Steve Persch
@stevector.com
Dramaturg of website operations. Head of DevRel at Pantheon.
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Steve Persch
@stevector.com
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I made a silly video about the new Push to Pantheon GitHub Action that enables simpler pushing to @pantheon.io for those using Actions from @github.com. Try it if you already need to push to Pantheon as part of your GitHub Actions flow.
“I am truly glad to have formed my point of view on culture and society at a time when there was a peer-based expectation of having values, and of holding each other to them.” - @anildash.com
Yes! Sometimes worrying “what would my friends think if I did this?” is good.
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Yes! Sometimes worrying “what would my friends think if I did this?” is good.
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For folks who remember the concept of "selling out", I wrote this a few years ago so you can explain it to younger people who are not familiar with what the idea meant within culture. www.anildash.com/2023/04/18/w... It's hard to explain why someone would not license their song for a commercial.
November 14, 2025 at 4:58 AM
“I am truly glad to have formed my point of view on culture and society at a time when there was a peer-based expectation of having values, and of holding each other to them.” - @anildash.com
Yes! Sometimes worrying “what would my friends think if I did this?” is good.
bsky.app/profile/anil...
Yes! Sometimes worrying “what would my friends think if I did this?” is good.
bsky.app/profile/anil...
Northern lights visible from my backyard in Minneapolis (five second long exposure on an iPhone)
November 12, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Northern lights visible from my backyard in Minneapolis (five second long exposure on an iPhone)
Yeesssss. I'm liking what I'm seeing in the NextConf livestream. Next.js has been bending the meaning of "static" and "dynamic" for a long time. It's good to be up front about it.
Next.js 16 is still investing heavily in HTTP streaming which may be counterproductive for many sites.
Next.js 16 is still investing heavily in HTTP streaming which may be counterproductive for many sites.
October 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Yeesssss. I'm liking what I'm seeing in the NextConf livestream. Next.js has been bending the meaning of "static" and "dynamic" for a long time. It's good to be up front about it.
Next.js 16 is still investing heavily in HTTP streaming which may be counterproductive for many sites.
Next.js 16 is still investing heavily in HTTP streaming which may be counterproductive for many sites.
AI has a Purple Problem
YouTube video by Syntax
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October 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Smash 2 movies together to make a new movie
50 First Wedding Singers
Thelma and Louise and Romeo and Juliet
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Minority Report
50 First Wedding Singers
Thelma and Louise and Romeo and Juliet
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Minority Report
Smash 2 movies together to make a new movie
So I married an Idle hand
So I married an Idle hand
September 18, 2025 at 5:23 AM
"Reveal in Finder" is such a disappointing use of the world "reveal"
September 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"Reveal in Finder" is such a disappointing use of the world "reveal"
🎤 Speaker Spotlight: Steve Persch
Steve is a developer veteran with 20 years in WordPress & Drupal. He has built sites for NPR, The Joffrey Ballet & more.
Catch his talk:
“From Laptop to Live Site: CI/CD Intro”
April 22–23 | Woodbury, MN
🎟️ https://someconf.com
#SomeConf2026 #CI_CD #WebDev #DevOps
Steve is a developer veteran with 20 years in WordPress & Drupal. He has built sites for NPR, The Joffrey Ballet & more.
Catch his talk:
“From Laptop to Live Site: CI/CD Intro”
April 22–23 | Woodbury, MN
🎟️ https://someconf.com
#SomeConf2026 #CI_CD #WebDev #DevOps
September 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Gotta practice the small talk before a tech conference. If you're at #WordCampUS, come find me at the @pantheon.io booth!
August 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Gotta practice the small talk before a tech conference. If you're at #WordCampUS, come find me at the @pantheon.io booth!
Back to work after a week on Lake Superior
August 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Back to work after a week on Lake Superior
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The S in MCP stands for security
August 2, 2025 at 5:29 AM
The S in MCP stands for security
BRB, I need to go write some fanfic about Encyclopedia Brown battling LLM hallucinations
July 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
BRB, I need to go write some fanfic about Encyclopedia Brown battling LLM hallucinations
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Hey friends! I did a TEDx talk and it's now up on the TED Conferences YouTube. It's possibly the best and most important talk I've ever done.
I would ask that you watch it, and please SHARE it broadly and widely. Thank you! youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg #AI #Tech #TED
I would ask that you watch it, and please SHARE it broadly and widely. Thank you! youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg #AI #Tech #TED
Tech Promised Everything. Did it deliver? | Scott Hanselman | TEDxPortland
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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July 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Hey friends! I did a TEDx talk and it's now up on the TED Conferences YouTube. It's possibly the best and most important talk I've ever done.
I would ask that you watch it, and please SHARE it broadly and widely. Thank you! youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg #AI #Tech #TED
I would ask that you watch it, and please SHARE it broadly and widely. Thank you! youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg #AI #Tech #TED
Pro tip, you can unapologetically put an emoji reaction on your own messages. They can’t stop you.
So go ahead, put a ha ha or a !! on your next message. Get the ball rolling in the teams meeting by reacting to your own jokes.
So go ahead, put a ha ha or a !! on your next message. Get the ball rolling in the teams meeting by reacting to your own jokes.
July 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"Use the platform" I tell myself to justify using the <marquee> tag
July 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"Use the platform" I tell myself to justify using the <marquee> tag
I'm putting together a slide deck about collaborative documentation editing and pull requests. Gotta include a screenshot of the time when, as Faux Al Gore, I got a typo fix merged into a government repo.
July 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I'm putting together a slide deck about collaborative documentation editing and pull requests. Gotta include a screenshot of the time when, as Faux Al Gore, I got a typo fix merged into a government repo.
Maybe I'm thinking too much about @nextjs.org caching??
July 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Maybe I'm thinking too much about @nextjs.org caching??
It is still wild to me that I can vaguely describe something I think I remember from @jason.energy from 4 years ago and ChatGPT instantly finds the hours of livestreams and summarizes them. chatgpt.com/share/686434...
ChatGPT - Custom Twitch Overlay Guide
Shared via ChatGPT
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July 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
It is still wild to me that I can vaguely describe something I think I remember from @jason.energy from 4 years ago and ChatGPT instantly finds the hours of livestreams and summarizes them. chatgpt.com/share/686434...
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I pay GitHub $4 every month and I have no idea why.
June 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I pay GitHub $4 every month and I have no idea why.
You won’t see it directly on the video feed, but know that as I do this @pantheon.io livestream with @jazzsequence.com in an hour about @github.com integration, I will be oh so much more effective because, for the first time, I’ll be streaming from my new double-standing desk situation.
June 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
You won’t see it directly on the video feed, but know that as I do this @pantheon.io livestream with @jazzsequence.com in an hour about @github.com integration, I will be oh so much more effective because, for the first time, I’ll be streaming from my new double-standing desk situation.
Is it a coincidence that @wesbos.com has exactly 404 repositories on GitHub 😆
June 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Is it a coincidence that @wesbos.com has exactly 404 repositories on GitHub 😆
I made a silly video about the new Push to Pantheon GitHub Action that enables simpler pushing to @pantheon.io for those using Actions from @github.com. Try it if you already need to push to Pantheon as part of your GitHub Actions flow.
June 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I made a silly video about the new Push to Pantheon GitHub Action that enables simpler pushing to @pantheon.io for those using Actions from @github.com. Try it if you already need to push to Pantheon as part of your GitHub Actions flow.
Do you ever wonder if, in the 200 response from an HTTP server, the "OK" part is meant sarcastically?
May 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Do you ever wonder if, in the 200 response from an HTTP server, the "OK" part is meant sarcastically?
If I had to build a CMS from scratch today, I'd probably go with the TRENDY stack:
TypeScript
React
ElectricSQL
Next.js
Deno
YJS
TypeScript
React
ElectricSQL
Next.js
Deno
YJS
May 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
If I had to build a CMS from scratch today, I'd probably go with the TRENDY stack:
TypeScript
React
ElectricSQL
Next.js
Deno
YJS
TypeScript
React
ElectricSQL
Next.js
Deno
YJS