Automattic turned 20 this year. That alone is worth celebrating — it’s rare for a tech company to make it this far, let alone one that’s been fully distributed from day one. For me, it’s also a per…| Beau Lebens
COVID-19 (aka coronavirus) has many companies suddenly experimenting with remote work for the first time. I tweeted yesterday that unfortunately people are likely to have a pretty rough time due to…| Beau Lebens
Well it’s been a while, but I’ve just pushed a 3.0 release of Keyring. Keyring is a generalized framework for WordPress which handles authentication with, and authenticated requests to …| Beau Lebens
I worked as a full stack engineer/developer for many years before going into more leadership type positions, where an understanding of the business itself became much more important than specific p…| Beau Lebens
I used to have Wink set up, managing some smart home devices throughout our house. I liked it because the app UI was quite nicely done, and it seemed to be compatible with “everything”.…| Beau Lebens
I’ve been searching for years for the “perfect tool” to help me take notes, organize ideas, and keep track of all the tasks I need to do. I’ve also been deeply obsessed with…| Beau Lebens
Constantly-changing priorities and surprise projects erode team morale and leave everyone unsure of if they’re working on the most important thing, or if they’ll ever get to finish anything. While …| Beau Lebens
Before we get into any details, let me just get this out of the way — I absolutely love this thing, and giggle every time I get to use it. It makes no sense, I know, but here we are. OK ̵…| Beau Lebens
Since moving to Colorado, I’ve been lucky enough to get out mountain biking pretty frequently. I love it. On some rides you’re just trying to get up or down the mountain in one piece, b…| Beau Lebens
Yesterday I released new versions of both Keyring and the Keyring Social Importers packages, containing a bunch of updates and new additions. If you’re already using them, you should have upd…| Beau Lebens