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From product idea to Gutenberg PR in a weekend
Over the past month, I was deep in Radical Speed Month at Automattic, building Opa.blog with Marjorie R. Asturias. We were designing a Substack-style writing experience built entirely on WordPress, and one of the features I built with Claude Code was a preview modal that lets writers see how their post will look without leaving the editor. No new tab. No context switch. Just a clean layer over…
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Changing things up
I’m working on something I’m very passionate about. I’m learning and doing things with WordPress I never imagined. Do you want to know what it is? I think you’ll find interesting, even if just to see how it gets built.
Radical Speed Month: Opa.blog
This month I’m working with Marjorie R. Asturias to build something new with WordPress. I’ll be sharing my work as I go on my blog, Substack, and here on LinkedIn. I had worked out an idea initially to build a completely new experience, but it was turning into a spaghetti mess of Next.js, Astro, and decoupled (headless) WordPress. Not only am I a part of #radicalspeedmonth with Automattic, but…
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I Built a Second Brain on WordPress: Here's What Actually Happened
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Cover block parallax style — v1.2.0
The first version of Cover Block Parallax Style was a pretty simple idea: add a smooth parallax scrolling effect to the native WordPress Cover block without requiring custom blocks or shortcodes. Toggle it on, pick a speed, done. v1.2.0 is less about new features and more about fixing things that were quietly broken. What got fixed The most embarrassing bug: the editor and frontend were using…
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I'm not a developer. I'm a project manager who knows how to communicate a vision. Turns out that's exactly what you need to build a WordPress theme with AI. New post on how Tufte Blocks got made.
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The scroll indicator block, properly done
This block has been a long time coming. I first built the Scroll Indicator back in September, when I was exploring what Telex AI could do. The idea was simple: a small animated mouse icon that sits at the bottom of the screen and nudges readers to keep scrolling. Telex built it in minutes. It even added a click-to-scroll behavior I never asked for, which was a genuinely delightful surprise. But…
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I Just Leveled Up: From Telex to Claude Code
I built a podcast RSS feed block in Telex last week. I needed it for a project, and within minutes I had a working proof of concept, an RSS block that pulled in episodes with custom style settings. Telex is incredible for that moment when you have an idea and need to see it working in the editor immediately. But then I wanted to push it further. Add typography controls, get a border around the…
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Scroll on Hover Image Block
When doing work with websites, you often take screenshots of pages to show your work. However, your full page captures extend well beyond the viewport of your screen, and it gets difficult to showcase a long image in a compact space. Enter the Scroll on Hover Image block! This block lets you upload a tall image that automatically scrolls when you hover. Some simple settings are available, such…
Write more, consume less
I’ve fallen into the trap of consumption. I create less, and I’ve strayed from writing as the foundational form of communication. Writing underpins everything in society, and it should be part of your personal, daily habits. I used to be a prolific writer. In fact, that’s my formal educational background. No other activity is better for personal thought, reflection, learning, development, and…
The Word of the Year is Freedom
The Founder of WordPress and CEO of Automattic had a pretty fun inception moment when he joined the TBPN livestream in the middle of the 2025 edition of State of the Word. Sharing the future of personal, open source communication through Beeper, the release of WordPress 6.9, and the state of links on the internet in the age of AI, a fun question was posed to Matt by the hosts of TBPN: What is the…
It never gets old telling the story of how I was first introduced to WordPress while teaching rhetoric and composition, and eventually worked on the Online Learning Team to help build a massive multisite WordPress network for ePortfolios. Thank you to Mike Bal for sharing a job opening you knew I would be a good candidate for and for taking a chance on recommending me. #Automattic has been the best job I've ever had because it doesn't feel like a job; it feels like I'm part of a mission. What's your WordPress journey? Who are the people who made an impact on you in your life?
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This block took minutes. It took me longer to write the post than it did to ask Telex to make the block for me. I got exactly what I wanted in only two prompts! This is the type of vibe coding I can enjoy, creating blocks for WordPress. I think the simple, specific use blocks are where this tool can really unlock creativity for writers and site builders. Telex is like your personal block assistant. #telex #telexai #wordpressai #wordpress
I made a scroll indicator block. If you haven't spent any time playing Telex AI, stop reading this post and do it now!
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Not about free beer
Freedom on the web isn’t free stuffNot about free beer
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50 posts! I literally only post on here because of my blog’s Tumblr connection. Thank you, @wordpressdotcom and @engineering!
I'm writing this post to share my pizza skills, but it is mostly to capture screenshots of a new thing we'll be releasing soon. Also, why can't I post stuff not related to WordPress and work? I like to make pizza. What's your favorite pizza? #pizza #wordpress
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