Viewing profile — kevmarsden

Discourse announced layoffs today. From the post: "Our revenue has been steady but our goal now is to reach profitability at a streamlined cost structure. "

I build workouts in Garmin Connect (web version). It's not great, but it works.

> I'm pretty sure WP Engine could patch Wordpress to use its own infrastructure, so this isn't a really as much of a security risk as people claim. Patching core WordPress is strai…

What a shame. This feels like a defining moment for WordPress. I'm not optimistic this is going to end well for anyone in the WP ecosystem.

Confirmed by WP Engine: https://wpenginestatus.com/incidents/640187

WP Engine hasn't acknowledged this yet, so I hope it's a bug or a mistake.

A link to yesterday's conversation after WP Engine sent their cease-and-desist letter to Automattic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41631912

In response, here's the cease and desist Automattic sent to WP Engine: https://automattic.com/2024/09/25/open-source-trademarks-wp-...

Direct link to letter: https://wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Cease-and-De... Related article on TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/22/matt-mullenweg-calls-wp-en..…

There are three reasons I want to pay of my mortgage, even though my interest rate is 2.99%: 1. Minimize financial risk. There are no risk-free investments. There is no guarantee I…

I'm surprised that memo leaked. Automattic is very open with employees and trusts them not to share internal information. While I worked there (2013-2018) I don't remember any news…

Back then I was still excited about new OS X releases. I remember walking to Best Buy to purchase the physical copy on release day.

The location in my town serves food and beer/wine. At one point they had at least five B&N Kitchen locations, but it looks like they're down to two: https://www.barnesandnoblekitch…

I don't like most electronic music, but I really enjoy Caribou's music. https://caribouband.bandcamp.com/ As an entry point, start with the song Melody Day: https://caribouband.ban…

Tsh Oxenreider recently posted a nice piece on third places. https://thecommon.place/p/thirdplacehomesteads I'm definitely missing have a third place in my suburban life.

We've had the Brother HL-L2340D for a few years. It's been rock solid. It's so much better than the HP inkjet printers we had in the past.

Most job application flows are suboptimal, but job seekers need to stop maximizing the number of applications they submit and instead create a few really great applications. I typi…