Creating an accessible, functional, and beautiful carousel in WordPress has traditionally meant reaching for a plugin—or writing custom JavaScript. But not anymore.| Pootlepress
One of the areas we’re exploring at Automattic is how generative AI might help us improve video content — for support, training, and product demos. | Pootlepress
by Me (a totally normal person who now owns multiple pulse oximeters)| Pootlepress
OFFF Barcelona WordPress courseJust finished teaching a WordPress course at OFFF Barcelona with an amazing group of young, energised creatives.| Pootlepress
Greg Isenberg recently posted something that caught my attention:| Pootlepress
Still sending the same message to everyone? These brands didn't—and the results speak for themselves.| Pootlepress
WordPress is sitting on a goldmine. Over the past 20 years, its community has created more than 60,000 plugins — a massive, decentralized library of tools, ideas, and functionality. But until now, accessing that collective intelligence has been like trying to tap into an archive with no index.| Pootlepress
The other night, I was talking to my daughter Lily. She’s in her second year of film school — passionate, creative, obsessed with cinema. But she was having a bit of an existential crisis.| Pootlepress
How a quiet shift in architecture could redefine how we build and interact with WordPress| Pootlepress
The no-code vs. code debate isn’t new—but it’s evolving. Recently, a public exchange on Facebook between two professionals, Umar Mirza and Ahmad Awais (Founder & CEO at Langbase), reignited the conversation. It revealed not just differing opinions, but two fundamentally different visions for the future of software creation.| Pootlepress
Over the past few months, I’ve been deep diving into vibe coding — a faster, more intuitive way of building software that prioritizes taste, speed, and experimentation over bloated frameworks and traditional workflows.| Pootlepress