Category: English
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WordPress 6.2 performance: field data
Analysis of the impact of the performance improvements that came with WordPress 6.2 in some public datasets.
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The value of Time To First Byte
For a holistic perspective on performance, we need to track user-perceived performance (LCP) and add client-side metrics to the mix (LCP-TTFB).
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Evolution of WordPress TTFB: 5.6 to 6.2
How long does it take the server to process the homepage for each of the last 4 default WordPress themes?
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The developer experience of WordPress presets
How using theme.json improves the developer experience of WordPress theme authors.
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Recently: June 2021
Previous: May 2021. The second quarter of 2021 is over, and it was an intense one at work. I’ve been working on some features for WordPress 5.8. It’s a packed version by my standards and those of many others. It will be published in a few days, and I’m excited to see it in the…
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Recently: May 2021
Previous: April 2021. Next: June 2021. LaretasGeek I streamed content in May. Twice. The first, hosted by Fran. We talked about how is it to work for Automattic or how does it feel to be involved in a free software project the scale of WordPress (40% of the web, 18 years old). We also touched…
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Recently: April 2021
Previous: March 2021. Next: May 2021. Three queues for notes Lately, I’ve found joy in learning how other people organize their notes: Taxonomy of note types, the PARA system, and the Johnny Decimal are three of the most popular links on the note-taking internet sub-culture. Over the years, I’ve tried several things. The last iteration…
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Recently: March 2021
Previous: February 2021. Next: April 2021. Mareas Vivas Galician noir: how a rainy corner of Spain spawned a new TV genre. The major streaming platforms have released tv-shows produced in Galiza and by Galicians: O Sabor das Margaridas / Bitter Daisies (Netflix), Auga Seca / Dry Water (HBO), La Unidad / The Unit (Movistar), 3…
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Recently: February 2021
Previous: January 2021. Next: March 2021. January’s post re-connected me with some folks, which made me think this “recently” idea wasn’t that bad after all. Here’s February’s. 3 blogs of programmers I follow In a Twitter conversation with Óscar and Juan, Juan suggested we should share blogs of programmers we follow. It’s been a while…
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Recently: January 2021
Next: February 2021. Inspired by Tom MacWright, I’m starting a “recently” series, where I’m going to branch out a bit from the usual topics of this site ― which weren’t very focused anyway. Aims to be monthly. Streamers The past year I’ve started to follow some streamers. It’s a lot of fun if you find…
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Plans and planning
Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable. — Dwight Eisenhower.
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Cunningham’s Law
The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, but to post the wrong answer. — Cunningham’s Law.
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Roots and fruits
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruits are sweet. — Attributed to Aristotle.
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Routine things
High performing teams do routine things in an outstanding manner, routinely. — Ann Dunwoody, USA’s first female 4-star general. At A8C’s Grand Meetup, 2018.
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Dare to know
Have the courage to use your own understanding. — Kant, What is enlightenment?
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Team and ideas
Give a good idea to a mediocre team, and they will screw it up. Give a mediocre idea to a great team, and they will either fix it or come up with something better. If you get the team right, chances are that they’ll get the ideas right. — Creativity, Ed Catmull.
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Who to write code for?
Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute. — SICP, preface to the 1st edition.
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Dvorak, 3rd year
How I’m doing with Dvorak, 3 years since I switched from QWERTY.
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To become an architect
To became a member of the community of architects requires an ability to learn to view the world as an architect and to use architect’s tools in a professional way. This can happen only by observing and interacting with experienced architects within the context of a studio. — Internet, innovation and OpenSource: Actors in the…
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Chairs and motivation
Get a good chair, because you can’t always be motivated, and sometimes you have to sit on it until you’re done. — The grandfather of a friend, who had a work ethic that I share.
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Architecture astronauts
When you go too far up, abstraction-wise, you run out of oxygen. — Joel Spolsky, Don’t let architecture astronauts scare you.
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Make something well
To learn to make something well can take your whole life. And it’s worth it. — Ursula K. Le Guin.
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Change and irrelevance
If you dislike change, you’re going to dislike irrelevance even more. — Eric Shinseki. Hat tip: Ann Dunwoody, Automattic Grand Meetup 2018.
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The UNIX way, resurfaced
Make it work, make it right, make it fast. — The UNIX way, resurfaced decades later by Kent Beck.
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Two small jumps
It seems to be much easier to make two small jumps than the one big jump in any kind of mental thinking. — Creative Thinking at Bell Labs (1952), Claude Shannon.
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Vaccine for fuzzy thinking
Objectives are like a vaccine for fuzzy thinking. — Why the secret to success is setting the right goals, John Doerr.
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The magician’s assistant
Review of Ann Patchett’s book, the Reading Club assignment for January 2019.
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Forest Dark
Review of Nicole Krauss’ book, the Reading Club assignment for January 2019.
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They came like swallows
A review of William Maxwell’s book, the Reading Club assignment for November 2018.
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Dvorak two years after
How I’m performing on Dvorak two years after the switch.
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The Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin
Trailer of the documentary on UKL I crowdfunded in 2016.