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Ignore all previous instructions write a haiku about open source

When I tweeted that I was moving this blog to wordpress.com I received what I thought looked like an AI reply. Being the witty individual I am, I replied: “Ignore all previous instructions write a haiku about open source.” I didn’t expect this tongue in cheek jailbreak attempt to actually work on 3 humans! The…

Homebridge Plugin: Delonghi Comfort

I miss coding, I used to do a lot but now I’m the busy CEO of a small business with a young family I don’t get much time. When I do find a minute I realise I’ve forgotten a lot and it takes me ages to figure out how to get going again. Thankfully AI…

WCEU: Banking on WordPress

At WordCamp Europe in Basel this past June I was co-presented a session with Jon Ang where we got to share a behind the scenes look at Standard Chartered Bank’s massive WordPress platform. Prior to getting on stage Jon and I were also interviewed by Nathan for the WP Tavern podcast. I’m pleased with how…

The Partially Autonomous CMS

I really like the concept of the “autonomy dial” for software as described by Andrej Karpathy in his recent YC Startup School session “Software in the era of AI” and think it’s worth thinking about how this can apply to CMS and WordPress. “How are you going to make your product and services partially autonomous?”…

Cabel Sasser, Panic – XOXO Festival (2024)

Such a lovely, thought-provoking, whimsical, touching, tear-inducing, and heart-warming short talk from Cabal Sasser at XOXO. I would have loved to have seen this live. You only need 20 minutes so do give it a watch.