Tonya Mork
@hellofromTonya
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leader, coach, architect, engineer ☻ empowering those who make the web better ☻ wordpress core committer ☻ open sourcerer ☻
Joined April 2014
Relying heavily on AI doesn’t only stifle critical thinking. It constrains creativity too. New evidence: People generate more original ideas when they consult AI sometimes, rather than extensively or rarely. Independent thought is a foundation of ingenuity.
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One of the hidden powers in a “stupid” question: a breakthrough.
Every breakthrough starts with someone asking a “stupid” question.
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All that is old is new again.
🛠️ As AI-assisted coding takes off, traditional “vibe-coding” won’t cut it. Enter Spec-Driven Development — a 2025 engineering practice that defines specs first, then uses them to generate reliable, maintainable code with AI agents:
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"Our life is what our thoughts make it." – Marcus Aurelius
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The browser is striking back. Bloated stacks, fragile abstractions, bad defaults - it’s all catching up with us. I’ll dig into all of this at Web Directions Dev Summit, Nov 19–20 (Sydney + online). 💸 Codes: jonodevsummit25 / jonodevsummit25streaming https://t.co/NNHPxPX1nC
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We're kicking off our new season with an introduction to engineering management! If you've ever wondered whether the role is right for you, take a listen! https://t.co/LCUPmEik7e
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Open source packages are abandoned every day. Your dependency could be next. Join @jrf_nl at #LoopConf for Resurrecting the Dead—a candid look at how projects fail, and how you can step up to prevent it. 👉 Save your spot: https://t.co/Gkb5lPEAl5
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Amazing news! Congrats 🎉
I've joined @wpengine to contribute full time to WordPress core, continuing the performance work I started while at Google:
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Feeling embarrassed by your past work is not a sign of incompetence. It’s a mark of growth. Regretting your prior decisions doesn't reflect poor judgment. It reveals new insight. Cringing at your old opinions doesn't display ignorance. It demonstrates an open mind.
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Released: PHPUnit Polyfills 1.1.5 and 2.0.5 These releases fix PHP 8.5 deprecation notices for the `AssertAttributeHelper` trait. https://t.co/EzBHSZyYcY
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This is a maintenance release. Changed README: updated sub-section about PHPUnit version support with information about the PHPUnit Polyfills 4.x branch. PR #249 General housekeeping.
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A small suggestion of mine in a tactical place has yielded results 🎉 As of today the CONTRIBUTING files in GitHub repositories will be easier to find. Kudos to the @github team which actioned this suggestion. https://t.co/Glcd85pICu
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What’s changed New contributors often miss detailed contributing guidelines because these files are hard to find within repositories. Their poor discoverability creates friction for newcomers,...
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WordPress Coding Standards just got a significant release update to 3.2.0: ✅ Better detection of deprecated WP functions & parameters ✅ Cleaner heredoc/nowdoc enforcement ✅ New sniffs, updated utilities, faster performance Read more:
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Added New WordPress.WP.GetMetaSingle sniff to the WordPress-Extra ruleset. Props @rodrigoprimo! #2465 This sniff warns when get_*_meta() and get_metadata*() functions are used with the $meta_key/$...
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WordPress Agencies should check out ThemeSwitcher Pro! We just landed another 5-figure project to iteratively replace legacy sections/pages with a new block-based theme and refreshed look. Opens up an entirely new service offering for your business!
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Great communication isn’t just about words—it’s about understanding what isn’t said. Listen closely, and you’ll hear what matters most.
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I have written about the security vulnerabilities that I see 1. Most commonly mass-exploited; 2. Used to take over entire websites; 3. Cause the most harm. 👇 https://t.co/vfQo1mqteI
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While Cross-Site Scripting, Cross-Site Request Forgery, and Broken Access Control are the most common ones, they might not necessarily be the most dangerous ones.
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I am getting tired from influencers with little to no tech industry experience to write stupid stuff like this for likes. As @simonw said: “Quitting programming as a career right now because of LLMs would be like quitting carpentry thanks to the invention of the table saw.”
its over for cs grads. if you are in cs just leave the field. its never been so over. just pivot. go do something else but cs. do it now. its getting out of hand. anything but cs.
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NASA saved 2 months of dev time by using our open source Asset Manager Framework plugin for WordPress. 🚀 Seamless media management ✅ Saves 5–10 mins/image 🔒 Built-in accessibility + attribution Open source just works. #WordPress #NASA #OpenSource
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