire way of working should be oriented to being a Level 4+ employee. Plz feel free to steal it as well. And ty @stephsmithio for the framework!

@andrewhoyer @cipriangb @jeffr0 It’s very good, and with the right filters and actions, you can load your scripts only on the pages where the form is actually used.

@cipriangb @jeffr0 It's a really good point that you can modify the HTML. Not the best case for a "user" perhaps, but for a developer this could be useful. Most of my clients don't know or care what software I use, they just want it to work.

Building forms in Contact Form 7 is like going back in time 20 years

Congrats!

@remkusdevries @getnitropack @Cloudflare @_perfmatters @remkusdevries I have a site using PHPRedis because it performs better than Predis, but my question is whether to use Redis or Memcached, or both together?

In terms of performance optimization, there are three things I will always do: 0. Favor Edge Caching over just local Full-Page caching with @getNitroPack and @Cloudflare APO being my favorites. 1. Install @_perfmatters and use their Script Manager heavily. 2. If database usage is heavy, introduce @objectcachepro (alongside Redis). Read about how I approach WordPress performance scans in my blog post. Link in comments.

I’m going to walk you through exactly how I approach diagnosing performance issues on a WordPress site. It’s fast, it’s methodical, and it tells me 90% of what I need to know in under 15 minutes. remkusdevries.com/how-i-diagnose…

Are you getting AI fatigue yet?

@BuntyWP Congratulations Bunty! Happy for you!

My job hunting update from February 2025. Of course, I can't reveal the company names. 😅😅

@andrewhoyer Pretty much, but here in the southern hemisphere it was winter break

@mrberwanger Is this something they worked on over the summer break?

Got any big plans for the weekend? Are you grinding toward your 2025 goals, or taking a break? Maybe a little of both? Whatever you do, try to spend some time outdoors!

@remkusdevries @getnitropack @gravityforms @_perfmatters @CastosHQ @Within_WP In over 12 years working with WordPress, I’ve never used this feature. And I’ll go further, maybe I can count on one hand how many times I’ve clicked on this link🤯

When's the last time you used this tool?

The goal of this implementation was mainly performance-focused. I reused the same function without duplicating code. I ensured the same visual behavior as core/image. I loaded the official module, which has a good INP response, without the need to use a plugin or custom develop.

Since WordPress 6.4, the core includes image zoom. However, this feature is only available for the Image block (core/image). I needed to add zoom functionality to the Post Featured Image block (core/post-featured-image). Below is my solution. I hope it helps you as well.