Tag: #decode #MattMullenweg - What is behind the magic of wp? - GPL license - Brings together a community to work on it - Have fun while democratizing publishing - What is required to keep things thriving for next 20 yrs for free & open [[web]] - Principles of open source is like a framework - Do I want to work where it is proprietary or where it is owned by a community? - Vote with our wallet, support WP Engine which is part of a wider open source commmunity - Vs proprietary like wix/shopify - What you spend in WP ecosystem gets invested back into WP - Responsibility of developers to create the best user experience - If we want there to be more open source in the world, we need to make it the default choice for those who don’t want to think about it. - WP 43% of the web - we might get to 85% - what would have to happen? - WP remain super responsive to needs of the community, clients, developers - If we can keep our iteration really fast and create lots of opportunities, it could become the default interface of the web - There will always be others, it is great and healthy. WP could be the base default - Learning the skills of WP is very financially viable marketable and commercial skill - 2022 State of the Word - Gutenberg will be bigger than WordPress. Mattias answered - Broaden the horizon of perspective, see further ahead of where we might be. - Big responsibility. - We have an opportunity to shape other software outside of WP - Take advantage of Gutenberg without having to depend or use WP. - Subtle mention to headless - Our mission is not to get everyone using WordPress, it is to democratize publishing. Matt - No one product could own that. Wix or Squarespace could improve a block and share it back. Matt - Work done to dual license Gutenberg is more permissible. - Can embed Gutenberg in something not open source - Web design tools like Figma are really interesting and implications for Gutenberg - Mattias - What has moved Gutenberg forward faster than others? - Block Patterns - Mattias - https://wpengine.com/builders/pattern-manager-download/ - ACCESSIBILITY , multilingual, roadmap, vision - Mattias: ongoing rewarding and difficult path - Even trivial things like top toolbar in user testing, preferences get split. - Perspective into how we approach accessibility is not 1 size fits all - How can we create the best experience that want everything out of the way - It’s hard to say everyone should have the same experience there - We have a lot of room to show as an open source project how can we really cater to as many people as possible - Multilingual is a similar challenge when the site is now in other languages. It’s really about the way to 85% is talking about accommodating every possible human experience - The intro to Gutenberg has given so much more power to the user and marketer - Matt: - We think of our task as Prometheus - What are things that before you would’ve had to spend 10 s of thousands or be an expert that can be just a few clicks away now - Put the creative tools in the hands of many is very exciting - Love the vast variety of sites. They are more unique and reflect themselves more. Enjoy the range of diversity and expression - Mattias: - Not all themes will look blocky or the same - It opens up a new audience, like designers making the site themselves. - Designers are contributing and doing this without code. - More expressions - Matt: plugs the https://block-museum.com/ - Wix/Squarespace build site in a day - is that where block editing is going? - Matt: yes, that’s just the first step. Creating the environment - Next decade predictions - Mattias: - some things will remain true, expansion of catering to all facets of human creativity and expression. - How can we combine things like AI and give back - Link in Bio can be built in bio - WP needs to be deeply rooted to human experience - Matt: - You can’t predict the future but you can invent it (can’t remember the original person he quotes here) - Put more control in the hands of people - We are served by companies, not serving companies. - How can everyone contribute to being open? - Develop empathy (matt) - Remember when you look around wherever you are, everything was an idea in someone’s head created likely by a team working together. Imagine a world working together. (matt) - Don’t limit your ambition. (matt)