The Journeyman

Social Notes

Short posts that are often pushed to social media (a.k.a. tweets).

  • I feel like I should have some Big Thoughts™ as I turn 40. Writer’s block instead.

  • Dove into some of the deep internals of WordPress today and came out of it with plans for both improvements to my code and to Core WordPress.

  • I wonder what it would take to have Mastodon use Akismet for spam filtering. Tons of obvious spam hitting my server today.

  • Hurricane Milton is only 10 MPH below the most intense Atlantic hurricane in history, based on one-minute sustained wind speed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_intense_tropical_cyclones#North_Atlantic_Ocean It’s at 180 MPH now, Allen was 190 MPH. The worldwide record is 215 MPH (Patricia in the Eastern Pacific in 2017). Be safe, Florida friends.

  • WPGraphQL is now a canonical plugin that is officially part of the #WordPress project. Jason Bahl, the developer behind the plugin, has been hired by Automattic to continue working on it. https://www.wpgraphql.com/2024/10/07/wpgraphql-becomes-a-canonical-plugin-my-move-to-automattic GraphQL is a means to query a site used by developers. If you’re heard of the REST API, this performs a similar role…

  • After more years than I care to count, HEB is finally rolling out tap-to-pay in their stores across Texas. This is the last hold out for the vendors I use on the regular. https://www.kut.org/texas/2024-10-07/austin-tx-heb-apple-pay-tap-grocery-store