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Darren Ethier

@nerrad.bsky.social

What you follow affects how you lead. Married. Father of 4. Product & Code at @woocommerce working on intersection of Gutenberg and Woo. Adventure is life.

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So very thankful to the over 900 folks who helped contribute to WordPress 6.8!

21.04.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Be Wrong MoreΒ Often The best product leaders share one counterintuitive trait: they're comfortable being wrong. They've calculated that the cost of waiting for certainty exceeds the cost of mistakes. You see, the math is brutally simple: every day spent seeking certainty is a day you fall behind. Strong opinions accelerate learning. Each one tests a hypothesis about user behavior or market needs, and some hypotheses fail.

Be Wrong MoreΒ Often

The best product leaders share one counterintuitive trait: they're comfortable being wrong. They've calculated that the cost of waiting for certainty exceeds the cost of mistakes. You see, the math is brutally simple: every day spent seeking certainty is a day you fall behind.…

19.03.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Vibe Coding is real. I don’t like being alarming, but if you’re a developer and not jumping on the AI train yet, you’re in trouble.

Today, for the first time, I really felt a 10x boost in my own productivity.

02.03.2025 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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wp-env: Added phpMyAdmin and multisite support to the documentation by t-hamano Β· Pull Request #68125 Β· WordPress/gutenberg Related to #67588, #67845 What? Add documentation for the new support recently added in the env package (phpMyAdmin, Multisite). Why? For developers How? I have updated two files that I thought nee...

Looks like @wordpress/env or wp-env now supports Multi-site and phpMyAdmin by default. Kudos Miguel Fonseca for the additions. Documentation is also being added here github.com/WordPress/gu...

23.12.2024 08:59 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Got a chance to chat a bit with @jameswlepage about what this crew is doing at WCEU this past year. Super pumped they're joining A8C!

09.12.2024 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Really cool to see all the different Woo merchants in this holiday gift guide! https://woocommerce.com/posts/2024-woocommerce-holiday-gift-guide/

25.11.2024 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats Luigi! It never gets old πŸ˜€

13.11.2024 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very very interesting and I’m glad this conversation is happening. It opens up a lot more user (and dev) friendly possibilities.

13.11.2024 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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WordPress 6.7 β€œRollins” WordPress 6.7, code-named β€˜Rollins,’ celebrates legendary jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins and debuts the sleek, versatile Twenty Twenty-Five theme, designed for any blog, any scale. Dive…

Congrats to the 780+ contributors who worked on WordPress 6.7! πŸŽ‰

wordpress.org/news/2024/11...

13.11.2024 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have a feeling I'm going to find most of the peeps I like on this over the next couple of years...

12.11.2024 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Official WordPress 6.7 release video πŸ”₯
YouTube video by WordPress The Official WordPress 6.7 release video πŸ”₯

Official WordPress 6.7 video. Looking good! youtu.be/Ok6JKHMAkH8?...

12.11.2024 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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