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Damon Cook
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🚶Walk, don’t run
💼 Developer at WP Engine; opinions presented herein are mine alone, and vice-versa.
Reposted by Damon Cook
Awesome news for OSS projects embracing AI assisted coding: agents.md

Finally projects can provide LLM instructions without favoring a specific provider or tool, and without including duplicate instructions files.

A simple yet huge step in the right direction. 🎉
AGENTS.md
AGENTS.md is a simple, open format for guiding coding agents. Think of it as a README for agents.
agents.md
August 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
How did miss this? iTerm now has 1password integration to enable autofilling passwords in the terminal. Very handy!
August 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
A nice summer vibe and my latest re-release is up on all streaming platforms.

ColorfulTones.com
July 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I’ve been having a musical reawakening. Part of this exploration has been re-releasing my past recordings.

‘Laptopping’ (from Colorful Tones) is on all streaming platforms and sets the stage for new music in the coming months. Please give it a listen, share your comments and feedback.
June 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Reposted by Damon Cook
Hey everyone, come worth with us at Pew Research Center!

We're looking for junior engineer to join our team on a contract basis (with possibility of permanent hire at the end) to help out with dev tooling, automating support processes, and improve overall dev experience. tiny.cc/ttjk001
Junior Tooling and Support Engineer (Term-Limited)
Organization Overview Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It conducts public opinion polling, d...
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
May 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Learning is fluid. Teaching is fluid. Ambitions are fluid. The plasticity of the human mind is awe inspiring. Embrace the unexpected and thrive in the now.
March 5, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Self-realization/reflection post of the day: I have low self-confidence and I’m skeptical of myself and those around me. This can be poisonous and critical at the same time and if exercised with mindfulness. 🤔
February 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I’ve never so quickly subscribed to a Youtube channel, but this is the vibe I aim to explore lore from now and into retirement.

youtube.com/@thelastdj?s...
Global Shuffle Dance Music
Producing original Shuffle Dance music and electronic high energy dance music for the You Tube community All video music is completely original and composed and produced by Nick Hayes with the Globa...
youtube.com
December 5, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Your Spotify Wrapped is unhinged. Get it together!
December 5, 2024 at 8:01 PM
I just published “Building a card layout with a ‘hover reveal’ effect on the WordPress Developer Blog. ☄️

Learn to use the Grid and Cober blocks to create cards with a hover reveal effect. 🪄

Check it out, tinker, and explore! 🪩

developer.wordpress.org/news/2024/07...
Building a card layout with a “hover reveal” effect
Learn to use the Grid block and Cover block to create cards with a hover reveal effect.
developer.wordpress.org
July 30, 2024 at 6:17 PM
I'm thrilled and honored to have been accepted as a speaker at WordCamp Buffalo (New York / May 24). I'll be sharing my knowledge from Exploring the Interactivity API.

Will you be there?
#wcbuf #WordPress

buffalo.wordcamp.org/2024/
WordCamp Buffalo 2024
Mark your calendars for WordCamp Buffalo 2024!
buffalo.wordcamp.org
April 15, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Here is the video playback from yesterday's Developer Hours: Building custom blocks with the Interactivity API

#WordPress

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndW-...
Developer Hours: Building custom blocks with the Interactivity API
The Interactivity API was recently released in WordPress 6.5. Now is the time to experiment with the API and incorporate interactions into your custom blocks...
www.youtube.com
April 10, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Who wants to help shape the future of #WordPress? 🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏿‍♂️

Join the upcoming Hallway Hangout (April 24) to discuss what's next in Gutenberg and garner broader awareness of what's being worked on.

It'll be on Zoom and recorded for playback with notes.

make.wordpress.org/core/2024/04...
Hallway Hangout: Let’s chat about what’s next in Gutenberg
There are some big, exciting efforts underway within the Gutenberg project and plugin that will eventually make their way in some form to a future WordPress release. It’s all WordPress at the…
make.wordpress.org
April 4, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Attention #WordPress developers: The WordPress Developer Blog now has a 'Subscribe' option and offers an archive of monthly 'What's new for developers'. I highly recommend that you consider bookmarking or subscribing.

developer.wordpress.org/news/tag/rou...
developer.wordpress.org/news/subscri...
Subscribe
Subscribe to the latest WordPress developer news Staying on top of the new features coming to the WordPress open-source project can be challenging, especially with a new version of Gutenberg coming ou...
developer.wordpress.org
April 4, 2024 at 7:13 PM
A 6-year-old Trac ticket was closed and will be part of the upcoming #WordPress 6.5 release, which will be a nice win for security all around. 🙌 🎉

github.com/WordPress/wo...
Remove administrator and editor from default_role selector and add se… by at-benni · Pull Request #5893 · WordPress/wordpress-develop
…curity health check for a risky combination of users_can_register and default_role Remove administrator and editor from default_role selector and add security health check for a risky combination ...
github.com
February 15, 2024 at 2:54 PM
#WordPress 6.5 Beta 1 was released today. Please help with testing, and feel free to holler if you find anything interesting.

Here is a Local Blueprint to download, drag-n-drop into Local, and begin testing. 📂 wpeng.in/6-5_beta-1/

wpengine.com/builders/bet...
Beta Testing WordPress with Local Blueprints - Builders
Start testing the latest WordPress beta quickly with Local Blueprints.
wpengine.com
February 13, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Reposted by Damon Cook
What's new in Make #WordPress this week?
🆕 WordPress 6.3 “Lionel”
🧑🏽‍🏫 Announcing the first Learn WordPress Course Cohort
⤴️Proposal: improve the editor tech workflow for major releases
🔐 Concerns over the European Union’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)
https://poststatus.com/wordpress-6-3/
WordPress 6.3 • Release Workflows • European Union Cyber Resiliency Act • Gutenberg Accessibil...
WordPress 6.3, Lionel, has been released. It's time to test out the details and footnotes blocks, give the WP_DEVELOPMENT_MODE a try, and check out the new Get Involved tab on the Welcome screen. The ...
poststatus.com
August 9, 2023 at 8:35 PM
Democratize publishing for everyone! 🤦‍♂️ So much work to be done. I’m grateful that Alex Stine has provided this video.

https://youtu.be/6H15BUb6_GU
State of accessibility in WordPress 6.3 Gutenberg
Explore the current state of Gutenberg accessibility in WordPress 6.3. Opinions are my own.
youtu.be
August 3, 2023 at 1:23 AM
I finished reading my first 33 1/3 series book on Hendrix’s Electric Ladyland. The track-by-track breakdown was not enthralling, but some neat tidbits were thrown in. I did not realize that Hendrix used a lighter to play slide guitar on All Along the Watchtower.
July 26, 2023 at 12:29 AM
The possibility and explorations to allow Git or SVN-managed changesets for WordPress revisions throughout the lifecycle are super exciting!
Revisions
This is an expansion on the Phase 3: Collaboration outline. Today we’ll look into edit history and revisions. Introduction Collaboration workflows require revisions and edit history to be clear, us�...
make.wordpress.org
July 12, 2023 at 1:05 PM
Have you ever wanted to hand off a site to a client but hide some plugins on the Plugins screen?

WordPress 6.3 (early August 2023) adds a new filter to allow you to do just that: `plugins_list` 🪩

Bonus: it works for must-use plugins too! 🤘

core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/57278
July 12, 2023 at 1:15 AM