Brent Toderash @toderash.net · 23/09/2026I just described something as "very blocky, in a Picasso's Cybertruck kind of way", which I think is a pretty good burn, but also, the Cybertruck just gained a whole new design context in my head. 010
Brent Toderash @toderash.net · 11/09/2026The CMS of the Future: www.toderash.net/blog/the-cms... Encapsulates ideas from smart people like @marucchi.com @joost.blog @provenpudding.bsky.social @joedolson.bsky.social @dries.bsky.social @typo3.com @jazzsequence.com Benni Mack, David Steeb, Pat Ramsey, Matt Garrepy, et al. Thx for the insight!toderash.netThe CMS of the Future, Part I — Brent ToderashAfter 15 years of CMS architecture feeling settled, "the CMS quiet years are over." AI has made the structural layer *beneath the content* not only matter again, but with increased importance. Across ... 011
Brent Toderash @toderash.net · 05/09/2026ICYMI, had a great time doing this interview with Chris Reynolds. We covered a lot of ground, including some of what I've been up to over the past 2 years worth open source supply chain security. 010
Brent Toderash @toderash.net · 05/09/2026NGL, I'm somewhat disappointed in my wife's lack of enthusiasm about The Rockford Files now being available on Prime. 010
Brent Toderash @toderash.net · 04/09/2026I think @libreoffice.bsky.social needs markdown support - paste-from & export-to, similar to what Google Docs does. 010
Brent Toderash @toderash.net · 21/07/2026Well, that's been my experience. newsroom.heart.org/news/coffee-...newsroom.heart.orgCoffee and heart health: How many cups of caffeinated coffee are safe to drink each day?Statement Highlights: The latest research indicates that consuming up to 400 mg of caffeine/day (equivalent to up to 5, 8-ounce cups of caffeinated coffee per day) is generally safe for most adults an... 000
Brent Toderash @toderash.net · 18/06/2026I'm so old I remember when browsers had a setting to turn off image downloading to save bandwidth. 100
Brent Toderash @toderash.net · 15/06/2026Anthropeum.com · Jun 14 2026 🟩🟩🟩🟥🟩🟩🟨🟩🟦🟩 62,719 · top 38% of players today!anthropeum.comAnthropeumA daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank. 010
Reposted by Brent ToderashJeff Eaton @eaton.fyi · 17/05/2026matt mullenweg logging into drupal’s issue tracker to heckle a 22-year old filename cleanup issue is the kind of inexplicable pot-kettle-black pettiness that makes me love him so much 5211
Brent Toderash @toderash.net · 02/05/2026Agency has always been my leading argument for OSS (#FLOSS). Spend a half-hour with @joost.blog's joost.blog/open-source-... to learn why. (Disambiguaton: "agency" is used in the sense of "capacity" or liberty, libre, not for a consulting firm.)joost.blogThe agency case for open source · Joost.blogOpen source spent thirty years winning the cost argument. AI is making that irrelevant. What replaces it (the agency argument) is still open. 000
Brent Toderash @toderash.net · 29/04/2026My daughter called me the Nick Fury of the Software Avengers, and I'm like ... 🤷♂️ 010
Brent Toderash @toderash.net · 17/04/2026In case anyone needs to know, if your wife tells you, "It would be nice to have a husband who could be relied upon to respond to text messages," the correct response is apparently not "How would you know?" 020
Brent Toderash @toderash.net · 03/04/2026Not saying this coffee is too strong, just that it's not for amateurs. 010
Brent Toderash @toderash.net · 28/03/2026Sometimes what happens #CloufFest follows you home from CloudFest. 000
Reposted by Brent Toderashonion person @junlper.beer · 27/03/2026MASSIVE WIN: no one wants to live in the united states anymore 307115441651
Reposted by Brent Toderashfairxtypo3.bsky.social @fairxtypo3.bsky.social · 22/03/2026AspireCloud is now serving TYPO3 packages with new version constraint filtering (upper and lower barriers). The Extension Manager inside TYPO3 can already list, install, and resolve dependencies from AspireCloud! #CFHack #CloudFest #FAIRxTYPO3 111
Reposted by Brent Toderashfairxtypo3.bsky.social @fairxtypo3.bsky.social · 22/03/2026TYPO3 in FAIR Explorer TYPO3 support is now live in the FAIR Explorer! You can check it out at fairdemo.site! #CFHack #CloudFest #FAIRxTYPO3fairdemo.sitepackages - Demo ExplorerA package is an add-on for your website — a plugin or extension that adds new features, or a theme that changes how your site looks. Packages on FAIR are published by independent developers and hosted... 112
Brent Toderash @toderash.net · 15/03/2026Web 3.0 is just the web rediscovering its roots. Web 2.0 is an aberration whose initial promise ultimately failed to deliver, creating Tech Bros instead. 001
Brent Toderash @toderash.net · 21/02/2026claude.ai just told me to go to the support site but gave me the wrong url for it, and what?? thanks @anthropic.com Headed over the the right one now to complain about tokens being eaten up on repeated failed responses.claude.aiClaudeTalk with Claude, an AI assistant from Anthropic 100
Brent Toderash @toderash.net · 17/02/2026Now here's some good news! news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...news.harvard.eduDrinking 2-3 cups of coffee a day tied to lower dementia risk — Harvard GazetteCaffeinated tea also found to slow cognitive decline in study. 010
Brent Toderash @toderash.net · 12/01/2026Insightful warning piece from @joost.blog - this is seismic. joost.blog/deafening-si... #WooCommerce representation being absent at the table puts them on the menu. And not just them, but everyone who depends on its ecosystem.joost.blogGoogle's agentic future leaves the WordPress economy behindGoogle just announced a massive shift in how the internet shops, and the biggest platform on the web wasn’t even in the room. If you haven’t seen it yet, Google recently dropped a bombshell announceme... 020
Reposted by Brent Toderashsjvn @sjvn.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Why even a US tech giant is launching 'sovereign support' for Europe now zdnet.com/article/why-... via @zdnet.bsky.social & @sjvn.bsky.social Red Hat, an American company, is now backing the growing wave of European governments and companies moving to digital sovereignty.zdnet.comWhy even a US tech giant is launching 'sovereign support' for Europe nowRed Hat's new offering comes in response to a broader trend sweeping Europe. 044
Brent Toderash @toderash.net · 08/11/2025It's clear Automattic's business model is shifting toward trademark rent-seeking while it "defends" open source. FLOSS no longer needs outside detractors, we've got our own now, thanks. 000
Brent Toderash @toderash.net · 14/10/2025Arrived in Ottawa for #WCEH2025! #WordPress Contributor Day tomorrow, then #WCEH! I'll be speaking on software supply chain security in a decentralized federated ecosystem. Looking forward to @scripting.com @ma.tt @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy Jill Binder & others! canada.wordcamp.org/2025/about/s... 081
Brent Toderash @toderash.net · 05/10/2025Overheard conspiracy theory of the day: CFL rule changes are a result of Trump wanting to attack (and annex) Canada from within, starting by Americanizing our football to be like the NFL. 000
Brent Toderash @toderash.net · 30/06/2025Nobody goes the extra mile out of a passion for creating shareholder value. 030
Brent Toderash @toderash.net · 27/06/2025I'll say this louder for those in the back: #WordPress "5 for the Future" **cannot** be reformed or rescued without tearing up its foundation: it exists for the wrong reasons. Stop trying to fix it--tear it down and re-evaluate completely. #wpdrama 030
Brent Toderash @toderash.net · 22/06/2025The #wordpress ecosystem has lots of questions & potential pitfalls being pointed out for @fair.pm & @aspirepress.bsky.social but tbh, I haven't yet seen one that hasn't already been considered by those groups. Few people are even checking whether there is an answer already. 010
Brent Toderash @toderash.net · 18/06/2025Some people did a thing for the #wordpress community coming out of the #wpdrama - I'm proud of the work they did and thankful for the privilege of working with this team! www.therepository.email/aspirepress-...therepository.emailAspirePress: The Quiet Project Powering FAIR's InfrastructureFounded by developer and agency owner Sarah Savage in the weeks following WordCamp US 2024, AspirePress was born out of concern that WordPress.org had become a single point of failure for the WordPres... 010
Brent Toderash @toderash.net · 13/06/2025Just published: Reframing the Maker-Taker Problem on Philosophy yawp.foo/articles/2025/reframing-th… 000
Reposted by Brent ToderashMike Little @mikelittle.com · 10/06/2025I installed the Fair Package Manager (@fairpm) on my personal site last night. I'm excited to say it worked flawlessly. A couple of plugins were updated from Fastly's servers, & a paid plugin updated from its servers as normal. I'm excited to see what else comes from this interesting development.fair.pmFAIR Package Manager ProjectFAIR Package Manager Project has 8 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub. 13314
Reposted by Brent ToderashRhys Wynne @rhys.wales · 07/06/2025Matt: "Joost and Karim should go away and use open source to build a fork of WordPress with their ideals around governance." Joost & Karim: **Build something in 6 months that match their ideas of governance** Matt: "OMFG they built something in SECRET". #WCEU 1165
Brent Toderash @toderash.net · 06/06/2025AspirePress is announcing availability of its distributed WordPress repository architecture. aspirepress.org/everest-1-0-... - this work formed the starting point for FAIR package management. linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-... | www.fastcompany.com/91347003/wor...aspirepress.org“Everest” (1.0 is not just a number.) - AspirePressAs this post goes up on our blog, Matt Leach is taking the stage at the Alt-Ctrl event in Basel, Switzerland. He'll be representing the AspirePress team there to demo something we are super-proud of -... 010
Reposted by Brent ToderashThe Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 24/05/2025As of 2020, 54% of U.S. adults aged 16–74 read below a sixth-grade level—about 130 million people with limited literacy, impacting jobs, health, and the economy. This finding comes from a Gallup report commissioned by the Barbara Bush Foundation and cited by Forbes. 1411145
Reposted by Brent ToderashThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/05/2025🇺🇸 “Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn't know whether he needs to honor the nation's founding document. None replied.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... 1455226239763
Reposted by Brent ToderashGunnyJKJ @gunnyjkj.bsky.social · 19/04/2025History always has a lesson. 616322789613
Reposted by Brent ToderashAaron Hoyland @aaronhoyland.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Almost 10% of the entire Canadian electorate voted on the VERY FIRST DAY of advance polls because we’ve spent the last 3 months watching what happens when you elect a populist windbag who vilifies journalists and shits all over people’s fundamental rights. Thanks America. You really did us a solid. 1513399652
