There Are Two Types of Software Developers...

Hashim Warren — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 21:30:35 +0000

There are two types of software developers.

But I mix up which is which because I write JavaScript.

How WordPress Will Power Half the Web’s Content (Without Anyone Knowing)

Hashim Warren — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 15:15:24 +0000

Tumblr is switching to a headless CMS architecture. 😲

While everyone else focused on the low, low price that Automattic paid for Tumblr, I was struck by one detail - CEO Matt Mullenweg promised that Tumblr will soon be powered by WordPress, but maintain its front-end and content management UI.

This means Tumblr will become the largest headless CMS project in existence!

This is great news for any developer who relies on headless WordPress as a key part of their stack. I believe Automattic will invest in improving the WordPress Rest API to make it as robust and stable as it needs to be to handle Tumblr’s migration.

Famously, Matt Mullenweg was never a huge fan of the REST API project being added to core WordPress, and some people accuse him of allowing it to languish after it was added. Now Matt and Automattic have a business reason to either beef up the REST API, or invest in a different project that makes headless WordPress possible, like WPGraphQL.

The roadmap to 50% of the web and beyond

So my first prediction is WordPress will develop in the direction of being a headless CMS. What happens after that?

I think we will see a wave of innovation from the WordPress community that is less focused on theming and the front-end, and more focused on content management problems.

Instead of selling a $30 theme to business owners or an SEO plugin to marketers, I think we will see WordPress Developers sell software like "content workflow tools", and "digital asset managers" to larger companies that need them.

Yes, these plug-ins already exist in the WordPress ecosystem. But let's be honest - they are nowhere near as polished as the products that are focused on the presentation layer of Wordpress.

My third prediction is that web developers will choose WordPress first as an option for Content management no matter what stack they're using to build the front end of their website. WordPress will become the default tool used with Gatsby or any other static site generator.

That's why I think WordPress will manage half of the popular's webs content, but you won't be able to detect it because most sites will use WordPress as just a CMS that has nothing to do with the cold running in your browser.

Exciting times are ahead for the entire WordPress community!

I don't know who needs to hear this, but that Udemy course will be on sale next week, too

Hashim Warren — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 14:59:32 +0000

🙃 Be free 🙃

JavaScript Rap

Hashim Warren — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 13:17:04 +0000

I got a new love
She took my heart
Her name is JavaScript
she got nothin' but "good parts"

I kept seeing her at work
But I didn't know her language
So I would copy/paste
"Hello" and what my name is

All the devs at work hating
They were crass men
They said they preferred
those with class, plus stacked in the backend

But that's what made my love,
JavaScript so special
She don't stick to the script
Any environment she's flexible

JavaScript stepped my
career game up for days
No effort, she taught me
built in methods to get arrays

I told her this is how we function
all facts
We're on a higher order,
So after an argument I need a callback.

Took her to the library
To see how she would React
Yeah she had me
She chose a classic - great Gatsby

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There Are Two Types of Software Developers...

How WordPress Will Power Half the Web’s Content (Without Anyone Knowing)

The roadmap to 50% of the web and beyond

I don't know who needs to hear this, but that Udemy course will be on sale next week, too

JavaScript Rap