What happened last week - issue #106
This week: Astro, WordPress and more
What happened last week
It was another busy week. I had a chance to record two more interviews (I can’t spoil the details yet, but I think you’ll like them).
I spent a lot of time dealing with our Capture The Flag event which was quite a success - more than 200 people registered and everything went smoothly. We already have to start thinking what’s our next step here, but we definitely need to have more special events.
I’m also quite close to finishing an article for my blog. I hope that next week you’ll see it online. Instead of focusing on the article, I migrated my blog from TailwindCSS 3 to version 4. The migration script is top-notch 💪
And slowly I have to start preparing for the Open Source Day. I even ordered some amazing SWAG.
Interesting links
I Read the “Official” WordPress in 2025 Report – It’s Just a Piece of Enterprise PR — Karol Król
Just like Karol, I was disappointed in this “official” report. I had exactly the same thoughts - it’s PR, it skips many things that happened in 2025.
Human-Centered Design Through AI-Assisted Usability Testing: Reality Or Fiction? — Dr. Eduard Kuric
A really interesting article about using AI in usability testing. It explores how GPT-4-generated follow-up questions can enhance feedback collection but often fall short due to repetition, lack of context, and user frustration. I wonder how this will look next year.
Starlight 0.32 — Chris Swithinbank
Another version of my favorite documentation theme for Astro. This release includes New i18n APIs for plugins.
For The Love of God, Make Your Own Website — Gita Jackson
Gita is right - the internet kind of sucks lately with all social media and their algorithms. That’s why it’s better to have your website. Let me quote this part from Gita “To me, having my own website […] gives me a degree of freedom”.
Code yourself out of the job — Swizec Teller
I like what Swizec proposes - instead of being a critical part of a team AKA bottleneck of every project, try to empower the rest of the team, create systems others can follow on their own etc. Amazing advice.
Only Watch if My Thumbnail Has Reached 100% — Hyperplexed
Very interesting use of YouTube API and building interactive Thumbnails. If you are a more creative person, I can imagine you could use this in a very interesting way.
Why I Hate WordPress—But Why It’s Still Great and Necessary — Itamar Tati
Itamar is right - a lot of developers hate WordPress, but they are still using it because it has a lot of pros, it’s familiar to users and it lets you release a project quickly.
Tailwind v4 features I'm excited about — Tiger Abrod
Tailwind CSS 4 is amazing and I agree with all features Tiger mentioned. Personally, I love moving the configuration to CSS and the Dynamic Utility Values(it makes it much simpler). Also, the speed improvement is something amazing.
How I Migrated from WordPress to Astro — Kedasha Kerr
An interesting article from Kedasha explaining how she migrated her blog from WP to Astro. As you see - it was pretty simple, so if you don’t want to pay for your blog - moving to Astro might be a wise decision.
Talking Statamic — Michael LaRoy
Michael started a new podcast about Statamic. You can already watch the trailer of the first episode with Jack McDade. Can’t wait to watch the full episodes.
And how was your week? Did you learn something interesting? Don’t hesitate to press the reply button or share your thoughts in the comment section.
Cheers,
Maciek