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Category: Opinion & Analysis
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.
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.
WordPress “Performance Team” Releases Performance Lab Plugin
With heavy support from Google and Yoast, the performance team unleashes a decent set of beta features.
An interview with Anne McCarthy on WordPress’s coolest new project: the Museum of Block Art
Anne McCarthy is one of the creators of the Museum of Block Art (MOBA), an online museum that showcases art created with the WordPress block editor.
Is WordPress security getting better or worse?
Sloppy statistics and sketchy incentives are damaging WordPress’s security reputation, even though the core software keeps getting better.
WordPress.com Introduces a Marketplace Directly in The Dashboard
WordPress.com users will be able to buy anything from themes and plugins to professional support and services directly from their dashboard.