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Jonathan Desrosiers @jonathandesrosiers.com · 7h

WordPress competitors are out in force for @wordcampcanada.bsky.social 👀

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Jonathan Desrosiers @jonathandesrosiers.com · 8h

Get back to work, Golenski!

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Jeffrey B. Paul @jeffpaul.com · 4d

If you're at @wordcampcanada.bsky.social (or otherwise in the Ottawa area next week), then join me and @jonathandesrosiers.com at the @senators.bsky.social ice hockey game on Thursday night!

#WordPress #WordCamp #WCEH #Hockey #Sportsball #SorryFelixItsNotSoccer

Jonathan Desrosiers @jonathandesrosiers.com · 4d

If you’ll be in Ottawa for @wordcampcanada.bsky.social, there’s a @senators.bsky.social game on Thursday night and I’ll be there with a few other community members. If you’re free and want to join, let me know! I shared more details on my site.

Unofficial WordCamp Canada Side Event: Ottawa Senators Game

Few things are more Canadian than hockey. When I travel, I always try to squeeze in a sporting event to add another stadium to my list. As luck would have it, the Ottawa Senators have a home game on T...

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Jonathan Desrosiers @jonathandesrosiers.com · 4d

If you’ll be in Ottawa for @wordcampcanada.bsky.social, there’s a @senators.bsky.social game on Thursday night and I’ll be there with a few other community members. If you’re free and want to join, let me know! I shared more details on my site.

Unofficial WordCamp Canada Side Event: Ottawa Senators Game

Few things are more Canadian than hockey. When I travel, I always try to squeeze in a sporting event to add another stadium to my list. As luck would have it, the Ottawa Senators have a home game on T...

jonathandesrosiers.com

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Jonathan Desrosiers @jonathandesrosiers.com · 8d

If you're interested in learning more about my talks, I expanded a bit on my blog.

Let's attend a WordCamp, eh?

I will be attending WordCamp Canada 2025 representing Bluehost and delivering two talks. One focuses on how to contribute to WordPress, highlighting the challenges new contributors face. The other add...

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Jonathan Desrosiers @jonathandesrosiers.com · 8d

I'm really looking forward to attending @wordcampcanada.bsky.social next week! It will be my first time attending, and also my first time visiting mainland Canada. I'm looking forward to speaking twice at the event in addition to meeting customers and other attendees at the Bluehost booth!

WC'EH! @wordcampcanada.bsky.social · 9d

📢 Jonathan Desrosiers, WordPress Core committer & Principal Software Engineer at Bluehost.

At #WCCanada2025 he’ll present:
✨ How Does Contributing to WordPress Work? – Oct 15, 9 am
✨ Keeping Humans in the Loop: Tactful AI – Oct 17, 1 pm
🔗 canada.wordcamp.org/2025/speaker/jonathan-desrosiers/

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Jonathan Desrosiers @jonathandesrosiers.com · 11d

I’ve been following a hiker who was attempting to hike the Continental Divide and Great Divide trails combined. Yesterday marked the end of her journey!

Congratulations, "Stitches"!

I’ve recently somehow fallen into “EverestTok,” which profiles some of the people braving some of the most extreme conditions on Earth in an attempt to summit Mount Everest. That eventually transition...

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Jonathan Desrosiers @jonathandesrosiers.com · Aug 26

Is there a patron saint of containerization? Asking for a friend.

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Within WordPress @withinwp.com · Jul 28

A New WordPress Dashboard, Remote Data Blocks & Migrating Legacy WP and much more in the 166th newsletter.

Mentioning @weston.ruter.net @jono.id @jonathandesrosiers.com and more!

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Jonathan Desrosiers @jonathandesrosiers.com · Jul 23

You can read more about my talk on the @wordcampcanada.bsky.social website. If you plan on being there, let me know!

Keeping Humans in the Loop: Tactful AI in a Collaborative Community

Explore how AI is reshaping collaboration, contribution, and trust in WordPress—balancing automation with the human heart of open source.

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Jonathan Desrosiers @jonathandesrosiers.com · Jul 23

I collected some of my rough thoughts on the subject in a blog post. There will be some overlap, but the talk will be a deeper dive expanding on what I wrote here.

Jonathan Desrosiers @jonathandesrosiers.com · Jul 23

This post brings together some of my early thoughts on how we might thoughtfully explore the use of AI in the Open Source projects we maintain. By focusing on the right questions, we can stay grounded in our core values.

Implementing AI in Open Source Without Losing the Human Touch

AI is changing how we build and collaborate in Open Source. This post explores how to thoughtfully integrate AI into contributor workflows without losing what makes our communities human, creative, an...

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Jonathan Desrosiers @jonathandesrosiers.com · Jul 23

I'm looking forward to being in Ottawa to speak at @wordcampcanada.bsky.social! My talk, "Keeping Humans in the Loop: Tactful AI in a Collaborative Community," will explore how to carefully integrate AI tools into our Own Source communities without being too disruptive or inhuman.

WC'EH! @wordcampcanada.bsky.social · Jul 21

The WordCamp Canada team has been hard at work, and I’m thrilled to share our first 17 speakers and 16 talks! 🌟 From accessibility to block development, there’s something for everyone.

Check out the lineup — canada.wordcamp.org/2025/announc...
#WCEH #WordPress #WC2025 @wordcampcanada.bsky.social

They’re Here! Meet the First Speakers for WordCamp Canada 2025

Meet the first speakers for WordCamp Canada 2025! Explore talks on blocks, design, accessibility, sustainability & the future of the open web.

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Jonathan Desrosiers @jonathandesrosiers.com · Jul 23

This post brings together some of my early thoughts on how we might thoughtfully explore the use of AI in the Open Source projects we maintain. By focusing on the right questions, we can stay grounded in our core values.

Implementing AI in Open Source Without Losing the Human Touch

AI is changing how we build and collaborate in Open Source. This post explores how to thoughtfully integrate AI into contributor workflows without losing what makes our communities human, creative, an...

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Jonathan Desrosiers @jonathandesrosiers.com · Jul 23

I spend a lot of time thinking about contributor experience, workflows, and triaging practices. Lately, I’ve been paying close attention to how AI is being used across personal, commercial, and Open Source contexts.

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Jonathan Desrosiers @jonathandesrosiers.com · Jul 23

AI is changing how we build and collaborate in Open Source. When integrating AI into our contributor workflows, we must take great care to preserve the foundations of our communities: humanity, creativity, and collaboration.

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Jonathan Desrosiers @jonathandesrosiers.com · Jul 11

I guess I’m playing inspiration tag with @karmatosed.art! After reading her post this morning, I had some additional thoughts about community and finding our own path. They came to mind while hiking Mount Willard this morning and I wanted to share. jonathandesrosiers.com/2025/07/the-...

The Ghosts of Unactivated Contributors

I’m so glad Tammie was (partially) inspired to reflect on the beginning of her contribution journey after reading my 12 year first contribution anniversary post. I love reading these stories! They rea...

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Jonathan Desrosiers @jonathandesrosiers.com · Jul 8

I'm proud to be listed as a featured maintainer in a new book assembled by Nick Vidal that collects the stories of more than 50 Open Source maintainers. I've written more about the book and reflected on 12 years of contributing to WordPress in my latest post.

12 Years Contributing to WordPress

Join me as I reflect on reaching a new milestone: 12 years of contributing to the WordPress Open Source project.

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Jonathan Desrosiers @jonathandesrosiers.com · Jul 8

Today marks the 12 year anniversary of my first credited contribution to the @wordpress.org project. To celebrate, I'm excited to finally share my involvement in a project that began during Maintainers Month in May to celebrate maintainers in Open Source.

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Jonathan Desrosiers @jonathandesrosiers.com · Jul 2

To address this, let's explore adding new status for components in Core: maintenance mode. make.wordpress.org/core/2025/07...

Proposal: Introduce Maintenance Mode For Components

This proposal aims to introduce the concept of legacy components and a process of managing them in a way that is intentional and accountable. Once something is committed and released in WordPress C…

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Jonathan Desrosiers @jonathandesrosiers.com · Jul 2

Once something is committed and released in @wordpress.org Core, it comes with an implicit promise of backward compatibility for the foreseeable future. But it’s not clear what to do when a feature becomes outdated, unused, or deprioritized.

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Jonathan Desrosiers @jonathandesrosiers.com · Jul 2

Happy Bobby Bonilla Day!

Every year on July 1, former Major League Baseball player Bobby Bonilla receives a $1.19 million dollar check as a part of his deferred contract. This tradition started in 2011 and will continue until...

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Jonathan Desrosiers @jonathandesrosiers.com · Jun 30

Ah I misread your original message as you were doing your own things with Composer dependencies. I’ve been running the Webmentions plugin just fine 🤷‍♂️

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Jonathan Desrosiers @jonathandesrosiers.com · Jun 30

I’m using Bluehost Cloud right now. But I’m not doing anything with vendor directories like you’re describing currently.

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Jonathan Desrosiers @jonathandesrosiers.com · Jun 27

Let's change that! The first step to getting more sites on supported versions of MySQL and MariaDB is to clarify what is actually supported. make.wordpress.org/core/2025/06...

Proposal: Clarifying Core’s Database Support Policy

TL;DR Over 37% of WordPress sites are running a version of database software that has reached end of life and is no longer receiving maintenance or security updates. To encourage broader adoption o…

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Jonathan Desrosiers @jonathandesrosiers.com · Jun 27

The @wordpress.org community has done such a great job educating site owners about keeping PHP up to date. But historically, the same has not been true when it comes to the database software every WordPress site relies on.

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