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Women In Tech: What we can learn from Dr. Marsha Rhea Williams by paying it forward
In 1982, Dr. Marsha Rhea Williams became the first black woman to receive a Ph.D. in computer science. Dr. Williams’s legacy is important for several reasons. The first is that Dr. Williams gave hope to others who did not see themselves in the computer science field. Many Black people, women, and Black women saw not only a mirror in her but a mentor as well.
Why is WordPress.com squeezing its free users?
Automattic seems to be stuck between its blogging past and its web-hosting future.
How We Landed on Vue.js for WP Wallet
Picking a JavaScript framework is entering a long-term relationship, complete with future potential and years of baggage. Here’s our journey towards Vue.js.
Put your money where your mouth is: Why we need pay transparency in tech
Why is pay transparency so important in tech specifically? It helps cut back on biases in hiring and pay, it ensures that people are getting paid their worth, and it makes for happier employees.
A pandemic pivot from SaaS to client work to startup
How the pandemic made one business irrelevant and launched a new, scalable opportunity.
Open source isn’t ready for a world at war
After the ‘Russian Z’ debacle, WordPress needs to rewrite its rules.
Women in Tech: Ada Lovelace, the First Computer Programmer
Ada Lovelace was born Augusta Ada Byron on December 10, 1815 in London. She would later in life be a
Women In Tech: Hedy LaMarr—Hollywood Bombshell & Brilliant Inventor
Wi-fi. Bluetooth. GPS. Where would we be without these technologies in today’s world? It may surprise you to know that
WordPress joining the Block Protocol could revolutionize software development
This is a guest post by Roger Rosweide, the co-founder of WPCS.io, a tool that allows developers to build SaaS
Rebuttal: How Patchstack is improving WordPress security
A Patchstack security advocate digs into the data behind the statistics in their latest report, and explains how the organization helps plugin developers secure their software.
How We Manage Projects at Howard Development & Consulting
The last thing we want to do is weigh ourselves down with process, but we’ve found we can benefit from some structure while staying lean and nimble.