Rich Tabor's blog on WordPress, design, and blocks. Rich is a multidisciplinary maker specializing in the intersection of product, design and engineering. Making WordPress.| Rich Tabor
I built agents.foo to share the Claude Code subagents I actually reach for every day. After weeks of building subagents in Claude Code, I’ve settled into a handful that earned their place in my workflow. Not the flashy demos you see everywhere, but mostly boring—but super useful—agents that make me a little faster. My favorite […]| Rich Tabor
I don't vibe code. You know what I mean by vibe coding? That approach where you throw prompts at an AI, get…| Rich Tabor
Nobody tells you that AI-augmented coding makes implementation skills abundant and strategic thinking priceless.| Rich Tabor
I used to kill ideas before they had a real chance. Every spark of curiosity met the same mental gate: Is this worth my time? What’s the opportunity cost? Can I even do this? The auditor in my head would run the numbers and most ideas would die right there. Then something shifted. Not because AI models […]| Rich Tabor
Most design work today involves an expensive translation layer. A designer creates a mockup, then a developer interprets it. Details get lost and feedback cycles stretch weeks. The real…| Rich Tabor
Last week, I went to PressConf 2025 with around 140 other WordPress folks—a far cry from the thousands you'd see at typical conferences, but…| Rich Tabor
A leaked internal memo from Shopify's CEO Tobi is making waves. His message is blunt: AI literacy isn't optional—it's a fundamental expectation for…| Rich Tabor
The best product leaders share one counterintuitive trait: they're comfortable being wrong. They've calculated that the cost of waiting for certainty exceeds…| Rich Tabor
After a 25-hour journey to Manila, Philippines for WordCamp Asia 2025, I quickly found myself immersed among passionate WordPress enthusiasts. As Asia's flagship…| Rich Tabor
I cloned my voice with PlayAI to create an ai voice support agent for my WordPress theme, Kanso. What started as a simple…| Rich Tabor