Takis Bouyouris

🧙🏻WordPress developer 🏦@nevmagr cofounder 🌍@wpgreeceorg @WordCampAthens @WCEurope lead org 🎥consumes music/books/movies/tvseries 👶is a husband and a dad.

[Takis Bouyouris @takisbig]

🎉 Last week I had the honour of discussing the current state of WordPress events with @sereedmedia as guests of @michelleames and @craylor at the @OpenChannelsFM Open Event Talk.

👏 From next-gen events to grassroots side events, the WordPress community is alive and kicking and innovating based on the timeless values it is known for: promoting open source.

🫡 Of course @altctrlorg, which I participated in as an organiser and host earlier this month in Basel/Switzerland, focused on governance and free speech, was discussed as well. I was humbled to receive so many nice comments for it in the podcast. Kudos to the organising team for putting it up! All the praise goes to you! Hope we continue to make positive impact in the WordPress ecosystem.

Here's the full podcast!

[Open Channels FM Podcast Network @OpenChannelsFM]

New Open Event Talk Episode. @michelleames is joined by @sereedmedia, @takisbig and @craylor to talk about WordPress Community Growth Through Alternative Gatherings and New Event Formats including the @altctrlorg event in Basel. https://t.co/dKM8lxcgE1

[Takis Bouyouris @takisbig]

I wonder if that is the way to end a fight! Acknowledging nothing? With no conditions? Making no concessions? After taking over plugins? Calling them cancer? After the war on the word "managed"? The websites counting how many clients they have lost? I don't think he is trying to end the fight. I wish he were. I think it's an emotional reaction exactly where emotional reactions have no place.

[The Repository @therepositorywp]

On the same day lawyers for both sides appeared in court over discovery disputes, Mullenweg published a public plea on WordPress .org asking Silver Lake and WP Engine to end the fight.

🔗 https://t.co/igBtWIxL3c

[Takis Bouyouris @takisbig]

WordPress celebrated its 23rd anniversary yesterday, a milestone that should have been cause for pure celebration. Just days earlier, Version 7.0 was released, bringing fantastic core features like native AI integration, a refreshed dashboard, and excellent new blocks, all while maintaining WordPress's legendary backwards compatibility.

To mark the anniversary, project co-founder Matt Mullenweg published an announcement. Normally, I would share such a post with joy. This time, I hesitated.

Instead of a celebration, the announcement reads like a deeply personal confession, or, to be blunt, a rant. While I don’t mean to offend, this is how it lands from an external perspective, regardless of the original intentions.

Instead of providing the leadership the community needs right now, Matt seems detached from the reality of the ecosystem.

The birthday post is filled with bitter grievances about the conflicts of the last two years. While personal hardships and health issues are grave matters that deserve the utmost respect, airing them in an official anniversary message feels misplaced and disheartening.

The text lacks direction, sounding almost as if the WordPress project, through Matt, is surrendering. Phrases like “I submit,” “you have won,” and “please have mercy” are deeply jarring.

The disconnect becomes even sharper at the end, where he refers to the events unfolding as stemming from "a stupid presentation I [had] in WordCamp US 2024." Does he truly believe that WCUS 2024 presentation was just an unimportant, "stupid" moment? What steps did he ever take to de-escalate the situation before it reached this point? Were we crazy to have been sending warnings and cautions from day one?

Great leaders can have blind spots themselves. Only spotting them will make them greater.

I have been highly critical of Matt's choices since WCUS 2024, and it seems I continue to be. It may sound harsh, but leaders at the top must develop thicker skins. They have a duty to demonstrate and teach resilience, a responsibility they actively fought for, not one forced upon them. We need them to provide direction and hope.

God knows how much energy this ongoing drama is draining from all of us. Surprise, surprise: the rest of us have lives, too. We have loved ones to take care of, families to support, and businesses to run.

I still hold onto hope that Matt can rise to this occasion. But to do so, he needs to stop sending messages that project instability, erratic behaviour, and defeatism.

👉 Read the announcement here: https://t.co/yadwCDeXza

[Takis Bouyouris @takisbig]

Η νέα ιστοσελίδα του αρχιτεκτονικού γραφείου @k_studio_gr αποτέλεσε ιδιαίτερη πρόκληση για εμάς στη @nevmagr. Η επιμονή στη λεπτομέρεια, η ιδιοσυγκρασία του brand, η ποιότητα μέσα από τα ελάχιστα δυνατά "υλικά", η στιβαρή γεωμετρία σε ένα μέσο responsive, το να "σχεδιάζεις για σχεδιαστές" έκαναν τη διαδιασία σχεδιασμού και ανάπτυξης μια πολύ ενδιαφέρουσα εμπειρία. Προσωπικά ευχαριστώ και τις δύο ομάδες που εργάστηκαν ακούραστα για ένα αποτέλεσμα που μας κάνει υπερήφανους.

[Nevma @nevmagr]

Nevma Case Studies | @k_studio_gr

A new digital presence for K-Studio, one of Greece’s leading architectural firms.

Minimal UX. Portfolio-first design. Custom WordPress development. High performance.

#Nevma #NevmaCaseStudies #KStudio #WebDesign #Architecture

[Takis Bouyouris @takisbig]

@xaver_ It's not a sprint, it's a marathon.

[Takis Bouyouris @takisbig]

I find it funny how many people so easily attack or brush off WordPress just because any random AI tool can replicate many of it's core features. The least they could to is acknowledge how WordPress lead the way and showed how things are done for so many years. Yearlong stability and maintainability are qualities these tools have not yet proven to sustain. And that is more critical than shiny new features popping up from a prompt.

[Takis Bouyouris @takisbig]

@xaver_ Oh, I will wait. Good things come to those who wait. Constant change is no friend of strategy or robustness.

[Takis Bouyouris @takisbig]

With AI tools one can create small websites, standalone tools, landing pages, little apps, forms, prototypes, everything in the blink of an eye. But a website is a consistent ecosystem of strategy, goals, brand identity, design and content.

The challenge here is not to make a myriad bits and pieces too quickly, seemingly efficiently on the surface. The real challenge is to make all these little bits and pieces work smoothly towards goals that serve a well defined strategy with consistency. Again, longevity, robustness and maintainability is the game.

This is where WordPress used to shine and -I believe- still does. Small core, many capabilities to be enhanced in a consistent ecosystem. What is -sadly- dying is all the sources of information and documentation we used to refer to for help, as they have been engulfed by AI.

[Takis Bouyouris @takisbig]

@PharosMaster The evolutionary parallel is a good one!

[Takis Bouyouris @takisbig]

That is a very clear-headed article. Without exaggerations. One additional thing I always acknowledged to WordPress, one that other CMSs lacked, was the availability of beautiful themes. It became more beautiful more quickly than the others. And beauty is, well, obviously attractive. I think the reason for this is that, through its ease, it attracted lots of people from niches where beauty is important, ie designers themselves, photographers, architects, marketers. Remember how all the Joomla themes were like one another! Or how terribly basic Blogger was -and still is, for that matter!

[Takis Bouyouris @takisbig]

Sad, low and petty, this is NOT what the #WordPress community is about, this sort of talk does NOT represent the good people of the WordPress community. The official WordPress community account should NOT be utilised for this kind of strategy.

[WordPress @WordPress]

The parasite continues to eat the host. The cancer is trying to spread.

[Takis Bouyouris @takisbig]

👋 Στο τελευταίο επεισόδιο του podcast μας Digital Recipes by Nevma με τον John Kastorinis συζητάμε για την Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη! Ιστορία, φιλοσοφία, κοινωνιολογία, τεχνολογία, όλα σε ένα κουβάρι που προσπαθούμε να ξετυλίξουμε, να καταλάβουμε και να αξιοποιήσουμε.

🧶 https://t.co/z0Lo0qHszz

[Takis Bouyouris @takisbig]

When a team in a specialized field like Managed WordPress hosting is doing a good job, you’ve got to pay the devil his due 😈 and the @Pressidium team is doing a darn good job at it 🚀 From performance to security to support, they consistently deliver ⚡ Proud to be amongst their certified partners 🤝 and excited for what we’ll build together next 🙌

[Nevma @nevmagr]

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[Takis Bouyouris @takisbig]

@anamorfosis Υπάρχουν γραφικά χωριά που διατηρούνται χωρίς να είναι τουριστικά; Θα χαρώ να το δω αυτό.

[Takis Bouyouris @takisbig]

Really sad to see the official account that represents a beautiful open source community like #WordPress engaging in such subpar interactions. Sets poor precedents of attacking another open source project directly and focusing on its problems (if this is even a real problem and not a temp issue) and not one's own merits. This does not speak for all of us. It is bad ethics. These are not the principles that guide this community.

[WordPress @WordPress]

Looks like the Federated and Independent Repository project is going great. This is clearly going to rock the WordPress world. We don't know how we'll continue without these contributors. Maybe they need some REST.

[Takis Bouyouris @takisbig]

📢 Η @nevmagr μας φέτος έκλεισε τα 15 χρόνια στο χώρο του web και του digital. Και βάλε, αν υπολογίσεις ότι το πρότζεκτ είχε ξεκινήσει ανεπίσημα πιο πριν. Θα τα γιορτάσουμε όπως τους πρέπει, θα θυμηθούμε στιγμές σημαντικές και δημιουργικές και τους ανθρώπους με τους οποίους τα διανύσαμε. Χρόνια πολλά. Nevma! 🎉

[Nevma @nevmagr]

Nevma turns 15 🎉

15 years Creative Know-how:
Custom websites and e-shops that stand out, brands that grow, and relationships built on creativity and trust.

Our anniversary year has just begun!
Stay tuned 🚀

#Nevma #15YearsCreativeKnowhow #CreativityAndTrust #WordPress

[Takis Bouyouris @takisbig]

🎉 Thank you so much, @Pressidium team, for the highlight today. Building useful and beautiful stuff for the world wide web has always been our pledge at @nevmagr and I know first hand that it has been yours, too. You rock the Managed WordPress Hosting field!

[Pressidium @Pressidium]

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[Takis Bouyouris @takisbig]

@remkusdevries It's a kinda unconventional thing to say in this day and age. Individualism usually urges people to postpone such steps in life. I myself am a victim of it. Wish I knew better earlier. Still love every minute of being a parent.

[Takis Bouyouris @takisbig]

📢Στο πρώτο επεισόδιο της νέας σαιζόν του podcast Digital Recipes της @Nevma συζητάμε με τον @kastorinis για το καλοκαίρι, το πώς επηρεάζει τις online πωλήσεις και τι μπορεί να κάνει μια επιχείρηση για να μείνει μπροστά από τον ανταγωνισμό.

👉Ακόμη: βιαστικές καμπάνιες πριν τις διακοπές, κοιλιά μετά τον Αύγουστο και στρατηγικές προετοιμασίας για το φθινόπωρο.

☃️Και καλό χειμώνα! Κάποιος έπρεπε να το πει.

[Nevma @nevmagr]

🎧 Νέα σεζόν Digital Recipes με νέες ιδέες από τη Nevma!

Ο @kastorinis και ο @takisbig συζητούν πώς επηρεάζει το καλοκαίρι τις online πωλήσεις και τι μπορεί να κάνει μια επιχείρηση για να μείνει μπροστά από τον ανταγωνισμό.

👉 Link στο πρώτο σχόλιο.

#digitalrecipes #nevma

[Takis Bouyouris @takisbig]

Το στρατηγικό branding σώζει ζωές και πάει πολύ πιο μακριά από μια όμορφη εταιρική ταυτότητα. Ο Γιάννης εδώ μας το υπενθυμίζει πολύ εύστοχα.

[Nevma @nevmagr]

Ο @jsclavos , partner στην Nevma, μοιράζεται μέσα από το νέο του άρθρο στο περιοδικό Market Class, μια ουσιαστική οπτική για την εταιρική παρουσία στο διαδίκτυο.

📖 Διαβάστε όλο το άρθρο στο περιοδικό Market Class #3 : https://t.co/gYCTR7R8AI

#nevma #nevmateam #socialmedia