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Creating Art with a Crustacean
Continue reading: Creating Art with a CrustaceanOpenClaw offers many possibilities, and when I first started experimenting with it, I began to wonder what I could do beyond the personal assistant level. I’m not doing anything many others aren’t doing; we are all discovering how these new tools might be an opportunity for us and how they could fit into our lives.…
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Drawing a straight line is not the most exciting thing you can do with a computer, but what happens when you start to break it?
Vera Molnár
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May in WordPress
This month was full of backlog management, prioritisation and clearing out queues. I focused on identifying where things were blocking and preparing for WordCamp Europe. Areas of contribution Whilst my focus was on backlog management, it split into two distinct areas: I also began thinking about how to optimise and make reporting easier for backlog…
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Catching the messy vibe
I am not perfect; I don’t create perfectly and beautifully because I am human. We often create messes. We form the idea and refine it, going back and forth to craft it. My process of creation, which I have grown to accept, can be quite experimental, frenzied, and not necessarily something to observe until the…
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Optimising Triage and Review Processes in WordPress Using AI
Integrating advancements into open source processes makes sense. The friction often comes in the how and the usefulness. While AI holds immense potential for revolutionising triage and review processes, it’s crucial to acknowledge its current limitations and look to where it can evolve, learn, and grow to its full capacity. This post aims to explore…
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The art of triage starts with closing
Triage remains one of the most important things to do in any scale project. When I refer to trige, I mean not just processing something but taking a good, hard look at it and deciding the direction. This is a skill that is hard to learn and refine. Many years ago, I wrote a post…
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April in WordPress
As cherry blossoms appear and lambs Spring in the field next to my studio, it feels firmly like Spring is here. This month saw another opportunity to contribute and a WordPress release. I was occupied with the release for the first few weeks. However, once that was done, I started on the following areas of…
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Pressconf reflections
Five thousand two hundred six miles is a long way to travel, especially when you are heading to give a talk about something emotional. That was my journey to Pressconf. My heart was nervous, and my soul hoped I would be accepted after telling my story. The journey back was in complete contrast; my heart…
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March in WordPress
Areas of contribution My contribution this month was focused on a few areas: There was a lot to do around the design lead this month including microsite, final tickets and also co-ordination. I am grateful for all the collaboration and the release squad support as always. These things get shipped when we all come together.…
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Attending Cloudfest and two new sponsors
After an exciting time at WordCamp Asia, March continues to bring awesome things for contribution to me. I am pleased to announce I am finally going to be taking part in the CloudFest Hackathon and also have two new sponsors, BigScoots and Kinsta. This now means I am sponsored for just over a day a…
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Attending WordCamp Asia and new sponsor for contributions
January flew by, and as I am heading out to WordCamp Asia, it’s time for a little update post. I also have some great news regarding sponsorship. Attending WordCamp Asia Next week, I will attend WordCamp Asia and am very excited to spend the day focusing on Contributor Day. I have lots of things planned…
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September in WordPress
With the leaves falling and changing colour this month of September has closed. Earlier in that month I wrote a reflection as I wrapped up my focus on default themes. This post wraps up the month just gone. It was a slower month with actually taking some time off during it to recharge and think…
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Contribution reflections
For the past six months I have been sponsored by Automattic for 2 days a week to focus on the default theme task force. First, I want to say thank you to everyone that supported and enabled this focus work. Stats When my sponsorship focus started the default theme queue had over 400 tickets and…
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Update on default theme focus
Theme stats Statistics are incredible, but they can also be deceptive. It\’s important not to rely on them exclusively. In this post, I won’t just focus on numbers. Personal stats As mentioned, measuring contributions based solely on stats has limitations. The time taken for one commit or testing a patch can vary significantly. Relying exclusively…