Volume 6: Mostly WordPress, and a few Git links
Hi All!
It's been a busy past two weeks since the last newsletter I sent out. Working hard with the organizing committee to plan WordCamp Canada for this July.
I went to see the venue in person on Tuesday, it's beautiful! Looking forward to hosting everyone in Ottawa.
Lots of interesting links to share this week.... Enjoy!
My Blogs Posts
SaaS Companies: Please Include Test Environments https://shawnhooper.ca/2024/02/10/saas-companies-please-include-test-environments/
Git and “Get that file from the other branch” https://shawnhooper.ca/2024/02/27/git-checkout-single-file/
GitHub
GitHub Repository Best Practices https://dev.to/pwd9000/github-repository-best-practices-23ck
From documentation to release management, non-code contributions power open source. Here’s how to get started. https://github.com/readme/featured/open-source-non-code-contributions
Internet
250 million-plus reserved IPv4 addresses could be released – but the internet isn’t built to use them https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/09/240_4_ipv4_block_activism/
The international community organizations behind Drupal, Joomla, TYPO3, and WordPress join forces in a leadership-level alliance. https://www.drupal.org/association/blog/drupal-association-co-founds-the-open-website-alliance
Security
Validate Incoming Webhooks https://securinglaravel.com/p/security-tip-validate-your-webhooks
WordPress
The WordPress Foundation has released their annual report. https://wordpressfoundation.org/news/2024/the-wordpress-foundation-2023-annual-report-is-now-available/
Automattic faces scrutiny over AI Access Policy https://wptavern.com/automattic-faces-scrutiny-over-ai-access-policy
Came across this handy plugin for blocking spam comments from your site based on a manually compiled list of keywords. https://github.com/splorp/wordpress-comment-blacklist
Hostinger backtracks after installing MU-plugin to "track our partnership with some plugin and theme developers" https://wordpress.org/support/topic/affiliate-plugin-in-must-use-plugin-section/
Just a reminder that the Calls for Speakers, Sponsors and Volunteers are all open on the WordCamp Canada website. https://canada.wordcamp.org/
Morten Rand-Hendriksen has Ten Questions for Matt Mullenweg Re: Data Ownership and AI at WordPress.com / Automattic. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ten-questions-matt-mullenweg-re-data-ownership-ai-rand-hendriksen-ym3vc/
Introducing the WordPress Core Trac Sustainability Focus, where the emphasis is on sustainable or “green” coding which focuses on minimizing the environmental impact of software development and execution. https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/02/22/introducing-the-wordpress-core-trac-sustainability-focus/