On March 11, 2025 at 19:39

WordPress core needs a standard API for encrypting values in the database (such as options and post/term/user meta). This would allow storing API secrets without the risk of exposing them to anyone with DB read access.

On March 11, 2025 at 11:14

Here is a video overview of my latest email newsletter covering AI vector embeddings for WordPress in MySQL, Query Block ordering by custom menu order, focal point selector for all attachments, and native system fonts for block themes.

On March 6, 2025 at 18:00

Curious about AI embeddings 💘 and how they apply to WordPress? I’ve put together a guide that explains their role in powering regular search and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems for even better search results or chat systems.

On March 6, 2025 at 14:48

Experimenting with storing embedding vectors as packed 32-bit floats in a MySQL VARBINARY column and handling distance calculations in PHP.

As expected, the real bottleneck is the math — especially with larger vectors. Also array_map() and array_sum() are super slow and unusable for this.

On March 4, 2025 at 20:39

Block editor has this helpful focal point selector. Wouldn't it be great if you could set a default focus point for all images and then use it during resizing the intermediate sizes? I'm thinking of adding this to the Image Pilot plugin.

On March 4, 2025 at 15:51

Is anyone else getting these Facebook confirmation codes for fake accounts created with random @yourdomain.com email addresses?

On March 4, 2025 at 14:48

My fix for adding the custom page order sorting option to Query Loop block has been merged and should land in the WP core with the next Gutenberg sync. 🚀

On February 18, 2025 at 20:39

Responded to @kasparsd:

The biggest opportunities in the LLM space are in these tailored integrations and interfaces for specific use-cases where the LLM becomes almost invisible.

Exciting times!

On February 18, 2025 at 20:39

On my flight home, I watched a university professor spend over 30 minutes grading a basic undergraduate business paper — still not finished by the time we landed.

An LLM could have handled 90% of the initial work in seconds, freeing the professor to focus on personalized feedback while the model learns and improves with each iteration.

On February 18, 2025 at 14:48

How come Zed doesn't support HTML and PHP syntax out of the box? Both are the most installed extensions so people definitely want them.

On February 14, 2025 at 14:48

The recent frontend updates to @github are making it unusable — on-page search is broken (always jumping to incorrect places), layout shifts everywhere, slow to scroll.

Are you also experiencing this?