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The saddest CSS comment: /* Important because JavaScript adds styles inline. */
It could be worse, the JS could be inline too.

Dev rel friends working for competitors is hard. @developersteve & @developerjack would you be above a _good_ swag-off?

Recently moved my site to a new provider and forgot to set up my Twitter app. So that’s fixed.

Some days my job is essentially reading the phrase “Hang tight, the log cannot be shown until the build has started” over & over.

“I only hire the rich & privileged” never goes down as well as “I only hire people with side projects”.

One day I really, really, really will go back and read all those links I’ve ⭐️ed. Like, really.

Testing custom roles. I have roughly 100 browsers open, each with both a standard & incognito window. I’m confused. My computer is melting.

Yesterday I mentioned the time saved by system fonts in WP would increase productivity, here’s the data via WebPageTest. I used the Dallas instance to run the tests, so results will vary outside of North America. (more…)

WordPress 4.6 launched 6 hours ago with native fonts saving ½-2 seconds for each admin page load. That’s days of productivity gains already.

Looking at code git blame says I wrote on February 3. I need a bleach shower.