What happened last week - issue #111
This week: Astro, headless, security and more
What happened last week
When you read this, I will probably be landing in Vienna to attend a WordCamp there. I really can’t wait for it. There are a lot of amazing talks, a lot of old friends (and I hope a few new ones, too), and I will spend some time with my friend Sander from Patchstack.
I will be speaking there about Headless WordPress. While I have already delivered this talk a few times, after some minor updates, it’s still up-to-date.
Also, I have some coupon codes if you would like to join me at:
WebExpo in Prague - MACIEK25 for 15% off
CyberWiseCon in Vilnius - SPEAKERS20 for 20% off
Last, but not least, we have a date for WordCamp Gdynia - 26th-28th September. This will be the first Polish WordCamp with an English-speaking track. This way, we hope that WordCamp will attract more people, which will lead to more amazing conversations. Soon, we’ll start selling early bird tickets - if you don’t want to miss those, subscribe to the newsletter available here.
Oh, and one more thing - if you find this newsletter or my blog valuable enough that I deserve a coffee, you can buy me one - I created an account on BuyMeCoffee, and you can keep me caffeinated ☕ Thank you for all the coffee 😻
Interesting links
Keystatic x Astro — Maciek Palmowski
My second article about how easy it is to connect headless CMSs with Astro. This time, I took Keystatic for a spin. And you know what? I have fallen in love with Keystatic’s mix of simplicity and power.
A Real Hacker's Perspective on WordPress Security with Mat Rollings — Mat Rollings and Maciek Palmowski
I had the pleasure of talking with Mat Rollings about his perspective on WordPress security. And believe me, Mat knows a thing or two about this - he submitted almost 300 reports to Patchstack.
Apart from the serious stuff, we also touched on a very important topic of hacker apparel.
The unintended consequences of making SEO “for everyone” — Joost de Valk
Joost de Valk, a person who created the most popular SEO plugin for WordPress, wrote this amazing article about some of the missteps they made while trying to democratize SEO for WP.
Astro Agency Partner Program — Matt Kane
Astro announced an Agency Partner Program. In short, Astro helps to promote great agencies that are working with Astro, while on the other hand, those agencies help grow Astro in return. IMO, it’s worth observing how this program will grow.
Adopting MCP is a Bad Idea — Kin Lane
I’m not sure if I agree with Kin 100%, but I have to agree he has a point. MCPs can be useful, but as Kin mentions, most of this stuff can be done using APIs.
Turn your presentations into playgrounds with Demo Time — Elio Struyf
I mentioned DemoTime last week, but this time, Elio wrote an introduction explaining how and why you should start using it.
Getting Forked by Microsoft — Philip Laine
In short, Microsoft being Microsoft. It’s just sad to see that a company that invested so much in Open Source over the last few years is behaving like this. I hope that Philip will manage to keep his project afloat.
So, You Want to Give Up CSS Pre- and Post-Processors… — Zell Liew
Zell decided to check if we can drop all the Pre- and Post- CSS processors. He touches on many important aspects of the current state of both native CSS and Pre- and Post- processors. Worth reading and trying to figure out if your CSS tooling doesn’t need an upgrade.
Website Accessibility Testing Methods That Work — Caitlin de Rooij
Great article that explains how you should test the accessibility of your website.
How to set up ESLint and Prettier in your Astro projects — Web Reaper
If you're struggling with setting up ESLint and Prettier together with Astro, this article should solve your problems.
Hypertext TV - Eva Decker
Imagine the WWW working like a TV - with the scanlines, and having your favorite website aired just once a week for 30 minutes. That’s Hypertext TV - an amazing experiment.
PS - you can watch my website every Monday at noon :D
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