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Essays, field notes, technical explorations, books, travel, and the connections between them.
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PHP can AI: WordPress.com Agentic Infrastructure
Agentic frameworks are dime a dozen, agents are LLMs calling tools in a loop, and absolutely the hardest part about working on agentic frameworks is resisting the urge to overcomplicate things. Read →
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Prompt hacking is Oxygen
If Communication is Oxygen, and Prompt hacking is essentially communication, then… 1: Communication is Oxygen At Automattic, we like to say that communication is the oxygen of a distributed company. Why is… Read →
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The AIKEA Effect
Just like the IKEA Effect, but for the AI products. Try not to overenginner when working with LLMs. Read →
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Adding ChatGPT to your Slack DIY
I just deployed ChatGPT as a Slackbot at Automattic, and let me tell you: it’s so much better and cheaper than the ChatGPT App. Read →
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Managing time as a manager
Artur gets interviewed about his time management as Team Lead. Read →
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Running Tumblr on WooCommerce
Tumblr has recently released features for creators to earn a living with their art. Whenever you turn those features on, we provision an entire WordPress site, with WooCommerce (and WooCommerce Payments) plugins… Read →