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dartiss

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WordPress VIP Support Lead at Automattic 👨‍💻 WordPress contributor & developer ✍🏼 Technical writer 📢 Occasional PC Pro podcaster & international speaker ⚤ http://pronoun.is/he

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The definitive guide to the WordPress.org plugin assets folder

If you've ever added a plugin to the WordPress.org directory, you'll find there's a folder named assets waiting for you in SVN. In this article, I'm going to explore what you can add to this, and the various limitations and formats available to you.

https://artiss.blog/2024/04/the-definitive-guide-to-the-wordpress-org-plugin-assets-folder/

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When WordPress plugin adoption goes wrong.

The bizarre tale of a developer who took on a plugin and then just walked away from it when asked to do the most basic thing.

https://artiss.blog/2024/03/when-wordpress-plugin-adoption-goes-wrong/

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A while ago, something I heard made me think: What if we were in some alternate universe, considering moving FROM battery EV's to petrol/diesel-powered transport? What would our objections be in that scenario?

(Note: I'm not an EV zealot. EV's are not yet for everyone. This is just a thought experiment.)

https://rosswintle.uk/2024/03/what-if-we-were-transitioning-to-electric-vehicles/

dartiss,
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@ross I'm not sure I agree with point 14. I had a petrol Mazda that used regenerative braking to top-up the lead-acid battery which, in itself, keeps fuel use down. If were moving from an EV world, I'm sure of that technology would be used in your scenario.

dartiss,
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@ross Also, as a further thought experiment, why not consider the advantages?

dartiss,
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@ross It depends. The Mazda used a large capacitor for temporary storage and tricked it back. In winter, with heating, lights, wipers, etc. on, it's much needed.

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@ross Insurance may be another - it seems EVs are pretty pricey and may even be pushing up non-EV car insurance costs too.

Some smaller garages refuse to touch automatic gearboxes, and I suspect the same will apply to EVs in general.

Isn't breakdown an issue too? Don't EVs have to be lifted rather than towed?

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New blog post: The mess that is sainsburys.co.uk https://artiss.blog/2024/01/the-mess-that-is-sainsburys-co-uk/

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Google is having to pay out $5 billions for tracking users whilst in Incognito mode.

Add that to the many reasons why I don't use Chrome as my browser.

"Don't be Evil" died a long time ago, sadly.

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I'm proud to announce that my Social Post Embed plugin for WordPress now supports embedding for Spoutible, as well as Threads, with more to come. https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-post-embed/

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This week, this introvert (actually ambivert), remote-working, nerdy software developer is being made to attend the London office with all the other UK employees. Which will, as far as I can tell, be mostly sales people.

This includes happy hour at a cocktail bar (“let’s have some fun!”) and a posh “Summer Rooftop Party”.

It’s a great company to work for. But you have to make some sacrifices, right?

(Could I sneak in some small nerdy card games perhaps? 🤔)

dartiss,
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@ross Sounds like my idea of hell and pretty exclusionary of the company. "
Go with a positive mindset" feels pretty close to "just get over it" as a solution and it's actually an enforced social event with no consideration on neurodiversities. Yuk.

dartiss, to wordpress
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Random question for developers. What do you use for editing README files?

My code editor is great for everything code related but it feels sub-optimal for these file types.

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How to embed Threads into WordPress https://artiss.blog/2023/07/how-to-embed-threads-in-wordpress/

dartiss, to wordpress
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New blog post: Björk WordPress Theme. Violently Happy.

https://artiss.blog/2023/06/bjork-wordpress-theme-violently-happy/

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Found out that next school year students in my area will be required to use CLEAR bookbags and backpacks year round.

On a positive note I'm trying to see if someone makes a late 90’s iMac G3 themed backpack for my kids.

dartiss,
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@davidbisset what's the reasoning behind this?

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@davidbisset Ah of course, that makes sense now. For some reason, David, I thought you were UK based.
It's very sad, though, particularly as kids need some privacy - teenage girls, for example, would probably appreciate some contents in their school bag to not be on display.

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Interesting. Someone didn't like it when documentation uses the term "simply" and "it's easy" so much they made a site out of it:

https://justsimply.dev/

It's actually a GOOD site too, and if you write docs or marketing it might be worth a look.

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@davidbisset I've often thought of doing something similar for those who use the expression "the proof is in the pudding".

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