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Leaving WordPress (.org or WPF, still unsure which one)


I’ve decided that I want to prioritize my mental (and physical) health and will no longer contribute to the WordPress open source project. The constant worry about the stability of the project and never-ending influx of WordPress-related news has contributed to worsening anxiety symptoms for me and it’s no longer […]

The constant worry about the stability of the project and never-ending influx of WordPress-related news has contributed to worsening anxiety symptoms for me and it’s no longer worth it. (Special thanks to Angela Jin, Kevin Cristiano, Julia Golomb, Aaron Campbell, and Katie Richards for being so great to work with through the years.) If I’m gonna spend time worrying about something, it should be about something actually important like ending US complicity in the genocide in Gaza, the invasions of the West Bank, and the bombing of civilians in Lebanon.

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