I remember when WordPress started to grow, and the blogging movement was really hitting it off. I felt like I was just a little too late to get on that bus, even though my career has largely revolved around that.

I told myself back then that if a major shift in my industry hit again, I would not be late to the party. It’s a lot of why I’ve embraced AI so willingly.

What opportunity has come to you because of this era of change?

He is nowhere near ready for this for real, but I can’t wait until he can be my disc golf caddy ❤️🥏🐕‍🦺

Someone mentioned that they made a Claude skill to run codex as a background worker instead of using Claude models, and I had to try it out. What a great way to spread out usage more evenly across the services.

Ben: “Dad when I try to log into this site it gives me this stupid thing where I have to click on crosswalks. I keep failing.”

me: “Son, this proves it.”

Ben: “Dad, don’t…”

me: “I ALWAYS SUSPECTED!!!”

Ben: “STAAAAAAHP”

me: “YOU ARE A ROBOT.”

Ben: *crashes out*

I am going to start a podcast. It’s a semi-casual conversation format with other AI builders, shop talk about setups and comparing notes. Who do I know has something they’re excited to share and talk about (not to promote a product, mostly just to talk shop?).

You haven’t experienced hell until you’ve needed to surgically delete Minecraft worlds from your son’s iPad. Seriosuly, the world deletion UI on Minecraft Bedrock edition is a travesty.

Personalized software means technical people don’t want your solution anymore. They want theirs. I’m betting that attractive SaaS is going to be solutions that integrate cleanly into what they have going on.

What I don’t know yet, is how far people will take building their own thing. I’ve gone very far, but I don’t think most would do this, and it’s still very possible that I’ll be backpedaling in a few years.

Who knows.

Codex’s Sol model is doing really, really well. I haven’t decided if it’s better or worse than Fable, but it really feels like all the power without the calories right now.

Me: god it’s so hot in my office
Also me: every video card I own is running local AI models in my office

I need a server room 😅

#ai

It’s not perfect, but AI was able to help me mock up the new backdrop I’m setting up in my office for my livestreaming, podcasting, and webinars.

A big part of the latter half of this year’s strategy is putting me behind a microphone as much as possible, and I really wanted to dress it up.

The furniture and everything is coming in over the next few weeks. Curious to see how close the mockup ends up being to reality!

I just bought two berniedoodle puppies. Lord help me.

There is a deeply saddening, yet direct correlation to the amount of music I listen to and my AI usage.

We’re putting down my 15/yo cat tomorrow 😢. Was not an easy decision and it’s hitting me harder than I expected.

LETS FREAKING GO! Siren’s lite version has been approved and will be in the WordPress dot org repo VERY soon!

AI has pushed me solidly in headless WordPress territory. I feel like I get the best of both worlds.

Is Claude making serif fonts cool again?

Pressing a big red button on a site that gets millions of visits a day this afternoon. No matter how prepared you are, and how thoroughly you’ve tested, that’s always one scary button to press.

I FEEL SO ALIVE RIGHT NOW 😂😂😂

When Your Best Customers Don’t Know They Need You Yet

https://wpproducttalk.com/podcast/when-your-best-customers-dont-know-they-need-you-yet/

This Week in WordPress #377

https://wpbuilds.com/2026/06/23/this-week-in-wordpress-377/

ahhhhhh everything feels like a P1 today 😱😱