Alex Kirk
The appeal of having WordPress take over more responsibilities than public websites is to reduce dependency on other (web) services that each have their own agenda. Each service starts off with a vision and the desire to fill a need. But then often economics need to be dealt with and thus...
Alex Kirk
Although I won’t be attending the WordPress conference WordCamp Europe 2026 in Krakow this year because of other commitments, I built something that could be useful for attendees of it, as well as for future WordCamps. WordCamp Companion is a tool to plan your WordCamp and guide you through it,...
Alex Kirk
David Pierce’s piece in The Verge about the “personal software revolution” captures something that resonates strongly with me: AI is making it easier to create software for one’s exact needs. I think today every developer who is jumping on the AI train experiences it themselves: they can...
Alex Kirk
Most WordPress plugins are built to grow your audience. I’ve been going in the opposite direction for years: building tools not to increase reach, but for personal reasons: to stay connected to people I care about, to keep memories that would otherwise scatter, to own the data that documents my...