Remkus de Vries

Too live, maybe?

Stacked Transforms

Are you aware that multiple transform functions, like translate() and rotate(), can be combined within one transform declaration? Check out how and learn about the animation-composition property while you're at it
frontendmasters.com/blog/stacke...

Physicality: the new age of UI There’s a lot of rumors of a big impending UI redesign from Apple. Let’s imagine what’s (or what could be) next for the design of iPhones, Macs and iPads.

Great article by former Apple designer Sebastiaan de With on the evolution of Apple's UI design: from skeuomorphic to flat, and now to an almost physical UI language.
Read more: www.lux.camera/physicality...

This is such a head-scratcher for me, for as long as I can remember. Literally.

In order for us to fall asleep, we gotta fake it first. What is up with that logic?

Like, we’re out here pretending to snooze just to trick our brain into the real deal.

I mean.

Dear conferences old and new - Please consider backing up your sites with archive.org when you finish an event.

It’s a shame to see links slowly break as people let go of their contributions to the tech ecosystem.

Issue #168 Loop WP Explore Marcus Burnette’s Unleash the Wappu! A community of cliques?...WordPress echo chamber vs editorial focus debate, and AI-driven future visions.

"Loop WP" (my newsletter about WordPress), Issue 168 is out now! This week, come with me as we explore Marcus Burnette’s Unleash the Wappu! A community of cliques?...WordPress echo chamber vs editorial focus debate, and AI-driven future visions.

There's a lot to discuss! 👇

I have tons of drafts as well, but I wanna make a real effort.

In an effort to publish important topics on my blog rather than just on social media, I've written a post about when to use Custom Database Tables in WordPress.

Link
remkusdevries.com/custom-data...

Look at that, two blog posts published that started as a reply to a post on social media.

We should all do this more often.

Haha 😆

Remkus' Ramblings Back when I first started to share WordPress content somewhat regularly, I called it Remkus’ Ramblings. That name quickly didn’t cover the content, so that turned into Within WordPress. Remkus’ Ramblings is too good of an alliteration to let go, so my personal newsletter continued in that name. I’ll send you irregular updates about articles […]

“Wait, what happened to your personal newsletter?”

Ever since my original newsletter evolved into the @Within_WP.com newsletter, I’ve been getting this question a lot.

The truth? I missed having a place to share my thoughts, ideas, and blogs…

So, it's back: remk.us/ramblings

I’ve not done an in-depth review, so I don’t have enough experience with it to give proper feedback right now…

The Fine Line Between Editorial Focus and Echo Chambers in WordPress Learn about the challenges of echo chambers in WordPress and their effect on the visibility of creators and ideas.

There is a fine line between “Editorial Focus” and “Echo Chambers” in WordPress, as I see it.

What do you think? Do we have too much of an echo chamber going on?

remkusdevries.com/the-fine-li...

Pushed out the 166th episode of my @withinwp.com newsletter. It's a good one, full of fun stuff to explore.

Glad to hear it, my friend!

It’s always about adding value, right @westguard.co.uk ?

If you’re a #WordPress developer and haven’t subscribed to Ryan’s channel, you are missing out.

Subscribe now and level up your dev game!

Issue #167 Loop WP Should WordPress pause default themes and focus on AI like Shopify's Sidekick or Wix’s new tool? The debate heats up in the latest newsletter.

This week's Top 3 Links from Loop WP, Issue 167:

1) Instant Back/Forward Navigation - weston.ruter.net/2025/07/23/i...

2) AI Coding - www.briancoords.com/newsletter/m...

3) Default Theme Debate - binatethoughts.com/what-if-we-p...

Read the full newsletter 👇

newsletter.loopwp.com/p/issue-167-...

Aggressive web crawlers that don't respect robots.txt are difficult to stop. But are they? You can actually quite easily exhaust their resources:
ache.one/notes/html_...

The Fine Line Between Editorial Focus and Echo Chambers in WordPress Learn about the challenges of echo chambers in WordPress and their effect on the visibility of creators and ideas.

Just published: The Fine Line Between Editorial Focus and Echo Chambers in WordPress remkusdevries.com/the-fine-lin...

VERT.sh — Free, fast, and awesome file convert With VERT you can quickly convert any image, video and audio file. No ads, no tracking, open source, and all processing (other than video) is done on your device.

The file converter you’ll love is called Vert. All image, audio, and document processing is done on your device. Videos are converted on our lightning-fast servers. No file size limit, no ads, and completely open source. vert.sh/

Fixed the new Google Search Console logo.

GitHub - Olow304/memvid: Video-based AI memory library. Store millions of text chunks in MP4 files with lightning-fast semantic search. No database needed. Video-based AI memory library. Store millions of text chunks in MP4 files with lightning-fast semantic search. No database needed. - Olow304/memvid

Vector DBs might just have competition 🤯

Wild new idea from Saleban Olow: Memvid stores millions of text chunks inside an MP4 file. No database needed. You still get fast semantic search, all in a 100% open-source package. github.com/Olow304/memvid

Lol

It chose me.

v1.2.0 Better Loop v1.2.0 has landed with some exciting updates—I’ve added a new filter block, expanded color options, and introduced a custom post template block. In v1.2.0, I’m introducing the Buttons…

Better Loop 1.2 is out! With a new Buttons filter block, more color options and a custom post template block.

I'm experimenting with an "interactive" changelog, with live demos so you can try out all new features right from the changelog: betterloopwp.com/changelog/v1...

🚀 Have you tried v3.0?

Our latest release brings 6 powerful e-commerce display conditions, plus enhanced user meta targeting and smarter date-based rules.

🔗 Read more about what’s new: bit.ly/3IlstPy

#personalization #marketing #wordpress #new

Beta - Podcaster Plus Join the Podcaster Plus beta list. Stop wrestling with generic players and clunky workflows. It's time to make your podcast website as impressive as your audio.

Beta testers needed! Recently I asked if people wanted a sneak peak of a #WordPress podcast plugin I've been working on with Dan Maby. Thx to those who signed up. We are now ready for more people to have a play. If that's you, head here: www.podcasterplus.com/beta/ #podcasting

GitHub - Olow304/memvid: Video-based AI memory library. Store millions of text chunks in MP4 files with lightning-fast semantic search. No database needed. Video-based AI memory library. Store millions of text chunks in MP4 files with lightning-fast semantic search. No database needed. - Olow304/memvid

Vector DBs might just have competition 🤯

Wild new idea from Saleban Olow: Memvid stores millions of text chunks inside an MP4 file. No database needed. You still get fast semantic search, all in a 100% open-source package. github.com/Olow304/memvid

VERT.sh — Free, fast, and awesome file convert With VERT you can quickly convert any image, video and audio file. No ads, no tracking, open source, and all processing (other than video) is done on your device.

The file converter you’ll love is called Vert. All image, audio, and document processing is done on your device. Videos are converted on our lightning-fast servers. No file size limit, no ads, and completely open source. vert.sh/