Automattic says it will resume contributing to the WordPress project, after announcing a pause in April
· — After pausing our contributions to regroup, rethink … Bluesky: Ernie Smith / @ernie.tedium.co : Not exactly giving folks a clear idea of what's what [embedded post] X: David Risley / @davidrisle...
Gumroad founder Sahil Lavingia discusses working as a DOGE software engineer for the VA and says he was let go after his Fast Company interview was published
Gov't tech workers I spoke to went bonkers when DOGE workers began connecting non-government laptops to their systems. … Jacob Harris / @jacobharr.is : Reading Sahil Lavingia's blog post about working...
An interview with Gumroad CEO Sahil Lavingia about working as an unpaid contractor for DOGE, moving the Gumroad code base to the MIT license, and more
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Automattic lays off 16% of its staff, CEO Matt Mullenweg says to become “more agile and responsive”; ahead of the layoffs, its website listed 1,744 employees
· — Earlier today, CEO Matt Mullenweg shared … Business Today : WordPress parent Automattic lays off 16% of its employees amid legal and market challenges Emma Roth / The Verge : WordPress.com owner...
Tiger Global-backed email service Superhuman lays off 23 employees, or about 22% of its workforce; Superhuman was most recently valued at $825M in August 2021
- Email app Superhuman laid off 22% of its workforce on Friday, the CEO said in a tweet. — Superhuman makes a premium email app for power users. Tweets: @shortformernie . Thanks: @meliarobin Tweets: ...
A look at Jony Ive's evolving responsibilities and frustrations at Apple that eventually led to his June 2019 resignation, adapted from the book “After Steve”
AFTER STEVE: HOW APPLE BECAME A TRILLION-DOLLAR COMPANY AND LOST ITS SOUL Nehal Malik / iPhone in Canada Blog : How Apple's ‘Corporate Bloat’ Forced Jony Ive to Depart, Details Upcoming Book Eric Sliv...
How Substack is trying to balance the constraints of its own ideology of putting authors and readers first with its commitment to growth via its new mobile app
In the Spring of 2018 I got invited by the CEO of Substack to come to Toronto for a couple days to hang out with the whole team … Tweets: @nbashaw , @shortformernie , @navalang , @faris , @marshallk ,...
Inside the final days of HQ Trivia: an acquisition offer from media company Whistle died abruptly amid extreme animosity between founders, staff, and management
The app was America's favorite gameshow until a toxic culture and co-founder feuding drove it off the air. Now, the CEO wants to bring it back. Tweets: @kurtwagner8 , @shortformernie , @kurtwagner8 ,...