Open Channels FM: Rethinking Access and Dependence in Tech From AI Outages to Open Source Lifelines
Who maintains education AI, the backbone of software infrastructure, and a new open source document tool.
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WPTavern: #237 – Robert Abela on WordPress Security and the Battle Against AI Threats
Transcript [00:00:19] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox Podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, the state of WordPress security in 2026, and the battle against AI threats….
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Matt: RIP Eric Binnion
For the next 30 days, a few billion of you will get an extra header in honor of Eric Binnion. The code in Nginx to do this is poetic: add_header X-Remembering “Eric Binnion <https://friendsofericbinnion.wordpress.com/>” always; Our design team will make that less AI and more humane in the coming days. Automattic.com will have a mourning…
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OpenStation Blog: I Deleted 168,000 Lines of Comments. My AI Agent Didn’t Notice
Almost a third of our source code was comments. I deleted all of them and asked an AI agent to build the same features on both versions of the codebase, three times each. The code it wrote was just as good with or without comments. If you use agents on a real codebase and wonder…
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Matt: Neal Stephenson Live!
Speaking of sci-fi authors, Automattic is hosting Neal Stephenson for a livestream about his new book soon, please tune in! Neal was a big influence on WordPress! I got hip to him from Tantek. In the source code of billions of pages you’ll see this: <link rel=”profile” href=”https://gmpg.org/xfn/11″> GMPG is the Global Media Protocols Group,…
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Open Channels FM: Open Channels FM Heading to the Web Summit 2026 in Lisboa
Next month in November, I’ll (Bob) be attending the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal. I have been to conferences in the past that have had attendance up to 15,000, but never one that has over 70,000 attendees. That’s a lot of people. A few months ago I applied for media creditation, unsure of their parameters…
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Matt: Board Agent
Automattic is always 5–15 years ahead of other companies, but things happen faster now. I predict other companies will start scrambling to add great writers to their boards, because, well, look at the headlines in AI. United’s board already has Walter Isaacson. Authors are awesome, akin to founders in the startup/tech ecosystem. Public offer to…
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Novamira vs WPVibe vs MCP Adapter vs Easy MCP AI: Which One Fits Your Site?
Novamira vs WPVibe, plus the MCP Adapter and Easy MCP AI, compared: where each runs, what your AI can touch, real prices and caps, and which fits your site. The post Novamira vs WPVibe vs MCP Adapter vs Easy MCP AI: Which One Fits Your Site? appeared first on Themeisle Blog.
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OpenStation Blog: What WordPress would have looked like in 1995
I’ve been wondering how far a theme can take OpenStation. Not just a wallpaper and a different color, but everything: windows, dock, menus, fonts, icons, layouts, etc. So I tried to make wp-admin look like two operating systems from a long time ago. Can you believe that this is still WordPress? Turns out that the…
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WordPress MCP Adapter Explained: What It Is, What It Exposes, and Your Options
The WordPress MCP Adapter is now a WordPress.org plugin. See what it exposes on your site, who can use it, how to keep it narrow, and your options. The post WordPress MCP Adapter Explained: What It Is, What It Exposes, and Your Options appeared first on Themeisle Blog.
