Community + Code podcast
@communitycode.dev
A podcast about the people behind the commits.
Community + Code is dedicated to the humans that write the code that operate the systems of our lives.
https://communitycode.dev
Community + Code is dedicated to the humans that write the code that operate the systems of our lives.
https://communitycode.dev
Carl Alexander on serverless WordPress, the real cost of “cheap” hosting, and why modern devs just want to deploy and go live their lives. Also: candid talk about marketing noise + staying honest when building solo. 🎧💥
Carl Alexander on scaling and being true to yourself
The through-line in Carl Alexander’s career is building things that other developers don’t want to think about and making it easy for them to adopt and use and stop babysitting systems. In this episode of Community + Code, we talk about Carl’s early exposure to programming and robotics and how he fell into a WordPress […]
communitycode.dev
February 13, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Carl Alexander on serverless WordPress, the real cost of “cheap” hosting, and why modern devs just want to deploy and go live their lives. Also: candid talk about marketing noise + staying honest when building solo. 🎧💥
John Hawkins (@vegasgeek.com) is with me on the podcast this week to talk about WordCamps, teaching one small thing that changes someone’s path, and the long-tail “return on connection.”
John Hawkins and “return on connection”
John Hawkins (aka VegasGeek) has been around WordPress long enough to understand the part nobody can put into a spreadsheet: that the real value of community is almost never immediate. We talk about the moment a simple plugin-development talk at a WordCamp helped flip my own identity from “designer” to “developer, actually,” and how John […]
communitycode.dev
January 30, 2026 at 6:01 PM
John Hawkins (@vegasgeek.com) is with me on the podcast this week to talk about WordCamps, teaching one small thing that changes someone’s path, and the long-tail “return on connection.”
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I’ll be joining a @pantheon.io livestream at 1:30pm ET / 11:30am PT / 7:30pm CET to talk about Drupal’s upcoming marketplace and how @dripyard.com fits into the growing commercial ecosystem.
Join us 👉 pantheon.io/events/webin... #Drupal
Join us 👉 pantheon.io/events/webin... #Drupal
Livestream: Exploring a commercial ecosystem for Drupal | Pantheon.io
A livestream to learn about the Drupal theme marketplace Dripyard
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January 21, 2026 at 1:10 PM
I’ll be joining a @pantheon.io livestream at 1:30pm ET / 11:30am PT / 7:30pm CET to talk about Drupal’s upcoming marketplace and how @dripyard.com fits into the growing commercial ecosystem.
Join us 👉 pantheon.io/events/webin... #Drupal
Join us 👉 pantheon.io/events/webin... #Drupal
Season 2 is here! 🎙️
First up in 2026: @tearyne.bsky.social on online identity, DevRel as “therapy,” accessibility getting real, and cozy co-working communities.
First up in 2026: @tearyne.bsky.social on online identity, DevRel as “therapy,” accessibility getting real, and cozy co-working communities.
Tearyne Almendariz on identity and intentional community spaces
Tearyne Almendariz has one of those internet-origin stories that makes perfect sense: Sailor Moon fandom led to learning Japanese, which led to building websites, which eventually led to Drupal — and to a career shaped as much by community as by code. In this Season 2 kickoff of Community + Code, we talk about the […]
communitycode.dev
January 16, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Season 2 is here! 🎙️
First up in 2026: @tearyne.bsky.social on online identity, DevRel as “therapy,” accessibility getting real, and cozy co-working communities.
First up in 2026: @tearyne.bsky.social on online identity, DevRel as “therapy,” accessibility getting real, and cozy co-working communities.
I sat down with @thewebprincess.bsky.social to talk cultural algorithms, implicit bias, WP Includes, and why our communities thrive when we stop guarding our corner of the pie.
Dee Teal on cultural algorithms, belonging and bias
A common theme in this podcast is the way that open source brings people together and it’s those communities that become far more powerful than the software that we initially got into. In this episode, I sit down with my friend Dee Teal, a Melbourne-based project manager, delivery leader and long time WordPress community member […]
communitycode.dev
January 2, 2026 at 6:11 PM
I sat down with @thewebprincess.bsky.social to talk cultural algorithms, implicit bias, WP Includes, and why our communities thrive when we stop guarding our corner of the pie.
This week on C+C, I chatted with @troychaplin.bsky.social about the real work behind higher-ed WordPress, supporting huge groups of editors and why a11y has to start before you hit publish.
Troy Chaplin on Accessibility and WordPress in Higher Ed
Troy Chaplin is a WordPress developer at Carleton University and one of the organizers of WordCamp Canada. He wrote the Block Accessibility Checks plugin out of a need for his work in higher ed WordPress. In this episode, we talk about what makes building WordPress sites for higher education different and the reality of supporting […]
communitycode.dev
December 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This week on C+C, I chatted with @troychaplin.bsky.social about the real work behind higher-ed WordPress, supporting huge groups of editors and why a11y has to start before you hit publish.
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For the past 7 months, I've been running @communitycode.dev, a podcast that gives me an excuse to talk to cool people about what inspires them. It's been a great run & I'm looking at doing it all over again in 2026.
Join me and be a guest on the show!
communitycode.dev/be-a-guest/
Join me and be a guest on the show!
communitycode.dev/be-a-guest/
Be a Guest - Community + Code
Everyone has a story to tell. If you are doing things on the internet (anything…really), I want to talk to you! Community + Code is a casual conversation that focuses as much (or more) on the who and ...
communitycode.dev
December 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
For the past 7 months, I've been running @communitycode.dev, a podcast that gives me an excuse to talk to cool people about what inspires them. It's been a great run & I'm looking at doing it all over again in 2026.
Join me and be a guest on the show!
communitycode.dev/be-a-guest/
Join me and be a guest on the show!
communitycode.dev/be-a-guest/
I talked with @mike.herschel.com about Drupal’s big shift toward themes, Drupal CMS, Canvas, and what it’s like to build @dripyard.com as the ecosystem starts changing.
Super thoughtful conversation about community, collaboration, and timing.
Super thoughtful conversation about community, collaboration, and timing.
Mike Herchel on open source and the future of commercial marketplaces for Drupal
Mike Herchel is a fixture in the Drupal community and the lead developer of the Olivero core theme. Now he’s building something new, a Drupal theme marketplace called Dripyard. We talk about the challenges the Drupal has faced over the years, particularly around the user experience, theme development and limitations and the culture of collaboration […]
communitycode.dev
December 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I talked with @mike.herschel.com about Drupal’s big shift toward themes, Drupal CMS, Canvas, and what it’s like to build @dripyard.com as the ecosystem starts changing.
Super thoughtful conversation about community, collaboration, and timing.
Super thoughtful conversation about community, collaboration, and timing.
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I was on the @communitycode.dev podcast talking about #Drupal theming and my new company, @dripyard.com
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Details at communitycode.dev/episodes/epi...
Episode 14: Mike Herchel - Community + Code
Mike Herchel talks about the future of Drupal theming, the rise of Drupal CMS and Canvas, and how the community is navigating its first real push toward a commercial theme marketplace. A candid look a...
communitycode.dev
December 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I was on the @communitycode.dev podcast talking about #Drupal theming and my new company, @dripyard.com
Details at communitycode.dev/episodes/epi...
Details at communitycode.dev/episodes/epi...
Open source is stronger together! 🙌💪
November 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Open source is stronger together! 🙌💪
Being number one in WordPress isn’t the point — keeping the web open is.
@mikedemo.bsky.social joins Community + Code to talk about bridging open-source communities, from Joomla to WordPress, and why collaboration beats competition.
@mikedemo.bsky.social joins Community + Code to talk about bridging open-source communities, from Joomla to WordPress, and why collaboration beats competition.
Mike Demo on Open Source, Community and Vegan Food
If you’ve been to more than one WordCamp, odds are you’ve seen Mike Demo. He’s a Partnerships Lead at Hosting.com and a familiar face in the open-source world—someone who thrives on connecting people, projects, and ideas. Demo describes himself as a “lead handshaker,” a title that pretty much says it all: his work is about […]
communitycode.dev
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Being number one in WordPress isn’t the point — keeping the web open is.
@mikedemo.bsky.social joins Community + Code to talk about bridging open-source communities, from Joomla to WordPress, and why collaboration beats competition.
@mikedemo.bsky.social joins Community + Code to talk about bridging open-source communities, from Joomla to WordPress, and why collaboration beats competition.
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Awesome show with an amazing host: @jazzsequence.com!!
From Chicago to Greece, @paloukas.com talks performance engineering at @pressidium.com, WordCamps and camping with his cat. 😻
Christos Paloukas on Performance Engineering, Community, and Cats
In this week’s episode of Community + Code, we’re joined by Christos Paloukas, a performance engineer at Pressidium who’s as passionate about making websites faster as he is about rescuing cats. We talk about what performance engineering actually means, why “making things fast” depends more on people and process than technology, and how caching can […]
communitycode.dev
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Awesome show with an amazing host: @jazzsequence.com!!
From Chicago to Greece, @paloukas.com talks performance engineering at @pressidium.com, WordCamps and camping with his cat. 😻
Christos Paloukas on Performance Engineering, Community, and Cats
In this week’s episode of Community + Code, we’re joined by Christos Paloukas, a performance engineer at Pressidium who’s as passionate about making websites faster as he is about rescuing cats. We talk about what performance engineering actually means, why “making things fast” depends more on people and process than technology, and how caching can […]
communitycode.dev
November 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
From Chicago to Greece, @paloukas.com talks performance engineering at @pressidium.com, WordCamps and camping with his cat. 😻
FusionAuth’s @maida.kim joins @jazzsequence.com and shares her path through DevRel, why identity work matters, and how art helps her stay balanced.
Kim Maida on Identity, DevRel and Finding Balance
When you think of identity and authentication, “fun” might not be the first word that comes to mind. But for Kim Maida, Senior Director of Developer Relations at FusionAuth, it’s a calling. In this episode of Community + Code, Kim talks about her journey through Developer Relations and how she found herself coming back again […]
communitycode.dev
October 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
FusionAuth’s @maida.kim joins @jazzsequence.com and shares her path through DevRel, why identity work matters, and how art helps her stay balanced.
In case you missed it last week (and if you did, you should really *hit subscribe* 😉), the newest episode of Community + Code dropped. This time, I chat with @karmatosed.art about building products, the company she co-founded Guildenberg, AI and burnout.
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communitycode.dev/episodes/epi...
October 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
In case you missed it last week (and if you did, you should really *hit subscribe* 😉), the newest episode of Community + Code dropped. This time, I chat with @karmatosed.art about building products, the company she co-founded Guildenberg, AI and burnout.
communitycode.dev/episodes/epi...
communitycode.dev/episodes/epi...
After wearing many hats within the WordPress ecosystem, my guest on this week’s episode of Community + Code, Tammie Lister, has settled on the title of Product Engineer — someone who thrives on guiding ideas from their earliest spark to scaling, while keeping people at the heart of the process. In…
Tammie Lister on Technology, Creativity and Community
After wearing many hats within the WordPress ecosystem, my guest on this week’s episode of Community + Code, Tammie Lister, has settled on the title of Product Engineer — someone who thrives on guiding ideas from their earliest spark to scaling, while keeping people at the heart of the process. In this episode, Tammie shares […]
communitycode.dev
October 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
After wearing many hats within the WordPress ecosystem, my guest on this week’s episode of Community + Code, Tammie Lister, has settled on the title of Product Engineer — someone who thrives on guiding ideas from their earliest spark to scaling, while keeping people at the heart of the process. In…
ICYMI Last week I talked to @raquelkarina.bsky.social. Among other things, we talked about @pressconf.events and what makes it different from other events. If you haven't checked out the episode yet, what are you waiting for?
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#podcast #WordPress #events #community
communitycode.dev/episodes/epi...
#podcast #WordPress #events #community
September 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
ICYMI Last week I talked to @raquelkarina.bsky.social. Among other things, we talked about @pressconf.events and what makes it different from other events. If you haven't checked out the episode yet, what are you waiting for?
communitycode.dev/episodes/epi...
#podcast #WordPress #events #community
communitycode.dev/episodes/epi...
#podcast #WordPress #events #community
I had the pleasure of chatting with Raquel, mastermind of @pressconf.events and founder of @wonderlandcurious.bsky.social to talk about building community and the heart of innovative events.
Raquel on how WordPress is about people, not just code
If you’ve been around WordPress for a while, there is a decent chance you’ve crossed paths with Raquel. Raquel has been an agency owner, member of the Elegant Themes team and now is the creator of WonderlandCurious, a tech event consultancy. She also is responsible for bringing back PressNomics as PressConf, a professional WordPress event […]
communitycode.dev
September 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I had the pleasure of chatting with Raquel, mastermind of @pressconf.events and founder of @wonderlandcurious.bsky.social to talk about building community and the heart of innovative events.
Today on Community + Code, hear my conversation with THE @raquelkarina.bsky.social on the secret of creating the magic ✨ of community.
#WordPress #community #opensource
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#WordPress #community #opensource
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September 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Today on Community + Code, hear my conversation with THE @raquelkarina.bsky.social on the secret of creating the magic ✨ of community.
#WordPress #community #opensource
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#WordPress #community #opensource
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This week on the pod, I've got @raquelkarina.bsky.social who you might know from the Phoenix #WordPress community or as the founder of @wonderlandcurious.bsky.social & @pressconf.events. We talk about what makes a thriving developer community and what makes PHX special.
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September 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This week on the pod, I've got @raquelkarina.bsky.social who you might know from the Phoenix #WordPress community or as the founder of @wonderlandcurious.bsky.social & @pressconf.events. We talk about what makes a thriving developer community and what makes PHX special.
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Brendan O’Leary joins Community + Code from Kilo Code, which has — since this episode — taken my top slot for VS Code AI extensions. We talk about what developer relations looks like inside different organizations and why that matters. Brendan also reflects on the human side of tech — storytelling,…
Brendan O’Leary on putting developers first in an age of AI-assisted coding
Brendan O’Leary joins Community + Code from Kilo Code, which has — since this episode — taken my top slot for VS Code AI extensions. We talk about what developer relations looks like inside different organizations and why that matters. Brendan also reflects on the human side of tech — storytelling, advocacy, and creating connections […]
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September 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Brendan O’Leary joins Community + Code from Kilo Code, which has — since this episode — taken my top slot for VS Code AI extensions. We talk about what developer relations looks like inside different organizations and why that matters. Brendan also reflects on the human side of tech — storytelling,…
I said I wanted to make this podcast in the open, so in the open I shall be. I did a major screw up last week. Like, near catastrophic as far as podcasts go. About as bad as you could get, really. Now, I’m taking full responsibility for this screw up, but it has been […]
Sometimes systems fail us; sometimes we fail ourselves
I said I wanted to make this podcast in the open, so in the open I shall be. I did a major screw up last week. Like, near catastrophic as far as podcasts go. About as bad as you could get, really. Now, I’m taking full responsibility for this screw up, but it has been […]
communitycode.dev
September 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I said I wanted to make this podcast in the open, so in the open I shall be. I did a major screw up last week. Like, near catastrophic as far as podcasts go. About as bad as you could get, really. Now, I’m taking full responsibility for this screw up, but it has been […]
👑 What does it mean to be a queen in the digital age?
I sat down with Queen Carolyn of Ladonia to talk about micronations, crowns, community, and what leadership looks like when code meets royalty.
#CommunityAndCode #WordPress #Micronations
I sat down with Queen Carolyn of Ladonia to talk about micronations, crowns, community, and what leadership looks like when code meets royalty.
#CommunityAndCode #WordPress #Micronations
Queen Carolyn on balancing crowns, community and code
What does it mean to be a queen in the digital age? On this episode of Community + Code, I sat down with Queen Carolyn of Ladonia to talk about her role as monarch of a micronation that thrives on art, community, and playful governance. We explored how she balances her life in tech with […]
communitycode.dev
August 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
👑 What does it mean to be a queen in the digital age?
I sat down with Queen Carolyn of Ladonia to talk about micronations, crowns, community, and what leadership looks like when code meets royalty.
#CommunityAndCode #WordPress #Micronations
I sat down with Queen Carolyn of Ladonia to talk about micronations, crowns, community, and what leadership looks like when code meets royalty.
#CommunityAndCode #WordPress #Micronations
My next guest on Community + Code is Queen Carolyn of Ladonia. What's a Ladonia? Listen and find out!
#podcast #micronation
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#podcast #micronation
communitycode.dev/episodes/epi...
August 28, 2025 at 6:17 AM
My next guest on Community + Code is Queen Carolyn of Ladonia. What's a Ladonia? Listen and find out!
#podcast #micronation
communitycode.dev/episodes/epi...
#podcast #micronation
communitycode.dev/episodes/epi...