Peter Wilson

Archives: Notes

  • The Hacking Team 0days are because WordPress supports PHP 5.2.

  • Four years since my first WordPress props. It broke backward compatibility and remains in core. https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18018

  • The Godwin’s law of #wpdrama.

    https://twitter.com/aaronjorbin/status/618523672131801088

  • Have updated one of the most useful reminders on my monitor.

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  • sometimes I go too far (did so 2 days ago) disagreeing with a commit/feature. But you can STFU with racist or sexist comments.

  • A shame, just had to close comments on a post to avoid being hit by #wpdrama shrapnel.

  • It must be said, despite sweary rants giving him every reason not to be, @markjaquith is incredibly responsive.
    https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/22889

  • Hmm, unblessed => punt it => committed and screw progressive enhancement in the 7 hours Aus was sleeping. https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/22889

    Back in the day it was decided comment replies were core functionality. It either is or it isn’t, not some half assed enhancement.

    This commit essentially says comment replies are no-longer core functionality. Clicking reply “too early” can currently explode JavaScript.

    Result: on a large comment thread, attempting to reply to a comment can kill the feature all together even for users running JavaScript.

    On an ideal network this is fine, most people are not on ideal networks. Fuck, parts of Florida are stuck on shitty 2G connections.

    A three year old ticket with negative usability implications should not go from comatose to punted to committed over the course of a night.

  • Why are all the sites celebrating diversity refusing to listen to the feels of hateful asshats?

  • After being ignored trying to buy a PVR in three shops, the government buying Gerry Harvey’s propaganda is galling.