Author: Ryan Sholin

  • The next right thing

    Those of you who have followed my pivot to sustainability in recent months know that I’ve been focused on how I can help slow down climate change in the area where I have the most expertise and experience, working with the software that powers the Internet. Estimates of the size of the problem vary. Most…

  • February 2025: The view from here

    If January was the longest month since March 2020, February was 28 consecutive days of chasing twin toddlers around someone else’s fancy house while they have full diapers that need changing, except they are also somehow armed with blowtorches, and 49% of the people in the house are cheering them on while their own hair…

  • WordPress without Automattic

    Nope, this is not a thinkpiece about the future of the WordPress ecosystem, it’s my notes on migrating this website off of WordPress-dot-com and setting aside other Automattic products where possible. This website has moved! I mean, it’s still at the same URL, so you probably haven’t noticed much, but since I left Automattic, I’ve…