Linux workstation build – 2024 edition
One of the benefits of working for Automattic is that I am eligible for a new computer every 24-36 months. On my second anniversary in May 2024, I received an email telling me it was my time to...
View ArticleHow To Install Linux, OpenLiteSpeed, MySQL, PHP Stack on Ubuntu
Over the past few months, I’ve been hosting a few live streams on setting up a VPS web server for hosting WordPress sites with Multisite support. I started with Apache, followed by Nginx. My last live...
View ArticleGenerating Automated Subtitles with OpenAI’s Whisper on Ubuntu 22.04
I’ve used a MacOS app called MacWhisper for the past year to generate automated subtitles for my video content. MacWhisper uses OpenAI’s Whisper under the hood and exports the subtitles to .srt format....
View ArticleUsing the WordPress Playground block for Learn.WordPress.org
Just over a year ago, my colleague and friend Adam Zielinski built WordPress Playground because he was looking for a way to run WordPress without any setup requirements. Soon after it was released, at...
View ArticleReflections on being employed to work in open source
It’s been a hell of a few weeks. On Saturday 21 September I was checked into a very nice hotel in the Garden Route town of Plettenberg Bay, ready to start a week’s vacation with my family. Meanwhile,...
View ArticleI’m learning to code!
Starting this Friday the 31st of January, 2025, I’m going to be learning to code. The “catch” is that I’ll be using AI coding tools exclusively, not writing a single line of actual code myself. I want...
View ArticleThe power of practising perfectly
Many years ago, while attending a jiu-jitsu seminar as a white belt, the seminar instructor said something that’s resonated with me ever since. Contrary to the popular phrase, practice alone does not...
View ArticleThe path to mastery includes lows and highs
OK, so bear with me on this, one, but this idea came from a recent gym workout. For the past 3 years or so, I’ve been finishing every gym workout with the same ab exercise, a Captain’s Chair hanging...
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