UnderSilent (@UnderSilent@mastodon.social)
Don’t look back now
It’s gone.
I am without words for you
Let’s just remain silent until death
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dilmandila (@dilmandila@mograph.social)
I think I'll give up on trying to set up WooCommerce. Anybody recommend anything I can use as a shop plugin, primarily for digital downloads of ebooks and audio books off a wordpress site? Preferably on the lower side of cost (or free if viable) as I wouldn't want to strain my pockets at start up phase!
#writing #writingcommunity #webdev #wordpress
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2026 (@2026@jakespurlock.com)
I’m Shipping Like I Have a Team (I Don’t)
There’s this meme about a kid who got an angle grinder and it “changed his life” — the joke being he’s now cutting catalytic converters off cars. Dark humor aside, there’s a kernel of truth there: the right tool at the right time can completely change your trajectory.
For me, that tool was Claude with a Max subscription and a handful of CLI utilities. Over the past few months, I’ve built more software than I had in the previous three years combined.
The Setup
It’s not complicated:
- Claude Max: $100/month → now upgraded to the subscription with API access
- Claude Code: Anthropic’s CLI for agentic development
- Open Claw: Orchestration
- A handful of connected tools GitHub, file system, web access
That’s it. No massive infrastructure. No team. Just me, talking to a model that can actually do things.
What I’ve Built
iOS apps. macOS utilities. Web apps. Infrastructure for the Little League I help run. A podcast recording studio. Tools that solve problems I didn’t even know I had until building them became trivial.
I’m not going to list everything — that’s not the point. The point is that the list exists at all.
A year ago, most of these ideas would have stayed in my notes app. “That would be cool, but…” followed by all the reasons it wouldn’t happen. Too much boilerplate. Too many APIs to learn. Too many weekends I’d rather spend with my kids.
Now? I built walk-up music software for my daughter’s softball team because she asked for it. It’s in the App Store. She’ll use it at games. That sentence still feels surreal to type.
The Unlock
Here’s what changed: I stopped being the bottleneck.
Before, I’d have an idea, think “that would take a weekend,” and never start. Or I’d start and get stuck on some tedious part — API integration, UI polish, test coverage — and abandon it.
Now I describe what I want, iterate on the approach, and let the agent handle the mechanical parts. I focus on *what* to build and *why*. The *how* is a collaboration.
It’s not magic. The code isn’t perfect. I still review everything, fix edge cases, make judgment calls. But the ratio of “thinking about building” to “actually building” has completely inverted.
The Compound Effect
When building is fast, you build more. When you build more, you get better at describing what you want. When you get better at describing, building gets faster. It compounds.
But here’s what I didn’t expect: the *ambition* compounds too.
Projects I would have dismissed as “too much work” now feel approachable. Integrations I would have hand-waved away (“I’d need to learn that API…”) happen in an afternoon. The ceiling on what feels possible keeps rising.
This is what a new era feels like. Not a single breakthrough moment, but a gradual realization that the rules changed and you’re still playing the old game.
The Angle Grinder Parallel
That kid with the angle grinder? He suddenly had leverage. A tool that multiplied his physical capability dramatically.
This is intellectual leverage. I have the same 24 hours everyone else has, but I’m shipping like I have a small team. Ideas that would’ve stayed in my notes app are now real software that people use.
We’re at one of those inflection points that only becomes obvious in retrospect. The way we build software is changing — not incrementally, but fundamentally. The gap between “I wish this existed” and “I built this” is collapsing.
And honestly? I don’t think most people have caught on yet. A year from now, this will feel obvious. Right now, it still feels like a secret.
If you’ve been on the fence about trying AI-assisted development, just start. Pick a small project. Describe it clearly. See what happens.
You might be surprised what you can build with the right grinder.
Jake Spurlock builds things in the Bay Area. By day he’s a Forward Deployed Engineer at WordPress VIP. By night he’s apparently become a one-man software studio. He spends too much time thinking about baseball.
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wpbot (@wpbot@wptoots.social)
Customizing WP Engine’s Newsroom Publication Checklist https://wpengine.com/builders/customizing-wp-engines-newsroom-publication-checklist/ #WordPress #wpdev
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techygeekshome (@techygeekshome@techhub.social)
How to Embed a Video in WordPress | https://techygeekshome.info/how-to-embed-a-video-in-wordpress/?fsp_sid=31085 | #Blog #Guide #refresh #Wordpress #YouTube
https://techygeekshome.info/how-to-embed-a-video-in-wordpress/?fsp_sid=31085
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13 (@13@2137.social)
Jak wtyczka do backupów w WordPress pozwalała na zdalne wykonanie kodu – CVE-2026-1357 https://sekurak.pl/jak-wtyczka-do-backupow-w-wordpress-pozwalala-na-zdalne-wykonanie-kodu-cve-2026-1357/ #Wbiegu #Backup #Bugbounty #Cve #Rce #Traversal #Wordpress
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pmmueller (@pmmueller@mastodon.social)
WordPress. Block-Themes. Deutsche Übersetzung.
Seit wann heißt denn im Menü "Design" der Menüpunkt "Website-Editor" nur noch "Editor"?
Ich bin mir ziemlich sicher, dass das in 6.7 noch "Website-Editor" hieß, aber momentan steht bei mir in allen 6.9-Installationen nur noch "Editor".
#WordPress #Editor #BlockThemes #FSE #WebsiteEditor
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sekurakbot (@sekurakbot@mastodon.com.pl)
Jak wtyczka do backupów w WordPress pozwalała na zdalne wykonanie kodu – CVE-2026-1357
Backupy są ważne i każdy kto choć raz padł ofiarą ataku lub spotkał się z awarią środowiska produkcyjnego wie o czym jest mowa. Do wykonywania kopii zapasowych istnieje szereg rozwiązań, zarówno darmowych jak i komercyjnych. Coraz częściej można się również spotkać ze specjalistycznymi narzędziami, jakim jest np. popularny plugin WPvivid...
#WBiegu #Backup #Bugbounty #Cve #Rce #Traversal #Wordpress
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2026 (@2026@blog.zaramis.se)
Fedisveriges centrala delar består av ett antal Mastodon-instanser och personerna bakom dem, några pixelfedinstanser som hör ihop med dem, ett par Lemmyinstanser, ett par Mobilizoninstanser, några Wordpressbloggar
https://blog.zaramis.se/2026/02/16/fedisverige-fediversum-i-sverige/
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pmmueller (@pmmueller@mastodon.social)
Very good post by Nick Hamze about WordPress and AI.
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AI hasn’t replaced WordPress in my workflow. It’s made WordPress better in my workflow. The two aren’t competing. They’re collaborating.
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The WordPress project isn’t pretending AI doesn’t exist. It’s not circling the wagons. It’s opening the front door and saying “come on in, here’s how everything works, build whatever you want.”
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via WithIn WP Newsletter by @remkus
#WordPress #AI #Telex #Cursor #Claude
https://regionallyfamous.com/nobody-rips-out-the-plumbing/
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2026 (@2026@novatopflex.wordpress.com)
Hype for the Future 1337: Leet
Overview As of Sunday, February 15, 2026, novaTopFlex has officially created a grand total finally exceeding one thousand three hundred thirty-seven posts on the WordPress site, with the vast majority of the posts occurring in the “Hype for the Future” series.https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/02/16/hype-for-the-future-1337-leet/
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Preiselbauer (@Preiselbauer@die-partei.social)
Puh! Grad gedacht, ich habe eine komplette #Wordpress-Installation + Datenbanbk zerschossen. Also beim Support von all-inkl.com angerufen, die haben mir gesagt, wo ich das Backup über das Admininterface vom Vertrag selber wieder einspielen kann (Ist ganz einfach, und es gibt 10 Backups von allem), und dann habe ich alles auf den Stand von gestern gesetzt. Und nun ist es wieder in Ordnung. Der Schweiß trocknet.
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