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batuhanicoz

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About batuhanicoz

head of beeper labs at automattic.com

Recent public activity

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    Comment #47776440

    Neither of them require a browser. We run whatsmeow inside iOS and Android apps, with no browser whatsoever.

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    Comment #47776068

    The way I would put it as someone who works at Beeper is: only use messaging automations for personal use, and don't use it to spam anyone or do anything you wouldn't do yourself w…

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    Comment #47776044

    Peter is also the creator of PSPDFKit, and people have considered him an incredible engineer way before transformers were even invented.

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    Comment #47776013

    whatsmeow is built and maintained by Beeper's bridge architect, Tulir Asokan, and is used by many Beeper users every day with no issues. It's at the core of our WhatsApp bridge: ht…

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    Comment #44589328

    For any user that was with us before today, it's free!

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    Comment #43903884

    This is an overreaction. It's violence. Trying to justify it by claiming it's part of their culture is not healthy, I think we can have some universal values (don't stab people?) a…

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    Comment #42304632

    WordPress.org is not Automattic’s platform (there is a lot of managerial overlap and both are ultimately controlled by the same person). Our well documented issues with WP Engine d…

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    Comment #42298439

    Beeper (Automattic) | Remote | Full-time | Reverse Engineer | $70-$170k and great benefits Beeper unifies all your chats across networks in one app. We are looking for people to jo…

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    Comment #41832838

    The initial release of SCF only applied security fixes, changed the plugin name and removed upsells. I don't think there is any change that might cause the issue you are having. If…

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    Comment #41826750

    Our attempts at resolving trademark issues with WPE predate our discovery of the attribution removal.

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    Comment #41822158

    If you point to any lies told by me, I would love to correct them. No one has told me to come here and defend anyone. I work at a part of Automattic that is isolated from anything …

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    Comment #41821901

    ACF isn’t a premium plugin (linked post only concerns those). The linked post also might not reflect the current policies. This update was a security update and was done due to the…

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    Comment #41726964

    As I understand it, WordPress Foundation's board can revoke the license if Automattic is no longer a good custodian of the brand. It makes sure even if Automattic is no longer in g…

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    Comment #41672530

    > If wp.org is part of the foundation It is not. > a8c is intentionally obfuscating their ownership of wp.org Automattic (my employer) does not own WordPress.org There is no obliga…

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    Comment #41672327

    Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I asked people who are helping with the infra of WordPress.org and they are not sure why Singlehop is showing "The Wordpress Foundatio…

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    Comment #41663130

    Publicly, perhaps but we've been trying to resolve these issues with WP Engine for at least 18 months now.

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    Comment #41657469

    Most of my other comments I was speaking in first person, in others I did not initially realize it wasn't as clear in some of them. I also updated my bio here to reflect the produc…

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    Comment #41657357

    I am an employee of Automattic, that's correct and public. The problem is not the "WP" in their name but their specific usage of "WordPress" and "WooCommerce" on their website and …

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    Comment #41656981

    If WP Engine wanted to dedicate resources to build on the code they are using, they would've contributed more to the core itself. Instead of forking, they could channel their resou…

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    Comment #41656963

    Using WordPress the software is totally free, in both senses of the word. Using the WordPress and WooCommerce trademarks outside of fair use is not. Disclaimer: I work at Automatti…

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    Comment #41656907

    WordPress.com started out as a WordPressµ (WordPress Multi User) provider. Just a place for people to quickly start their own blogs, mainly hosted on a WordPress.com subdomain. To …

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    Comment #41656774

    Projects page of the Foundation ( https://wordpressfoundation.org/projects/ ) does not say those projects belong to the Foundation. It states: > Matt Mullenweg, the director of the…

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    Comment #41656716

    As long as competitors of Automattic does not infringe on the trademarks owned (in the case of WooCommerce) or licensed (WordPress) by Automattic, I don't see any reason for us tak…

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    Comment #41656700

    I work at Automattic, owner of WordPress.com. I asked how WordPress.org is funded and will get details on that but I can tell you WordPress.org is not part of the foundation. Open …