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IOCs Inside|Backdoor Plugin Dropped on My WordPress Site Through UpdraftPlus’s Remote Channel (UpdraftCentral). IOCs Inside]] – 2026-10-19 - [[Feature Notifications Project Returns After Three-Year Pause With Plans to Ship a Functional MVP in December|Feature Notifications Project Returns After Three-Year Pause With Plans to Ship a Functional MVP in December]] – 2026-10-19 - [[Inside the 33-Hour Failed Boardroom Coup to Overthrow WordPress Founder Matt Mullenweg|Inside the 33-Hour Failed Boardroom Coup to Overthrow WordPress Founder Matt Mullenweg]] – 2026-10-19 - [[Stolen UpdraftCentral Keys Are Backdooring WordPress Sites|Stolen UpdraftCentral Keys Are Backdooring WordPress Sites]] – 2026-10-19 - [[A Hackathon Instead of a Workshop, a Sold-Out WordCamp Full of Students, and a First Contribution in an Hour|A Hackathon Instead of a Workshop, a Sold-Out WordCamp Full of Students, and a First Contribution in an Hour]] – 2026-10-18 - [[An Open Letter to Matt Mullenweg on Accessibility in WordPress|An Open Letter to Matt Mullenweg on Accessibility in WordPress]] – 2026-10-18 - [[How to Connect Claude AI to WordPress Using MCP|How to Connect Claude AI to WordPress Using MCP]] – 2026-10-18 - [[Automattic’s New Lawyers Lose Bid for More Time in Legal Fight With WP Engine|Automattic’s New Lawyers Lose Bid for More Time in Legal Fight With WP Engine]] – 2026-10-16 - [[Based on @KatieKeithBarn2's Tweets About Plugin Sales, I Decided To...|Based on @KatieKeithBarn2's Tweets About Plugin Sales, I Decided To...]] – 2026-10-16 - [[They’re Trying to Destroy the Foundation, All of .Org, Demanding...|They’re Trying to Destroy the Foundation, All of .Org, Demanding...]] – 2026-10-16 - [[WP Feature Notifications Weekly Update 2026-10-16|WP Feature Notifications Weekly Update: 2026-10-16]] – 2026-10-16 - [[Matt Mullenweg Orders Accessibility Revert, Tells Core Committer to “Contribute Your Talents to Another Project”|Matt Mullenweg Orders Accessibility Revert, Tells Core Committer to “Contribute Your Talents to Another Project”]] – 2026-10-15 - [[The WordPress MCP Adapter Is Ready for Production. Is Your Site Ready for It|The WordPress MCP Adapter Is Ready for Production. Is Your Site Ready for It?]] – 2026-10-15 - [[My Agents Took a WordPress Support Ticket to a Merged Fix in Just Over 2 Hours|My Agents Took a WordPress Support Ticket to a Merged Fix in Just Over 2 Hours]] – 2026-10-14 - [[Tweets From Brad Vincent|Tweets From Brad Vincent]] – 2026-10-14 #### Open source & open standards - [[Almost Timely News 🗞️ What Are Open Weights Models-2|Almost Timely News: 🗞️ What Are Open Weights Models?]] – 2026-10-18 - [[Friends, What Are Your Personal Blog Websites|Friends, What Are Your Personal Blog Websites?]] – 2026-10-18 - [[Tweets from Liran Tal|Tweets from Liran Tal]] – 2026-10-18 - [[Episode 295 Jiayi Sun & Shurui Zhou on Codes of Conduct in Open Source Communities|Episode 295: Jiayi Sun & Shurui Zhou on Codes of Conduct in Open Source Communities]] – 2026-10-16 - [[Open Source Sovereignty Gets Down to the Boring Business of Making It Work|Open Source Sovereignty Gets Down to the Boring Business of Making It Work]] – 2026-10-16 - [[What You Need to Know (And Why You Should Care) About AI Governance - Michelle Frost - NDC Oslo 2026|What You Need to Know (And Why You Should Care) About AI Governance - Michelle Frost - NDC Oslo 2026]] – 2026-10-14 #### AI - [[Agentic Development in Unreal Engine With JetBrains Rider - Alexander Dzerakh - GameDev Day 2026|Agentic Development in Unreal Engine With JetBrains Rider - Alexander Dzerakh - GameDev Day 2026]] – 2026-10-19 - [[How Static Analysis Can Help in the Age of AI - Kai Schmithusen - GameDev Day 2026|How Static Analysis Can Help in the Age of AI - Kai Schmithusen - GameDev Day 2026]] – 2026-10-19 - [[How We Automated Figma-to-Unity UI Integration With AI Agents - GameDev Day 2026|How We Automated Figma-to-Unity UI Integration With AI Agents - GameDev Day 2026]] – 2026-10-19 - [[Live-Building AI-Driven PCG With Godot, C, and Gemini - Sharmishtha Sen - GameDev Day 2026|Live-Building AI-Driven PCG With Godot, C, and Gemini - Sharmishtha Sen - GameDev Day 2026]] – 2026-10-19 - [[How Employment Is Changing at Anthropic|How Employment Is Changing at Anthropic]] – 2026-10-16 - [[Agentic Experience Design A New Interaction Layer Demands a New Discipline — Kurtis Kemple|Agentic Experience Design: A New Interaction Layer Demands a New Discipline — Kurtis Kemple]] – 2026-10-15 - [[Build Something Agents Want, Not More AI Slop — Brian Douglas|Build Something Agents Want, Not More AI Slop — Brian Douglas]] – 2026-10-15 - [[Developer First = Agent First — Hahnbee Lee|Developer First = Agent First — Hahnbee Lee]] – 2026-10-15 - [[Evolving DX at the Speed of Frontier AI — Dominik Kundel|Evolving DX at the Speed of Frontier AI — Dominik Kundel]] – 2026-10-15 - [[Touching Grass in the Age of Agents — Carter Rabasa|Touching Grass in the Age of Agents — Carter Rabasa]] – 2026-10-15 #### DevRel, community & marketing - [[How AI Impacts Podcasting - Watch Me Build a Podcast App|How AI Impacts Podcasting - Watch Me Build a Podcast App]] – 2026-10-19 - [[Developer Marketing Is Not a Four-Letter Word — Lisa Tagliaferri & Beatriz Datangel Rodgers|Developer Marketing Is Not a Four-Letter Word — Lisa Tagliaferri & Beatriz Datangel Rodgers]] – 2026-10-15 - [[DevRel for a Developer You'll Never Hear From — Nikita Jotwani|DevRel for a Developer You'll Never Hear From — Nikita Jotwani]] – 2026-10-15 - [[DevRel Is Dead. Long Live DevRel! — Swift & Jess Lee|DevRel Is Dead. Long Live DevRel! — Swift & Jess Lee]] – 2026-10-15 - [[Finding Success With a Company YouTube Channel — Alex Kretzschmar|Finding Success With a Company YouTube Channel — Alex Kretzschmar]] – 2026-10-15 - [[PMF, Pipeline, and GTM Aren't Someone Else's Problem — Kevin Blanco|PMF, Pipeline, and GTM Aren't Someone Else's Problem — Kevin Blanco]] – 2026-10-15 - [[SOUL.md The Root Configuration File for DevRel — Tim Falls|SOUL.md: The Root Configuration File for DevRel — Tim Falls]] – 2026-10-15 - [[The Soloist Trap Fixing Autonomy Without Alignment in DevRel — Drew Gorton|The Soloist Trap: Fixing Autonomy Without Alignment in DevRel — Drew Gorton]] – 2026-10-15 - [[What I Learned Building Developer Community for a Technology Nobody Had Heard of — Lauren Lee|What I Learned Building Developer Community for a Technology Nobody Had Heard of — Lauren Lee]] – 2026-10-15 #### Web & software engineering - [[Harness - What Breaks When AI Opens Pull Requests|Harness - What Breaks When AI Opens Pull Requests]] – 2026-10-20 - [[Honest Answers When Priorities Change|Honest Answers: When Priorities Change]] – 2026-10-20 - [[Accessible by Default|Accessible by Default]] – 2026-10-19 - [[Fix Your CI Without Leaving the IDE TeamCity MCP and CLI - Artem Rokhin - GameDev Day 2026|Fix Your CI Without Leaving the IDE: TeamCity MCP and CLI - Artem Rokhin - GameDev Day 2026]] – 2026-10-19 - [[Long Live the Engineering Manager|Long Live the Engineering Manager]] – 2026-10-19 - [[The End of Stack Overflow as You Know It|The End of Stack Overflow as You Know It]] – 2026-10-19 - [[Node.js Creator Ditches Deno to Work on Open Source Cloudflare Workers|Node.js Creator Ditches Deno to Work on Open Source Cloudflare Workers]] – 2026-10-16 - [[A Practical Framework to Scale Developer Communities — Ully Sampaio|A Practical Framework to Scale Developer Communities — Ully Sampaio]] – 2026-10-15 - [[Agent Led Growth How to Get Claude Code to Pick Your Dev Tool — Kara Silverman & Caelean Barnes|Agent Led Growth: How to Get Claude Code to Pick Your Dev Tool — Kara Silverman & Caelean Barnes]] – 2026-10-15 - [[Building Your Own Software Factory — David Crawshaw|Building Your Own Software Factory — David Crawshaw]] – 2026-10-15 - [[Copy as Markdown Is Table Stakes. Is Your Docs Platform Ready — Andrew Sepic|Copy as Markdown Is Table Stakes. Is Your Docs Platform Ready? — Andrew Sepic]] – 2026-10-15 - [[Developer Trends to Bet the Next Year of Your Career on — Matt Makai|Developer Trends to Bet the Next Year of Your Career on — Matt Makai]] – 2026-10-15 - [[From Badge Hunters to Builders A Former Teacher’s Guide to Fixing Developer Education — Sean Keegan|From Badge Hunters to Builders: A Former Teacher’s Guide to Fixing Developer Education — Sean Keegan]] – 2026-10-15 - [[How to Build a Champion's Program — Laís Carvalho & Dawn Wages|How to Build a Champion's Program — Laís Carvalho & Dawn Wages]] – 2026-10-15 - [[How to Re-Engage Developers Who Ship Without Understanding — Arkodyuti Saha|How to Re-Engage Developers Who Ship Without Understanding — Arkodyuti Saha]] – 2026-10-15 - [[How We Introduced Quality Engineering and Made Everything Better!|How We Introduced Quality Engineering and Made Everything Better!]] – 2026-10-15 - [[I Learned Everything I Know From Dev Rel - Stories From a Not-a-Developer — Meghan Grady|I Learned Everything I Know From Dev Rel - Stories From a Not-a-Developer — Meghan Grady]] – 2026-10-15 - [[Make Coding Agents Great at Using Your API — Kevin Whinnery|Make Coding Agents Great at Using Your API — Kevin Whinnery]] – 2026-10-15 - [[Moving Accessibility From Debt to Done at Giffgaff|Moving Accessibility From Debt to Done at Giffgaff]] – 2026-10-15 - [[Stop Writing Knowledge Bases. Build Decision Systems Instead — Danielle Washington|Stop Writing Knowledge Bases. Build Decision Systems Instead — Danielle Washington]] – 2026-10-15 - [[What Makes Developers Actually Ship A Workshop on Removing Friction in the First Mile — Ojus Save|What Makes Developers Actually Ship? A Workshop on Removing Friction in the First Mile — Ojus Save]] – 2026-10-15 - [[Yes-Code - The Building Blocks for Agents — John Britton|Yes-Code - The Building Blocks for Agents — John Britton]] – 2026-10-15 - [[Adobe Has a Big Problem|Adobe Has a Big Problem]] – 2026-10-14 - [[Demand-Driven Context What 300 Incidents Reveal About Tribal Knowledge - Raj Navakoti|Demand-Driven Context: What 300 Incidents Reveal About Tribal Knowledge - Raj Navakoti]] – 2026-10-14 - [[Penpot Grid Layout vs Guides|Penpot Grid Layout vs Guides]] – 2026-10-14 - [[Stack Overflow Survey Reactions Software Engineering & Career Insights|Stack Overflow Survey Reactions | Software Engineering & Career Insights]] – 2026-10-14 #### Productivity & career - [[Tweets From Ben Meredith @[email protected]|Tweets From Ben Meredith @[email protected]]] – 2026-10-16 #### Other tech - [[Tweets From Marco Almeida|Tweets From Marco Almeida]] – 2026-10-17 - [[12 PR Pitches That Actually Worked on Me, a Cynical Former Tech Reporter — Kevin Purdy|12 PR Pitches That Actually Worked on Me, a Cynical Former Tech Reporter — Kevin Purdy]] – 2026-10-15 - [[Tweets From Tonya Mork|Tweets From Tonya Mork]] – 2026-10-15 - [[Where Have I Been|Where Have I Been?]] – 2026-10-15 ### ✝️ Faith #### UCC - [[UCC Reporter's Roundtable LIVE|UCC Reporter's Roundtable LIVE]] – 2026-10-14 #### Deconstructing - [[Romans 8, Manifested Sons, and Decades of End Times Predictions - Chino Ross - Podcast Episode 730|Romans 8, Manifested Sons, and Decades of End Times Predictions - Chino Ross - Podcast Episode 730]] – 2026-10-20 - [[How Churches Manipulate Believers Without Them Realizing It|How Churches Manipulate Believers Without Them Realizing It]] – 2026-10-19 - [[Are Your Beliefs Really Your Own|Are Your Beliefs Really Your Own?]] – 2026-10-18 - [[Raised in a Single-Family Cult Stella McCormick on Deliver Us From Mother|Raised in a Single-Family Cult: Stella McCormick on Deliver Us From Mother]] – 2026-10-18 - [[The Moses Model How Chuck Smith Structured Church Authority|The Moses Model: How Chuck Smith Structured Church Authority]] – 2026-10-18 - [[The Hidden Esoteric Roots Behind Manifest Sons of God|The Hidden Esoteric Roots Behind Manifest Sons of God]] – 2026-10-17 - [[When Education Becomes a Threat to Religious Authority|When Education Becomes a Threat to Religious Authority]] – 2026-10-15 #### New Apostolic Reformation - [[Did Pentecostalism Begin as a Doomsday Movement - Revival Exposed - Podcast Episode 729|Did Pentecostalism Begin as a Doomsday Movement? - Revival Exposed - Podcast Episode 729]] – 2026-10-19 #### Lectionary & preaching - [[The Wired Word for 10182026|The Wired Word for 10/18/2026]] – 2026-10-15 #### Other faith - [[America's Deep Religious Divide Over Empathy|America's Deep Religious Divide Over Empathy]] – 2026-10-20 ### 📚 Books - No new items found. ### 🌍 Everything else - [[Death by a Thousand Ticks Why Gameplay Systems Become Slow - Konrad Słoń - GameDev Day 2026|Death by a Thousand Ticks: Why Gameplay Systems Become Slow - Konrad Słoń - GameDev Day 2026]] – 2026-10-19 - [[Evolving a Live Game Engine Introducing ECS Without a Full Rewrite - Alex Zhorau - GameDev Day 2026|Evolving a Live Game Engine: Introducing ECS Without a Full Rewrite - Alex Zhorau - GameDev Day 2026]] – 2026-10-19 - [[Blog While the Context Is Fresh — Chuck Meyer|Blog While the Context Is Fresh — Chuck Meyer]] – 2026-10-15 - [[Can You Keep a Stadium Make Them Feel Smart. — Jonathan Murray|Can You Keep a Stadium? Make Them Feel Smart. — Jonathan Murray]] – 2026-10-15 - [[Reflections on Taste — Juan Pablo Flores Cortés & Clement Hugbo|Reflections on Taste — Juan Pablo Flores Cortés & Clement Hugbo]] – 2026-10-15 - [[The Ecosystem Tube Map — Dugald Morrow|The Ecosystem Tube Map — Dugald Morrow]] – 2026-10-15 - [[The Market Is Trying to Tell You Something - Joey De Villa|The Market Is Trying to Tell You Something - Joey De Villa]] – 2026-10-15 - [[The Situational Ethics of Stickers With Charity Majors|The Situational Ethics of Stickers With Charity Majors]] – 2026-10-15 - [[Turning Education Signals Into Account Intelligence — Joel Lord|Turning Education Signals Into Account Intelligence — Joel Lord]] – 2026-10-15 - [[Why I Flew to China to Make a Conference Badge — Shy Ruparel|Why I Flew to China to Make a Conference Badge — Shy Ruparel]] – 2026-10-15 <!-- END RECENTLY ADDED SOURCES -->