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Re:Using jev to improve product experiences is pretty crazy
on Friday September 18, 2026 @05:16PM (#49760369)
Composing UI affordances on the fly ... This is wild. Love it
Re:Matt Mullenweg tells Automattic staff in Slack he's back in control...
on Friday September 11, 2026 @01:30PM (#49662115)
Ironic how hard he tries to seem like a man of a people and then posts about his million-dollar toys he buys from celebrities like John Mayer. Dude is the definition of out of touch.
Re:Matt Mullenweg put on 'leave of absence'
on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @07:38PM (#49636188)
it's personal only in the sense that Matt had been doing an absolutely awful job leading the company for several years, and the board had fiduciary obligations to intervene
this is not a bad day for founders; it's Matt having gotten to the end point of his value as a leader
Don't get me wrong: getting to a point where you have 2,000 employees and a 7 billion dollar valuation is a massive accomplishment. He was clearly very effective at various parts of the company's history. But it scaled beyond the point where his skillset and personality could continue to credibly steer the ship
Re:Dan rewrote chardet, relicensed to MIT. Original author broke 15-ye...
on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @12:11PM (#47519367)
Wonder how much this comes down to "enforceability"....