What happened last week - issue #96
This week: WordPress, Astro and Statamic more
What happened last week
So, the Matt vs WPngine war continues, and looking at the casualties all around it’s getting worse and worse. Many contributors are backing off from contributing. I really hope that this will stop sooner rather than later.
Also, I just realized that about a year ago, Kinsta decided to lay off quite a lot of people. I still remember it as a horrible experience. On the other hand, now I’m at Patchstack and I feel that it’s a really good place to be. We have so many plans, I just wait to share them with you.
Also, I finally have to write about how amazing Come to Code was.
Interesting links
I was at WordCamp Gdynia 2024 — Maciek Palmowski
Finally, I summed up what happened at WordCamp Gdynia. In short - it was amazing like always.
We shipped dark and light mode for videos — Aaron Francis
It’s impossible to change light/dark mode in videos, right? RIGHT? Check this thread to learn that you are wrong (kind of).
Seriously though - this is one of those useless features that everyone just loves.
HOWTO: Fork WordPress — Gary Pendergast
Gary wrote an amazing post about forking software. While it’s technically very simple - you just go to GitHub and press “fork”, a lot is happening behind it. I love the part explaining why it’s important not to have just the angry mob behind you.
Security implications of WordPress repository access restrictions and plugin closures — Oliver Sild
Oliver explains the security-related consequences of what is happening right now in the WP ecosystem.
Content Layer: A Deep Dive — Matt Kane
Matt explains how the Content Layer works in Astro. He shows both a simple and a more advanced example. I already tried it with WP and both the DX and speed of the Content Layer are amazing.
Switching From WordPress to Statamic
Statamic published a great article comparing and explaining the differences between CMSs. If you are thinking about switching, you should take a look.
CommandUI - Calvin Alkan
If you use WordPress, like command bars - CommandUI is definitely a tool for you. I’m using the beta version and it’s really slick :D Amazing job Calvin.
Fetch PHP — Jerome Thayananthajothy
Fetch PHP is an amazing library for that makes the syntax more similar to the JS one. I really like the developer experience here. Also, it uses Guzzle underneath, which is amazing.
Visual front-matter edition — Baptiste Leproux
I love how Nuxt Studio is getting better and better. I’m also a bit jealous that Nuxt Studio is just for Nuxt.
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