Duane Storey
@duanestorey.com
Canadian Engineer (Electrical + Computer) living in Spain. Part time poet, musician (guitar), and speaker builder. Previously WordPress plugin company, sold to a VC firm in 2016. Helped build the media engine used in Yahoo! Messenger.
Spent the last few weeks in Poland. What a cool country. Food is great, people are lovely. Summer reminds me more of Canada than Spain, which is a nice change.
August 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Spent the last few weeks in Poland. What a cool country. Food is great, people are lovely. Summer reminds me more of Canada than Spain, which is a nice change.
Apparently that didn't work!
I'm going to try and ramp up my blue sky activity, it's getting pretty dismal over there on X!
August 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Apparently that didn't work!
I'm going to try and ramp up my blue sky activity, it's getting pretty dismal over there on X!
March 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I'm going to try and ramp up my blue sky activity, it's getting pretty dismal over there on X!
Maybe time to rename the pacific, Atlantic, and arctic oceans to be more Canadian? We do have the longest coastline.
Seems about as nonsensical to me as renaming the gulf.
Seems about as nonsensical to me as renaming the gulf.
February 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Maybe time to rename the pacific, Atlantic, and arctic oceans to be more Canadian? We do have the longest coastline.
Seems about as nonsensical to me as renaming the gulf.
Seems about as nonsensical to me as renaming the gulf.
Waiting for the coffee to cross my blood brain barrier.
December 29, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Waiting for the coffee to cross my blood brain barrier.
If you’re a guy in your 20s, buy avocado toast. And a flat white.
Go into debt if you have to.
Go into debt if you have to.
December 29, 2024 at 4:59 PM
If you’re a guy in your 20s, buy avocado toast. And a flat white.
Go into debt if you have to.
Go into debt if you have to.
I just posted an official update about the experimental repository system I created for #WordPress last week.
duanestorey.com/posts/repo-f...
duanestorey.com/posts/repo-f...
Juniper: An Update On A New Repository For WordPress - The Duane Storey
I set out last week to try and build a bare-bones repository of WordPress plugins and themes and an associated management
duanestorey.com
December 25, 2024 at 8:59 PM
I just posted an official update about the experimental repository system I created for #WordPress last week.
duanestorey.com/posts/repo-f...
duanestorey.com/posts/repo-f...
Thank you! Appreciate the support.
I just sponsored @duanestorey.com. Go sponsor your open source dependencies! Thanks Duane! #WordPress
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I wrote my first piece of software when I was 16 years old - a voting booth for a Bulletin Board System called Remote Access. Thankfully I've kept coding for most of my adult life, and enjoy trying...
github.com
December 25, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Thank you! Appreciate the support.
Matt looking down at the #WordPress community on Reddit this Christmas eve, wondering why the we are all still singing and enjoying ourselves without our wordpress.org toys.
December 25, 2024 at 4:35 AM
Matt looking down at the #WordPress community on Reddit this Christmas eve, wondering why the we are all still singing and enjoying ourselves without our wordpress.org toys.
Reposted by Duane Storey
ICYMI here's my piece from yesterday about governance, accountability, and what I see as the only viable future for the #WordPress community:
After WordPress
www.linkedin.com/pulse/after-...
After WordPress
www.linkedin.com/pulse/after-...
After WordPress
Today, the head of the WordPress Open Source Project Matt Mullenweg unilaterally locked the gates to wordpress.org, the central service powering the community that for the past 20 years has been prese...
www.linkedin.com
December 22, 2024 at 12:50 AM
ICYMI here's my piece from yesterday about governance, accountability, and what I see as the only viable future for the #WordPress community:
After WordPress
www.linkedin.com/pulse/after-...
After WordPress
www.linkedin.com/pulse/after-...
Reposted by Duane Storey
I've seen people raise concerns about the WPE injunction similar to this in a few different places, including Hacker News and Twitter. (In other words, not trying to drag brinavan - this is a Bluesky example of a common, and not unreasonable, concern.)
Here's why I don't share that concern:
Here's why I don't share that concern:
On what basis did the judge rule that Matt improperly triggered an interruption of voluntarily giving WPEngine a distro server? Did he rule that Matt surrendered rights of propriety by advertising it as public? Or did he inexplicably rule that Matt is entitled to support WPE's business indefinitely?
December 11, 2024 at 5:47 PM
I've seen people raise concerns about the WPE injunction similar to this in a few different places, including Hacker News and Twitter. (In other words, not trying to drag brinavan - this is a Bluesky example of a common, and not unreasonable, concern.)
Here's why I don't share that concern:
Here's why I don't share that concern:
I did some gorilla math based on the WPE tracker website - if 27,000 sites have left WPE based on interference, at $400 USD/mo (WPE's middle tier), that amounts to $130,000,000 in lost revenue per year. Automattic might end up paying a lot of money to basically destroy their own trust and goodwill.
December 11, 2024 at 10:16 AM
I did some gorilla math based on the WPE tracker website - if 27,000 sites have left WPE based on interference, at $400 USD/mo (WPE's middle tier), that amounts to $130,000,000 in lost revenue per year. Automattic might end up paying a lot of money to basically destroy their own trust and goodwill.
Just walked by a pharmacy here in Spain and they were blasting the Bublé Christmas album in English. I just can’t escape it.
December 9, 2024 at 8:02 AM
Just walked by a pharmacy here in Spain and they were blasting the Bublé Christmas album in English. I just can’t escape it.
This is actually how I feel. I feel somewhat shameful I supported this platform for 15 years, given the recent actions by Matt and Automattic. That's why I feel compelled to continue to speak out.
#WordPress #BlackOut I stopped contributing 20 days ago. Today I realized I cannot use a tool having a leader acting with so few ethics anymore. It's unforgivable. I never thought I'd feel so ashamed I contributed/used WordPress for more than 14 years. 🤢
Black-out WordPress | imathi.eu
I stopped contributing to everything's WordPress on November 5, 2024. I stopped using WordPress on November 24, 2024
imathi.eu
December 6, 2024 at 9:33 AM
This is actually how I feel. I feel somewhat shameful I supported this platform for 15 years, given the recent actions by Matt and Automattic. That's why I feel compelled to continue to speak out.
Working on my homemade custom hifi amplifier. It’s pretty weird debugging an amp in real time when it’s literally playing the audio for the movie you’re watching.
November 29, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Working on my homemade custom hifi amplifier. It’s pretty weird debugging an amp in real time when it’s literally playing the audio for the movie you’re watching.
Good morning, Spain.
November 29, 2024 at 7:54 AM
Good morning, Spain.
The WPE vs Automattic/Matt injunction hearing is tomorrow at 10:30am PST. Who is listening in?
www.cand.uscourts.gov/judges/marti...
www.cand.uscourts.gov/judges/marti...
Araceli Martínez-Olguín [AMO] | United States District Court, Northern District of California
www.cand.uscourts.gov
November 25, 2024 at 7:35 PM
The WPE vs Automattic/Matt injunction hearing is tomorrow at 10:30am PST. Who is listening in?
www.cand.uscourts.gov/judges/marti...
www.cand.uscourts.gov/judges/marti...
Bought a new domain.
November 19, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Bought a new domain.
@questauthority.bsky.social hey Mike, for the WPE vs Wordpress injunction hearing on the 26th - do they make a determination that same day, or will it play out over days or weeks as well? Thanks for your continued coverage!
November 19, 2024 at 1:49 PM
@questauthority.bsky.social hey Mike, for the WPE vs Wordpress injunction hearing on the 26th - do they make a determination that same day, or will it play out over days or weeks as well? Thanks for your continued coverage!
Revolut now supports buying eSIMs right through the app. Super convenient. Just bought a 1GB European one to hold me over until I can reactive my Spanish sim.
November 15, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Revolut now supports buying eSIMs right through the app. Super convenient. Just bought a 1GB European one to hold me over until I can reactive my Spanish sim.
130,000 people went out to protest in Valencia the other day. I’m debating heading back on Friday. Been a while since I’ve been there and seen my friends and my apartment.
November 13, 2024 at 6:42 AM
130,000 people went out to protest in Valencia the other day. I’m debating heading back on Friday. Been a while since I’ve been there and seen my friends and my apartment.