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Matt Mullenweg on Open Source’s Biggest Challenge, Tumblr, and Scaling A Distributed Company

September 9, 2022 by Jeffro

Matt Mullenweg recently appeared on the What’s Your Problem? podcast hosted by Jacob Goldstein. In this episode, Mullenweg provides insight into why he is such a big believer in open source, what’s going on at Tumblr, and shares some of … Read More

Categories News Tags free rider, interview, tumblr

SiteCare Acquires Maintainn From WebDevStudios

July 26, 2022 by Jeffro

SiteCare has announced that they have acquired Maintainn, the WordPress support, and maintenance division from WebDevStudios. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Ryan Sullivan, Chief Operating Officer of Site Care says, “As a result of the acquisition, SiteCare … Read More

Categories News Tags alex king, maintainn, site care, webdevstudios

Convesio Receives $5 Million in Funding

February 21, 2022February 21, 2022 by Jeffro

I’m a bit late to this news but Convesio, the hosting company that graciously hosts WP Mainline has raised $5M in funding. The company plans on using the funds to accelerate the development of its platform, hire more staff, and … Read More

Categories News Tags convesio, funding, hosting

Unintended Use of Gravatar API Leads to A Massive Public Data Scrape

December 7, 2021 by Jeffro

Gravatar has made headlines again thanks to an untended use of its API. Gravatar, created by Tom Preston-Werner and acquired by Automattic in 2007, enables users to upload an image for an avatar and use it across any site that … Read More

Categories News Tags gravatar, security

Not Clickbait – Pagely Acquired by GoDaddy

November 12, 2021 by Jeffro

There have been a lot of WordPress acquisitions this year, but none of them are as surprising as GoDaddy acquiring Pagely. In fact, it has taken nearly 24 hours for the shock and awe to decrease to the point where … Read More

Categories News Tags acquisition, godaddy, pagely

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WP Mainline Episode 23 – Saving the Internet and Saving Open Source

In this episode, Malcom Peralty and I catch up on a few of the stories we’ve missed since the start of the New Year. We briefly go over what’s new in WooCommerce 6.1, what I feel was missed in the ... Read More

https://wpmainline.com/podcast-player/6442/wp-mainline-episode-23-saving-the-internet-and-saving-open-source.mp3

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