Random wonders & thoughts, Tech, Science and AI
I was scrolling through X at the exact hour when “just checking one tweet” turns into accidentally wandering into the future of the web. My feed was a blur of 2026’s favorite buzzwords: AI agents, the “agentic web,” and MCP. Somewhere in the middle, I landed on a post by James Grierson, Automattic’s Head of [ ] Source
If you asked to see a computer in the 1700s, no one would point you to a glowing rectangle. They’d point you to a person. Yes, a human. For centuries, computer wasn’t a gadget you bought; it was a job title, literally. A computer was a human being sitting in a quiet room with a [ ] Source
I finally caved and went to the bookstore to buy How to Win Friends Influence People. I’ve heard about it for years The must-read that shows up on every list like a permanent fixture. In my head, I pictured a massive, authoritative brick. A heavy, serious volume that looked like it contained The Official [ ] Source
We like to imagine the internet as a magical, invisible dimension where data floats around like digital glitter in a breeze. But in reality, the internet is much more industrial: it’s a global network of cables and routers connecting millions of machines, many of them high-strung servers stacked in giant, freezer-cold warehouses. These “servers” are [ ] Source
You spend hours perfecting a giant, majestic hero banner. It looks Oscar-worthy on your laptop. Then you check it on your phone and it looks like a digital car crash. The text is squished, the image is cropped weirdly, and it takes up three screens of scrolling. The solution? Well, you can hide it. Sometimes, [ ] Source
If you’ve been staring at your WooCommerce store wishing you could give just one product a VIP makeover without breaking the rest of your site, you’re in luck. If you are using a WordPress block theme, you can play favorites using the Site Editor, and you don’t even need to touch a line of code. [ ] Source
They say you should never look back, but when it comes to the internet, I disagree. I recently decided to play digital archaeologist. I didn’t just look at pictures on Google; I actually grabbed the official WordPress 0.71-gold release files from WordPress.org (link here) and decided to resurrect them. I fired up Docker and had [ ] Source
The WordPress Dashboard is a lovely place. It has buttons. It has colors. It feels safe. But sometimes, things go wrong. Maybe a plugin decides to rebel and gives you the infamous “There has been a critical error on this website” message. Maybe you forgot your password and your email reset isn t working. Maybe you [ ] Source
Imagine you go to a famous burger joint. You love the special sauce. You ask the chef for the recipe, and he looks at you like you just asked for his social security number. It’s a trade secret, he says, guarding the vat of mayo with his life. That is Proprietary Software. You can use [ ] Source
If you have ever built a website, managed a WordPress install, or dipped your toes in backend development, there s a good chance you have met phpMyAdmin. It’s usually sitting there in your hosting dashboard, looking modest and unassuming. But make no mistake: this tool is one of the quietly indispensable tools of the backend. It [ ] Source