Ari Stathopoulos

Humanist. Trying to be the man my dog thinks I am. Doing things with code @emiliacapital. Focused on Web Sustainability. Human, opinions my own.

[Joost de Valk @jdevalk]

I knew the risks of speaking up to Matt were there, and I’ve stayed silent on account of not wanting to get Taco in trouble before WordCamp Asia. But honestly, it sucks and it does have a real impact.

[Taco Verdo @TacoVerdo]

Less than two weeks before @WordCampAsia, Matt banned my colleague @jdevalk from the event, and @MyProgressPlan, from sponsoring it.

I hoped it would pass, until we had a call last week. Nothing is going to change. So here I am, breaking the silence.

https://t.co/cTqKa2YXBv

[Ari Stathopoulos @aristath]

@DeryckOE @jdevalk @briancoords Migrating from MySQL to SQLite when installing the plugin: https://t.co/D6DkG5f78k
It’s not perfect, but it works 👍

[Ari Stathopoulos @aristath]

@KatieKeithBarn2 I maintain a few plugins on https://t.co/s5z54s5YOt which means that I can’t risk it. Anyone that speaks up and disagrees gets banned - which means I wouldn’t be able to maintain my code. I’m a hostage.

[Ari Stathopoulos @aristath]

The reason I’ve been absent and silent in the WP community is simple: Fear. I am afraid to speak. Which begs the question, why am I even in a community that makes me feel this way?

[Joost de Valk @jdevalk]

It's clear the #WordPress world needs a change. So I wrote a post about exactly that:

Breaking the Status Quo: A vision for a new WordPress era

https://t.co/c0MqwpolW7

[Joost de Valk @jdevalk]

It's clear that #WordPress is at a crossroads, whether we want it to be or not. As a result, it's good to talk about what it is, and what it should do, so, I wrote a post about that:

https://t.co/lTSfxfyfPB

[Ari Stathopoulos @aristath]

@FrancescaMarano 🤣 most definitely!

[Joost de Valk @jdevalk]

@hluehrsen @WPMunich @elemntor Ok can I brag a tiny bit?

https://t.co/j023iz1vrx is FSE - it’s carbon score is A+ and, for the first time, I find myself enjoying working with FSE.

It’s unintuitive at times, but with the help of @aristath, who built this theme, I’m slowly learning the ropes.

[Ari Stathopoulos @aristath]

@FrancescaMarano @carolinapoena @SergeyBiryukov @YouTube

[Joost de Valk @jdevalk]

We're looking for an experienced WordPress developer to join us at Emilia Capital. Work alongside @aristath and myself as a developer, with the rest of the amazing team at Emilia, and help build some very cool new projects like @MyProgressPlan:

https://t.co/KrtE76e55F

[Birgit Pauli-Haack @bph]

Here is a challenge waiting for you:

@autoomattic is looking for people to work on the migration of Tumblr backend to WordPress without diminishing the user experience.
https://t.co/o6iTrDKIMK
"This will be one of the largest technical migrations in internet history.'

[Ari Stathopoulos @aristath]

https://t.co/KU5h7YJ51y

[WP Product Talk @WPProductTalk]

SPECIAL EPISODE ALERT!!

Is WP Market Share declining and what can Product Businesses do about it?

This will be a 2-part discussion with 4️⃣ Special Guests:
@jdevalk | @miriamschwab | @noeltock | @richtabor

🗓️ TOMORROW! @ 2pm ET/8pm CT

Link below 👇🏻https://t.co/rP8fBa8Xfx

[Ari Stathopoulos @aristath]

Do I know anyone here looking for a #WordPress #dev job? 🧐
We all come across things on a daily basis, so it would be useful to know who’s looking in case I come across a good match for someone

[Ari Stathopoulos @aristath]

@pootlepress Contributors.

[Ari Stathopoulos @aristath]

@nota_dam Σήκω φύγε τώρα που μπορείς…

[Stef Walter -- INACTIVE ACCOUNT @WalterStephanie]

SENDUNE: an HTML email design tool that lets you design your newsletter in a nice drag and drop interface, then export your HTML. Also, it’s open source and you can check the code in github.

https://t.co/RY0SVJZycD

[Lily Ray 😏 @lilyraynyc]

OMG

[Ari Stathopoulos @aristath]

@PeakZebra grinding size + tamping

[Ari Stathopoulos @aristath]

☕️☕️☕️Achievement unlocked: Been consistently brewing my tastiest espressos for the past 2 weeks every morning, using an old Gaggia-classic machine that I modified, a bottomless portafilter, and a Lelit grinder. Relatively cheap, old equipment, but spent days finetuning it 🤘