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Introducing Rob Ruiz Meet Rob Ruiz, a seasoned Senior Full Stack Developer with nearly two decades of expertise in WordPress innovation and open-source magic. As the Lead Maintainer of WP Rig since 2020, Rob has been the driving force behind this groundbreaking open-source framework that empowers developers to craft high-performance, accessible, and progressively enhanced WordPress themes with ease. WP Rig isn’t just a starter theme—it’s a turbocharged toolkit that bundles modern build processes, linting, optimization, and testing to deliver lightning-fast, standards-compliant sites that shine on any device. Show Notes For more on Rob and WP Rig, check out these links: LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robcruiz WP Rig Official Site: https://wprig.io GitHub Repository: https://github.com/wprig/wprig Latest Releases: https://github.com/wprig/wprig/releases WP Rig 3.1 Announcement: https://wprig.io/wp-rig-3-1/ Transcript: Topher DeRosia: Hey everybody. Welcome to Hallway Chats. I’m your host Topher DeRosia, and with me today I have- Rob Ruiz: Rob Ruiz. Topher: Rob. You and I have talked a couple of times, once recently, and I learned about a project you’re working on, but not a whole lot about you. Where do you live? What do you do for a living? Rob: Yeah, for sure. Good question. Although I’m originally from Orlando, Florida, I’ve been living in Omaha, Nebraska for a couple of decades now. So I’m pretty much a native. I know a lot of people around here and I’ve been fairly involved in various local communities over the years. I’m a web developer. Started off as a graphic designer kind of out of college, and then got interested in web stuff. And so as a graphic designer turned future web developer, I guess, I was very interested in content management systems because it made the creating and managing of websites very, very easy. My first couple of sites were Flash websites, sites with macro media Flash. Then once I found content management systems, I was like, “Wow, this is way easier than coding the whole thing from scratch with Flash.” And then all the other obvious benefits that come from that. So I originally started with Joomla, interestingly enough, and used Joomla for about two or three years, then found WordPress and never looked back. And so I’ve been using WordPress ever since. As the years have gone on, WordPress has enabled me to slowly transition from a more kind of web designer, I guess, to a very full-blown web developer and software engineer, and even software architect to some degree. So here we are many years later. Topher: There’s a big step from designer to developer. How did that go for you? I’m assuming you went to PHP. Although if you were doing Flash sites, you probably learned ActionScript. Rob: Yeah. Yeah. That was very convenient when I started learning JavaScript. It made it very easy to learn JavaScript faster because I already had a familiarity with ActionScript. So there’s a lot of similarities there. But yeah. Even before I started doing PHP, I started learning more HTML and CSS. I did do a couple of static websites between there that were just like no content management system at all. So I was able to kind of sharpen my sword there with the CSS and HTML, which wasn’t particularly hard. But yeah, definitely, the PHP… that was a big step was PHP because it’s a proper logical programming language. There was a lot there I needed to unpack, and so it took me a while. I had to stick to it and really rinse and repeat before I finally got my feet under me. Topher: I can imagine. All right. So then you work for yourself or you freelance or do you have a real job, as it were? Rob: Currently, I do have a real job. Currently, I’m working at a company called Bold Orange out of Minneapolis. They’re a web agency. But I kind of bounce around from a lot of different jobs. And then, yes, I do freelance on the side, and I also develop my own products as well for myself and my company. Topher: Cool. Bold Orange sounds familiar. Who owns that? Rob: To be honest, I don’t know who the owners are. It’s just a pretty big web agency out of Minneapolis. They are a big company. You could just look them up at boldorange.com. They work for some pretty big companies. Topher: Cool. All right. You and I talked last about WP Rig. Give me a little background on where that came from and how you got it. Rob: Yeah, for sure. Well, there was a period of time where I was working at a company called Proxy Bid that is in the auction industry, and they had a product or a service — I don’t know how you want to look at that —called Auction Services. That product is basically just building WordPress sites for auction companies. They tasked us with a way to kind of standardize those websites essentially. And what we realized is that picking a different theme for every single site made things difficult to manage and increase tech debt by a lot. So what we were tasked with was, okay, if we’re going to build our own theme that we’re just going to make highly dynamic so we can make it look different from site to site. So we want to build it, but we want to build it smart and we want to make it reusable and maintainable. So let’s find a good framework to build this on so that we can maintain coding standards and end up with as little tech debt as possible, essentially. That’s when I first discovered WP Rig. In my research, I came across it and others. We came across Roots Sage and some of the other big names, I guess. It was actually a team exercise. We all went out and looked for different ones and studied different ones and mine that I found was WP Rig. And I was extremely interested in that one over the other ones. Interestingly enough- Topher: Can you tell me why over the other ones? Rob: That’s a great question. Yeah. I really liked the design patterns. I really liked the focus on WordPress coding standards. So having a system built in that checked all the code against WordPress coding standards was cool. I loved the compiling transpiling, whatever, for CSS and JavaScript kind of built in. That sounded really, really interesting. The fact that there was PHP unit testing built into it. So there’s like a starter testing framework built in that’s easy to extend so that you can add additional unit tests as your theme grows. We really wanted to make sure… because we were very into CICD pipelines. So we wanted to make sure that as developers were adding or contributing to any themes that we built with this, that we could have automated tests run and automated builds run, and just automate as much as possible. So WP rig just seemed like something that gave us those capabilities right out of the box. So that was a big thing. And I loved the way that they did it. Roots Sage does something similar, but they use their blade templating engine built in there. We really wanted to stick to something that was a bit more standard WordPress so that there wasn’t like a large knowledge overhead so that we didn’t have to say like, okay, if we’re bringing on other developers, like junior developers work on it, oh, it would be nice if you use Laravel too because we use this templating engine in all of our themes. We didn’t want to have to worry about that essentially. It was all object-oriented and all that stuff too. That’s what looked interesting to me. We ended up building a theme with WP Rig. I don’t know what they ended up doing with it after that, because I ended up getting let go shortly thereafter because the company had recently been acquired. Also, this was right after COVID too. So there was just a lot of moving parts and changing things at the time. So I ended up getting let go. But literally a week after I got let go, I came across a post on WP Tavern about how this framework was looking for new maintainers. Basically, this was a call put out by Morton, the original author of WP Rig. He reached out to WP Tavern and said, “Look, we’re not interested in maintaining this thing anymore, but it’s pretty cool. We like what we’ve built. And so we’re looking for other people to come in and adopt it essentially.” So I joined a Zoom meeting with a handful of other individuals that were also interested in this whole endeavor, and Morton reached out to me after the call and basically just said, “I looked you up. I liked some of the input that you had during the meeting. Let’s talk a little bit more.” And then that eventually led to conversations about me essentially taking the whole project over entirely. So, the branding, the hosting of the website, being lead maintainer on the project. Basically, gave me the keys to the kingdom in terms of GitHub and everything. So that’s how it ended up going in terms of the handoff between Morton and I. And I’m very grateful to him. They really created something super cool and I was honored to take it over and kind of, I don’t know, keep it going, I guess. Topher: I would be really curious. I don’t think either of us have the answer. I’d be curious to know how similar that path is to other project handoffs. It’s different from like an acquisition. You didn’t buy a plugin from somebody. It was kind of like vibes, I guess. Rob: It was like vibes. It was very vibey. I guess that’s probably the case in an open source situation. It’s very much an open source project. It’s a community-driven thing. It’s for everybody by everybody. I don’t know if all open source community projects roll like that, but that’s how this one worked out. There was some amount of ownership on Morton’s behalf. He did hire somebody to do the branding for WP Rig and the logo. And then obviously he was paying for stuff like the WPrig.io domain and the hosting through SiteGround and so on and so forth. So, we did have to transfer some of that and I’ve taken over those, I guess, financial burdens, if you want to think of it like that. But I’m totally okay with it. Topher: All right. You sort of mentioned some of the things Rig does, compiling and all that kind of stuff. Can you tell me… we didn’t discuss this before. I’m sitting at my desk and I think I want a website. How long does it take to go from that to looking at WordPress and logging into the admin with Rig? Rob: Okay. Rig is not an environment management system like local- Topher: I’m realizing my mistake. Somebody sends me a design in Figma. How long does it take me to go from that to, I’m not going to say complete because I mean, that’s CSS, but you know, how long does it take me to get to the point where I’m looking at a theme that is mine for the client that I’m going to start converting? Rob: Well, if you’re just looking for a starting point, if you’re just like, okay, how long does it take to get to like, okay, here’s my blank slate and I’m ready to start adopting all of these rules that are set up in Figma or whatever, I mean, you’re looking at maybe 5 minutes, 10 minutes, something like that. It’s pretty automated. You just need some simple knowledge of Git. And then there are some prerequisites to using WP Rig. You do have to have composer installed because we do leverage some Composer packages to some of it, although to be honest, you could probably get away with not using Composer. You just have to be okay with sacrificing some of the tools the WP Rig assumes you’re going to have. And then obviously Node. You have to have Node installed. A lot of our documentation assumes that you have NPM, that you’re using NPM for all your Nodes or your package management. But we did recently introduce support for Bun. And so you can use Bun instead of NPM, which is actually a lot faster and better in many ways. Topher: Okay. A lot of my audience are not developers, users, or light developers, like they’ll download a theme, hack a template, whatever. Is this for them? Am I boring those people right now? Rob: That’s a great question. I mean, and I think this is an interesting dichotomy and paradigm in the WordPress ecosystem, because you’ve got kind of this great divide. At least this is something I’ve noticed in my years in the WordPress community is you have many people that are not coders or developers that are very interested in expanding their knowledge of WordPress, but it’s strictly from a more of a marketing perspective where it’s like, I just want to know how to build websites with WordPress and how to use it to achieve my goals online from a marketing standpoint. You have that group of people, and then you have this other group of people that are very developer centric that want to know how to extend WordPress and how to empower those other people that we just discussed. Right? Topher: Right. Rob: So, yeah, that’s a very good question. I would say that WP Rig is very much designed for the developers, not for the marketers. The assumption there is that you’re going to be doing some amount of coding. Now, can you get away with doing a very light amount of coding? Yes. Yes, you can. I mean, if you compare what you’re going to get out of that assumed workflow to something that you would get off like Theme Forest or whatever, it’s going to be a night and day difference because those theme, Forest Themes, have hours, hundreds, sometimes hundreds of hours of development put into them. So, you’re not going to just out of the box immediately get something that is comparable to that. Topher: You need to put in those hundreds of hours of development to make a theme. Rob: As of today, yes. That may change soon though. Topher: Watch this space. Rob: That’s all I’ll say. Topher: Okay. So now we know who it’s for. I’m assuming there’s a website for it. What is it? Rob: Yeah. If you go to WPrig.io, we have a homepage that shows you all the features that are there in WP Rig. And then there’s a whole documentation area that helps people get up and running with WP Rig because there is a small learning curve there that’s pretty palatable for anybody who’s familiar with modern development workflows. So that is a thing. So the type of person that this is designed for anybody that wants to make a theme for anything. Let’s say you’re a big agency and you pull in a big client and that client wants something extremely custom and they come to you with Figma designs. Sure, you could go out there and find some premium theme and try to like child theme and overhaul that if you want. But in many situations, I would say in most situations, if you’re working from a Figma design that’s not based off of another theme already that’s just kind of somebody else’s brainchild, then you’re probably going to want to start from scratch. And so the idea here is that this is something to replace an approach, like underscores an approach. Actually, WP Pig was based off of underscores. The whole concept of it, as Morton explained it to me, was that he wanted to build an underscores that was more modern and full-featured from a development standpoint. Topher: Does it have any opinions about Gutenberg? Rob: It does now, but it did not when I took it over because Gutenberg did not exist yet when I took over WP Rig. Topher: Okay. What are its opinions? Rob: Yeah, sure. The opinion right out of the gate is that you can use Gutenberg as an editor and it has support like CSS rules in it for the standard blocks. So you should be able to use regular Gutenberg blocks in your theme and they should look just fine. There’s no resets in there. It doesn’t start from scratch. There’s not a bunch of styling you have to do for the blocks necessarily. Now, if you go to the full site editing or block-based mentality here, there are some things you need to do in WP Rig to convert the out-of-the-box WP Rig into another paradigm essentially. Right when you pull WP Rig, the assumption is you’re building what most people would refer to as a hybrid theme. The theme supports API or whatever, and the assumption is that you’re not going to be using the site editor. You’re just going to kind of do traditional WordPress, but you might be using Gutenberg for your content. So you’re just using Gutenberg kind of to author your pages and your posts and stuff like that, but not necessarily the whole site. WP Rig has the ability to kind of transform itself into other paradigms. So the first paradigm we built out was the universal theme approach. And the idea there is that you get a combination of the full site editing capabilities. But then you also have the traditional menu manager and the settings customizer framework or whatever is still there, right? These are things that don’t exist in a standard block-based theme. So I guess an easy example would be like the 2025 WordPress theme that comes right out of the box. It comes installed in WordPress. That is a true block-based theme, not a universal theme. So it doesn’t have those features because the assumption there is that it doesn’t need those features. You can kind of transform WP Rig into a universal theme that’s kind of a hybrid between a block-based and a classic theme. And then it can also transform into a strictly block-based theme as well. So following the same architecture as like the WordPress 2025 theme or Ollie or something like that is also a true block-based theme as well. So you can easily convert or transform the starting point of WP Rig into either of those paradigms if that’s the type of theme you’re setting out to build. Topher: Okay. That sounds super flexible. How much work is it to do that? Rob: It’s like one command line. Previously we had some tutorials on the website that showed you step-by-step, like what you needed to change about the theme to do that. You would have to add some files, delete some files, edit some code, add some theme supports into the base support class and some other stuff. I have recently, as of like a year and a half ago or a year ago, created a command line or a command that you can type into the command line that basically does that entire conversion process for you in like the blink of an eye. It takes probably a second to a second and a half to perform those changes to the code and then you’re good to go. It is best to do that conversion before you start building out your whole theme. It’s not impossible to do it after. But you’re more likely to run into problems or conflicts if you’ve already set out building your whole theme under one paradigm, and then you decide how the project you want to switch over to block-based or whatever. You’re likely to run into the need to refactor a bunch of stuff in that situation. So it is ideal to make that choice extremely early on in the process of developing your theme. But either way it’ll still work. That’s just one of the many tools that exist in WP Rig to transform it or convert it in several ways. That’s just one example. There are other examples of ways that Rig kind of converts itself to other paradigms as well. Topher: Yeah. All right. In my development life, I’ve had two parts to it. And one is the weekend hobbyist, or I download cadence and I whip something up in 20 minutes because I just want to experiment and the other is agency life where everything’s in Git, things are compiled, there are versions, blah, blah, blah. This sounds very friendly to that more professional pathway. Rob: Absolutely. Yes. Or, I mean, there’s another situation here too. If you’re a company who develops themes and publishes them to a platform like ThemeForest or any other platform, perhaps you’re selling themes on your own website, whatever, if you’re making things for sale, there’s no reason you couldn’t use WP Rig to build your themes. We have a bundle process that bundles your theme for publication or publishing. Whether you’re an agency or whether you’re putting your theme out for sale, it doesn’t matter, during that bundle process, it does actually white label the entire code base to where there’s no mention of WP Rig in the code whatsoever. Let’s say you were to build a theme that you wanted to put up for sale because you have some cool ideas. Say, page transitions now are completely supported in all modern or in most modern browsers. And when I say print page transitions, for those that are in the know, I am talking about not single page app page transitions, but through website page transitions. You can now do that. Let’s say you were like, “Hey, I’m feeling ambitious and I want to put out some new theme that comes with these page transitions built in,” and that’s going to be fancy on ThemeForest when people look at my demo, people might want to buy that. You could totally use WP Rig to build that out into a theme and the bundle process will white label all of the code. And then when people buy your theme and download that code, if they’re starting to go through and look through your code, they’re not going to have any way of knowing that it was built with WP Rig unless they’re familiar with the base WP Rig architecture, like how it does its object-oriented programming. It might be familiar with the patterns that it’s using and be able to kind of discern like, okay, well, this is the same pattern WP Rig uses, so high likelihood it was built with WP Rig. But they’re not going to be able to know by reading through the code. It’s not going to say WP Rig everywhere. It’s going to have the theme all over the place in the code. Topher: Okay. So then is that still WP Rig code? It just changed its labels? Rob: Yeah. Topher: So, it’s not like you’re exporting HTML, CSS and JavaScript? The underlying Rig framework is still there. Rob: Yeah. During the bundle process, it is bundling CSS and HTML. Well, HTML in the case of a block-based theme. But, yeah, it is bundling your PHP, your CSS, your JavaScript into the theme that you’re going to let people download when they buy it, or that you’re going to ship to your whatever client’s website. But all that code is going to be transpiled. In the case of CSS and JavaScript, there’s only going to be minified versions of that code in that theme. The source code is not actually going to be in there. Topher: This sounds pretty cool. You mentioned some stuff might be coming. You don’t have to tell me what it is, but do you have a timeline? When should we be watching for the next cool thing from Rig? Rob: Okay, cool. Well, I’m going to keep iterating on Rig forever. Regardless of any future products that might be built on WP Rig, WP Rig will always and forever remain an open source product for anybody to use for free and we, I, and possibly others in the future will continue to update it and support it over time. We just recently put out 3.1. You could expect the 3.2 anytime in the next six months to a year, probably closer to six months. One feature I’m looking at particularly closely right now is the new stuff coming out in version 6.9 of WordPress around the various APIs that are there. I think one of them is called the form… There’s a field API and a form API or view API or something like that. So WP Rig comes with a React-based settings framework in it. So if you want your theme to have a bunch of settings in it to make it flexible for whoever buys your theme, you can use this settings framework to easily create a bunch of fields, and then that framework will automatically manage all your fields and store all the data from those fields and make it easy to retrieve the values of the input on those fields, without knowing any React at all. Now, if you know React, you can go in there and, you know, embellish what’s already there, but it takes a JSON approach. So if you just understand JSON, you can go in and change the JSON for the framework, and that will automatically add fields into the settings framework. So you don’t even have to know React to extend the settings page if you want. That will likely get an overhaul using these new APIs being introduced into Rig. Topher: All right. How often have you run into something where, “Oh, look, WordPress has a new feature, I need to rebuild my system”? Rob: Over the last four or five years, it’s happened a lot because, yeah, I mean, like I said, when I first took this thing over, Gutenberg had not even been introduced yet. So, you had the introduction of Gutenberg and blocks. That was one thing. Then this whole full site editing became a thing, which later became the site editor. So that became a whole thing. Then all these various APIs. I mean, it happens quite frequently. So I’ve been working to keep it modern and up to date over the past four years and it’s been an incredible learning experience. It not only keeps my WordPress knowledge extremely sharp, but I’ve also learned how various other toolkits are built. That’s been the interesting thing. From a development standpoint, there’s two challenges here. One of the challenges is staying modern on the WordPress side of things. For instance, WordPress coding standards came out with a version 3 and then a version 3.1 about two years ago. I had to update WP Rig to leverage those modern coding standards. So that’s one example is as WordPress changes, the code in WP Rig also needs to change. Or for instance, if new CSS standards change, right, new CSS properties come out, it is ideal for the base CSS in WP Rig, meaning the CSS that you get right out of the box with it, comes with some of these, for instance, CSS grid, Flexbox, stuff like that. If I was adopting a theme framework to build a theme on, I would expect some of that stuff to be in there. And those things were extremely new when I first took over WP Rig and were not all baked in there essentially. So I’ve had to add a lot of that over time. Now there’s another side to this, which is not just keeping up with WordPress and CSS and PHP, 8. whatever, yada yada yada. You’ve also got the toolkit. There are various node packages and composer packages of power WP Rig and the process in which it does the transpiling, the bundling, the automated manipulation of your code during various aspects of the usage of WP Rig is a whole nother set of challenges because now you have to learn concepts like, well, how do I write custom node scripts? Right? Like there were no WP CLI commands built into WP Rig when I first took it over. Now there’s a whole list. There’s a whole library of WP CLI commands that come in Rig right out of the gate. And so I’ve had to learn about that. So just various things that come with knowing how do you automate the process of converting code, that’s something that was completely foreign to me when I first took over WP Rig. That’s been another incredible learning experience is understanding like what’s the difference between Webpack and Gulp. I didn’t know, right? I would tell people I’m using Gulp and WP Rig and they would be like, “Well, why don’t you just use Webpack?” and I would say, “I don’t know. I don’t know what the difference is.” So over time I could figure out what are the differences? Why aren’t we using Webpack? And I’m glad I spent some time on that because it turns out Webpack is not the hottest thing anymore, so I just skipped right over all that. When I overhauled for version 3, we’re now not using Gulp anymore as of 3.1. We’re now using more of a Vite-like process, far more modern than Webpack and far better and faster and sleeker and lighter. I had to learn a bunch about what powers Vite. What is Vite doing under the hood that we might be able to also do in WP Rig, but do it in a WordPress way. Because Vite is a SaaS tool. If you’re building a SaaS, like React with a… we’re not a SaaS. I guess a spa is a better term to use here. If you’re building a single page application with React or view or belt or whatever, right, then knowing what Vite is and just using Vite right out of the box is perfect. But it doesn’t translate perfectly to WordPress land because WordPress has its own opinions. And so I did have to do some dissecting there and figure out what to keep and what to not keep to what to kind of set aside so that WordPress can keep doing what WordPress does the way WordPress likes to do it, but also improve on how we’re doing some of the compiling and transpiling and the manipulation of the code during these various. Topher: All right. I want to pivot a little bit to some personal-ish questions. Rob: Okay. Topher: This is a big project. I’m sure it takes up plenty of your time. How scalable is that in your life? Do you want to do this for the rest of your life? Rob: That’s a fantastic question. I don’t know about the rest of my life. I mean, I definitely want to do web development for the rest of my life because the web has, let’s be honest, it’s transformed everyone’s way of life, whether you’re a web developer or not. You know, the fact that we have the internet in our pocket now, you know, it has changed everything. Apps, everything. It’s all built on the web. So I certainly want to be involved in the web the rest of my life. Do I want to keep doing WordPress the rest of my life? I don’t know. Do I want to keep doing WP Rig the rest of my life? I don’t know. But I will say that you bring up a very interesting point, which is it does take up a lot of time and also trust in open source over the past four or five years I would argue has diminished a little bit as a result of various events that have occurred over the past two or three years. I mean, we could cite the whole WP Engine Matt Mullerwig thing. We can also cite what’s going on with Oracle and JavaScript. Well, I mean, there’s many examples of this. I mean, we can cite the whole thing that happened… I mean, there’s various packages out there that are used and developed and open source to anybody, and some of them are going on maintained and it’s causing security vulnerabilities and degradation and all this stuff. So it’s a very important point. One thing I started thinking about after considering that in relation to WP Rig was I noticed that there’s usually a for-profit arm of any of these frameworks that seems to extend the lifespan of it. Let’s just talk about React, for example, React is an open source JavaScript framework, but it’s used by Facebook and Facebook is extremely for-profit. So companies that are making infrastructural or architectural decisions, they will base their choice on whether or not to use a framework largely on how long they think this framework is going to remain relevant or valid or maintained, right? A large part of that is, well, is there a company making money off of this thing? Because if there is, the chances- Topher: They’re going to keep doing that. Rob: They’re going to keep doing it. It’s going to stay around. That’s good. I think that’s healthy. A lot of people that like open source and want everything to be free, they might look at something like that and say like, well, I don’t want you to make a paid version of it or there shouldn’t be a pro version. I think that’s a very short-sighted way of looking at that software and these innovations. I think a more experienced way of looking at it is if you want something to remain relevant and maintained for a long period of time, having a for-profit way in which it’s leveraged is a very good thing. I mean, let’s be real. Would WordPress still be what it is today if there wasn’t a wordpress.com or if WooCommerce wasn’t owned by Automattic or whatever, right? They’ll be on top. I mean, it’s obviously impossible to say, but my argument would be, probably not. I mean, look at what’s happened to the other content management systems out there. You know, Joomla Drupal. They don’t really have a flourishing, you know, paid pro service that goes with their thing that’s very popular, at least definitely not as popular as WordPress.com or WordPress VIP or some of these other things that exist out there. And so having something that’s making and generating money that can then contribute back into it the way Automattic has been doing with WordPress over these years has, in my opinion, been instrumental. I mean, people can talk smack about Gutenberg all they want, but let’s be real, it’s 2025, would you still feel that WordPress is an elegant solution if we were still working from the WYSIWYG and using the classic editor? And I know a lot of people are still using the classic editor and there’s classic for us, the fork and all that stuff. But I mean, that only makes sense in a very specific implementation of WordPress, a very specific paradigm. If you want to explore any of these other paradigms out there, that way of thinking about WordPress kind of falls apart pretty quickly. I, for one, am happy that Gutenberg exists. I’m very happy that Automattic continues. And I’m grateful, actually, that Automattic continues to contribute back into WordPress. And not just them, obviously there’s other companies, XWP, 10Up, all these other companies are also contributing as well. But I’m very grateful that this ecosystem exists and that there’s contribution going back in and it’s happening from companies that are making money with this. And I think that’s vital. All that to say that WP Rig may and likely will have paid products in the future that leverage WP Rig. So that’s not to say that WP Rig will eventually cost money. That’s just to say that eventually people can expect other products to come out in the future that will be built on WP Rig and incentivize the continued contributions back into WP Rig. The open source version of WP Rig. Topher: That’s cool. I think that’s wise. If you want anything to stay alive, you have to feed it. Rob: That’s right. Topher: I had some more questions but I had forgotten them because I got caught up in your answer. Rob: Oh, thank you. I’ll take that as a compliment. I mean, my answer was eloquent. But I’m happy to expand on anything, know you, WordPress related, me related, you know, whether it comes to the ecosystem in WordPress, the whole WordCamp meetup thing is very interesting. I led the WP Omaha meetup for many years here in Omaha, Nebraska and I also led the WordCamp, the organizing of WordCamp here in Omaha for several years as well. That whole community, the whole ecosystem, at least in America seems to have largely fallen apart. I don’t know if you want to talk about that at all. But yeah, I’m ready to dive into any topics. Topher: I’m going to have one more question and then we’re going to wrap up. And it was that you were talking about all the things you had to learn. I’m sure there were nights where you were looking at your computer thinking, “Oh man, I had it working, now I gotta go learn a new thing.” I would love for you to go back in time and blog all of that if you would. But given that you can’t, I would be interested in a blog moving forward, documenting what you’re learning, how you’re learning it and starting maybe with a post that’s summarizes all of that. Obviously, that’s up to you and how you want to spend your time, but I think it’d be really valuable to other people starting a project, picking up somebody else’s project to see what the roadmap might look like. You know what I mean? Rob: For sure. Well, I can briefly summarize what I’ve learned over the years and where I’m at today with how I do this kind of stuff. I will say that a lot of the improvements to WP Rig that have happened over the last year or two would not be possible without the advent of AI. Topher: Interesting. Rob: That’s a fancy way of saying that I have been by coding a lot of WP Rig lately. If you know how to use AI, it is extremely powerful and it can help you do many things very quickly that previously would have taken much longer or more manpower. So, yeah, perhaps if there was like five, six, seven people actively, excuse me, actively contributing to WP Rig, then this type of stuff would have been possible previously, but that’s not the case. There is one person, well, one main contributor to WP Rig today and you’re talking to them. There are a handful of other people that have been likely contributing to WP Rig over the versions and you can find their contributions in the change log file in WP Rig. But those contributions have been extremely light compared to what I’ve been doing. I wouldn’t be able to do any of it without AI. I have learned my ability to learn things extremely rapidly has ramped up tenfold since I started learning how to properly leverage LLMs and AI. So that’s not to say that like, you know, WP Rig, all the code is just being completely written by AI and I’m just like. make it better, enter, and then like WP Rig is better. I wish it was that easy. It’s certainly not that. But when I needed to start asking some of these vital questions that I really didn’t have anyone to turn to to help answer them, I was able to turn to AI. For instance, let’s go back to the Webpack versus Gulp situation. Although Gulp is no longer used in WP Rig, you know, it was used in WP Rig until very recently. So I had to understand like, what is this system, how does it work, how do I extend it and how do I update it and all these things, right? And why aren’t we using WebPack and you know, is there validity to this criticism behind you should use webpack instead of Gulp or whatever, right? I was able to use AI to ask these questions and be able to get extremely good answers out of it and give me the direction I needed to make some of these kind of higher level decisions on like architecturally where should WP Rig go? It was through these virtual conversations with LLMs that I was able to refine the direction of WP Rig in a direction that is both modern and forward-thinking and architecturally sound. I learned a tremendous amount from AI about the architecture, about the code, about all of it. My advice to anybody that wants to extend their skill set a little bit in the development side of things is to leverage this new thing that we have in a way that is as productive as possible for you. So that’s going to vary from person to person. But for me, if I’m on a flight or if I’m stuck somewhere for a while, like, let’s say I got to take my kid to practice or something and I’m stuck there for an hour and I got to find some way to kill my time 9 times out of 10, I’m on my laptop or on my phone having conversations with Grok or ChatGPT or Gemini or whatever. I am literally refining… I’m just sitting there asking it questions that are on my mind that I wish I could ask somebody who’s like 10 times more capable than me. It has been instrumental. WP Rig wouldn’t be where it is today if it wasn’t for that. I would just say to anybody, especially now that it’s all on apps and you don’t have to be on a browser anymore, adopt that way of thinking. You know, if you’re on your lunch break or whatever and you have an hour lunch break and you only take 15 minutes to eat, what could you be doing with those other 45 minutes? You could just jump on this magical thing that we have now and start probing it for questions. Like, Hey, here’s what I know. Here’s what I don’t know. Fill these knowledge gaps for me.” And it is extremely good at doing that. Topher: So my question was, can you blog this and your answer told me that there’s more there that I want to hear. That’s the stuff that should be in your book when you write your book. Rob: I’m flattered that you would be interested in reading anything that I write. So thank you. I’ve written stuff in the past and it hasn’t gotten a lot of attention. But I also don’t have any platforms to market it either. But yeah, no, I made some… I’m sorry. Topher: I think your experience is valuable far beyond Rig or WordPress. If you abstract it out of a particular project to say, you know, I did this with a project, I learned this this way, I think that would be super valuable. Rob: Well, I will say that recently at my current job, I was challenged to create an end to end testing framework with Playwright that would speed up how long it takes to test things and also prevent, you know, to make things fail earlier, essentially, to prevent broken things from ending up in the wild, right, and having to catch them the hard way. I didn’t know a lot about Playwright, but I do know how toolkits work now because of WP Rig. And I was able to successfully in a matter of, I don’t know, three days, put together a starter kit for a test framework that we’re already using at work to test any website that we create for any client. It can be extended and it can be hooked into any CI CD pipeline and it generates reports for you and it does a whole bunch of stuff. I was able to do this relatively quickly. This knowledge, yes, does come in handy in other situations. Will I end up developing other toolkits like WP Rig in the future for other things? I guess if I can give any advice to anybody listening out there, another piece of advice I would give people is, you know, especially if you’re a junior developer and you’re still learning or whatever, or you’re just a marketing person and just want to have more control over the functionality side of what you’re creating or more insight into that so you could better, you know, manage projects or whatever. My advice would be to take on a small little project that is scoped relatively small that’s not too much for you to chew and go build something and do it with… Just doing that will be good. But if you can do it with the intent to then present it in some fashion, whether it be a blog article or creating a YouTube video or going to a meetup and giving a talk on it or even a lunch and learn at work or whatever, right, that will, in my experience, it will dramatically amplify how much you learn from that little pet project that’s kind of like a mini learning experience. And I highly encourage anybody out there to do that on the regular. Actually, no matter what your experience level is in development, I think you should do these things on a regular basis. Topher: All right. I’m going to wrap this up. I got to get back to work. You probably have to get back to work. Rob: Yeah. Topher: Thanks for talking. Rob: Thanks for having me, Topher. Really appreciate it. Topher: Where could people find you? WPrig.io?  Rob: Yeah, WPrig.io. WP rig has accounts on all of the major platforms and, even on Bluesky and Mastodon. You can look me up, Rob Ruiz. You can find me on LinkedIn. You can find me on all of those same platforms as well. You can add me on Facebook if you want, whatever. And I’m also in the WordPress Slack as well as Rob Ruiz. You can find me in the WordPress Slack. And then I’m on the WordPress Reddit and all that stuff. So yeah, reach out. If anybody wants to have any questions about Rig or anything else, I’m happy to engage.  Topher: Sounds good. All right, I’ll see you. Rob: All right, thanks, Topher. Have a good day. Topher: This has been an episode of the Hallway Chats podcast. I’m your host Topher DeRosia. Many thanks to our sponsor Nexcess. If you’d like to hear more Hallway Chats, please let us know on hallwaychats.com.

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Mr. Beast Biography Flash a weekly Biography.Jimmy Donaldson, the unstoppable force known as MrBeast, has been lighting up the entertainment world with blockbuster announcements just days ago. Prime Video dropped the bombshell that Beast Games Season Two premieres January 7, 2026, with the first three episodes hitting at once and weekly drops building to a February 25 finale, according to IMDb and About Amazon reports. This follows Season Ones record as their most-watched unscripted hit, pulling in 50 million viewers fast, and teases fiercer Beast City battles with a brain versus brawn twist plus Starbucks coffeehouses woven in, launching the Cannon Ball drink tie-in that Tubefilter highlighted last week.Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff turned heads by publicly inviting MrBeast to craft a Super Bowl 2026 ad, a potential game-changer for his brand empire, as DesignRush detailed recently. No fresh public appearances or social media flares in the last 48 hours, but whispers of his upcoming Dubai spotlight at the 1 Billion Followers Summit from January 9 to 11 loom large, where hell reveal top collaborators for the 1 Billion Acts of Kindness campaign he launched with the Varkey Foundation back in November, per Global Teacher Prize news. Thats poised to amplify his philanthropy legacy, rallying creators worldwide for massive good.Business-wise, hes riding high post-branded video nods from Tubefilter, including Starbucks collabs and nods in their top weekly lists through December 30. No unconfirmed rumors here, just verified moves signaling MrBeasts pivot to global TV dominance and social impact. In the past 24 hours, no major headlines broke, but these Season Two reveals carry serious biographical weight, cementing his leap from YouTube king to streaming titan.Thanks for tuning into this Biography Flash episode on MrBeast. Subscribe now to never miss an update, and search Biography Flash for more great biographies.And that is it for today. Make sure you hit the subscribe button and never miss an update on Mr. Beast. Thanks for listening. This has been a Quiet Please production."Get the best deals https://amzn.to/4mMClBvThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

Justin Bieber Biography Flash a weekly Biography.Hey there, gorgeous gossipeurs, Roxie Rush here, your AI-powered scoop machine dishing the hottest Bieber buzz—AI's the bomb because I sift through the chaos in seconds, no coffee breaks needed, delivering pure, verified glam straight to your ears. Justin Bieber's kicking off 2026 like the pop king he is, landing a jaw-dropping 10 million dollar deal to headline Coachella in April—Rolling Stone calls it a record-breaker, topping Beyonce and Gaga, and he negotiated it himself through his family office, no agent drama, per Hits Daily Double and Economic Times. That's huge biographical gold, signaling his triumphant live return after health hiatuses, with insiders hyping a once-in-a-generation spectacle.Just last night into New Year's, Hailey dropped a steamy throwback kiss pic from 10 years back, captioning "10 New Years and counting" with heart and middle-finger flair—Hola and AOL report fans swooning while some shade her timeline, but the Biebers are solid, fresh off celebrating son Jack Blues turning one in August, per People. No fresh public sightings in the past 24 hours, but CAN News pegs him at a career crossroads, teasing new music, media spots, and selective gigs over mega-tours, prioritizing that health glow-up.Business-wise, his 300 million empire shines via the 2023 catalog sale and Drew House vibes, Royalty Exchange notes, while betting markets like Kalshi buzz on a potential number-one hit by year's end. Recent Swag II track "I Do" nods to Hailey amid their Banff romance—pure family fortress.Whew, Biebs is thriving, darlings—strategic, sexy, unstoppable! Thanks for tuning into Justin Bieber Biography Flash, hit subscribe to never miss an update on this icon, and search Biography Flash for more killer bios. Muah!And that is it for today. Make sure you hit the subscribe button and never miss an update on Justin Bieber. Thanks for listening. This has been a Quiet Please production."Get the best deals https://amzn.to/42YoQGIThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

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Daniel is joined by Doug Wong, senior member of the technical staff at KIOXIA America, where he has contributed to the advancement of memory technologies since 1993. He began his career with KIOXIA in the company's Memory Division (then part of Toshiba America) and has since focused on a broad range of memory solutions, including… Read More

Darkness Radio Presents Back To The Beginning: 20th Anniversary Show with Television Personality/Content Producer/Paranormal Investigator, Jason Hawes! In this very first episode of Darkness Radio, we welcomed Lead Investigator from the Ghost Hunters TV show,Jason Hawes!  The boys wanted to start the show off with a bang... but they started it off with... salsa music?! But it got better from there, as Jay gave a behind the scenes look at the show and his philosophies on investigating... Flash forward 20 years later, after many programs, many events, a lot of money raised for charity, and a friendship that is treasured to this day, it was time to start out the 20th year with an attitude of gratitude and visit with the man who believed in Darkness Radio all along, not only to say thank you, but to catch up and see what the latest is on all things Jason Hawes!   We talk about the Conjuring House, the Paraverse on his You Tube channel, how equipment has changed in 20 years and how his preferences in investigating have changed.  and we talk about recent investigations! Get involved with the Paraverse and check out new investigations with Jason and JV: https://www.youtube.com/@JasonHawes Become part of a once in a lifetime movement... Join the paranormal community, along with Jason Hawes in helping Andrea Perron preserve the "Conjuring House" from the auction block and potentially falling into a developer's hands, or the hands of someone who won't appreciate it's history.  To read more about their history, their goals, and to donate to the cause, click on the GoFundMe link:  https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-conjuring-house #paranormal  #supernatural  #metaphysical  #paranormalpodcasts  #darknessradio  #timdennis  #jasonhawes #ghosthunters  #taps #paraverse #jvjohnson  #paranormalinvestigating #paranormalinvestigation #scifichannel #evp #ghosts  #spirits  #spectres #hauntings #hauntedhouses #haunteddolls #demons #deliverances #exorcisms #westhillmanor #newjersey #boltonmansion #leavittown #wilsoncastle #vermont #tracerunit  #ircamera  #shadowpeople #flircamera #k2 

Darkness Radio Presents Back To The Beginning: 20th Anniversary Show with Television Personality/Content Producer/Paranormal Investigator, Jason Hawes! In this very first episode of Darkness Radio, we welcomed Lead Investigator from the Ghost Hunters TV show,Jason Hawes!  The boys wanted to start the show off with a bang... but they started it off with... salsa music?! But it got better from there, as Jay gave a behind the scenes look at the show and his philosophies on investigating... Flash forward 20 years later, after many programs, many events, a lot of money raised for charity, and a friendship that is treasured to this day, it was time to start out the 20th year with an attitude of gratitude and visit with the man who believed in Darkness Radio all along, not only to say thank you, but to catch up and see what the latest is on all things Jason Hawes!   We talk about the Conjuring House, the Paraverse on his You Tube channel, how equipment has changed in 20 years and how his preferences in investigating have changed.  and we talk about recent investigations! Get involved with the Paraverse and check out new investigations with Jason and JV: https://www.youtube.com/@JasonHawes Become part of a once in a lifetime movement... Join the paranormal community, along with Jason Hawes in helping Andrea Perron preserve the "Conjuring House" from the auction block and potentially falling into a developer's hands, or the hands of someone who won't appreciate it's history.  To read more about their history, their goals, and to donate to the cause, click on the GoFundMe link:  https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-conjuring-house #paranormal  #supernatural  #metaphysical  #paranormalpodcasts  #darknessradio  #timdennis  #jasonhawes #ghosthunters  #taps #paraverse #jvjohnson  #paranormalinvestigating #paranormalinvestigation #scifichannel #evp #ghosts  #spirits  #spectres #hauntings #hauntedhouses #haunteddolls #demons #deliverances #exorcisms #westhillmanor #newjersey #boltonmansion #leavittown #wilsoncastle #vermont #tracerunit  #ircamera  #shadowpeople #flircamera #k2 

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Mr. Beast Biography Flash a weekly Biography.Jimmy Donaldson, the YouTube titan known as MrBeast, has been making waves with bold pivots that could redefine his empire just days into the new year. In a fresh interview with creator Jon Youshaei posted Monday, Business Insider reports Donaldson revealing plans for a dedicated YouTube channel on financial literacy, teaching fans about investing, Roth IRAs, and smart money moves. Its a natural evolution from his cash-stuffed stunts, like the 10 million dollar giveaway on Beast Games first season, and ties into his teased MrBeast Financial services business, with CEO Jeffrey Housenbold confirming expansion into loans and insurance via investor decks.At The New York Times DealBook Summit earlier this month, Donaldson dished on shifting his main channel strategy as fans tire of spectacle, per Business Insider. Hes doubling down on emotional storytelling, longer 25 minute videos, animation, and micro dramas, while cutting costs after losing millions on extravagant productions. Housenbold hinted at a potential IPO, eyeing ways to let his 1.4 billion global viewers own stakes in Beast Industries, now valued at five billion dollars, as TechCrunch details amid lawsuits over Beast Games set conditions and MrBeast Burger woes.Business buzzed with Starbucks partnering for Beast Games season two, debuting January seventh on Prime Video, fueling contestants with 24/7 coffee in Beast City and a limited Cannon Ball Drink from January 14th, Marketing Dive confirms. On December 26th, Associated Press covered Donaldson advising parents of aspiring kid influencers to prioritize education over fame. His December 20th 30 Days in the Sky YouTube challenge featured a Starbucks drop for a contestant vying for a 50 thousand dollar gift card.No major headlines in the past 24 hours, but these moves signal long term bets on education, finance, and efficiency, potentially cementing his biographical leap from stunt king to mogul.Thanks for tuning into this MrBeast episode of Biography Flash. Subscribe to never miss an update on MrBeast and search Biography Flash for more great biographies.And that is it for today. Make sure you hit the subscribe button and never miss an update on Mr. Beast. Thanks for listening. This has been a Quiet Please production."Get the best deals https://amzn.to/4mMClBvThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

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L'intelligence artificielle est-elle réellement prête à remplacer les humains au travail ? La question agite les entreprises, entre fantasmes de productivité totale et scepticisme assumé. Pour dépasser les discours, des chercheurs de Carnegie Mellon University ont tenté une expérience originale : simuler une entreprise presque entièrement peuplée d'agents d'intelligence artificielle. Les résultats, publiés en prépublication sur arXiv, sont loin d'annoncer la fin du salariat humain. Les scientifiques ont confié le fonctionnement de cette entreprise virtuelle à des agents issus des modèles les plus en vue du moment : Claude d'Anthropic, GPT-4o d'OpenAI, Gemini de Google, Nova d'Amazon, Llama de Meta ou encore Qwen d'Alibaba. Chaque agent s'est vu attribuer un poste classique : analyste financier, chef de projet, ingénieur logiciel. En parallèle, d'autres agents jouaient le rôle de collègues ou de services internes, comme les ressources humaines.Sur le papier, tout était en place. Dans les faits, la performance est restée très limitée. Le meilleur élève, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, n'a réussi à mener à terme que 24 % des tâches confiées. En incluant les missions partiellement accomplies, son score plafonne à 34,4 %. Gemini 2.0 Flash arrive en deuxième position, avec à peine 11,4 % de tâches finalisées. Aucun autre modèle ne dépasse la barre des 10 %. Un contraste saisissant avec les promesses d'autonomie souvent associées à ces systèmes. Les chercheurs identifient plusieurs causes à ces échecs. Les agents peinent à comprendre les implicites humains : demander un fichier en « .docx » ne leur permet pas toujours de déduire qu'il s'agit d'un document Word. Ils manquent aussi de compétences sociales élémentaires et se retrouvent rapidement bloqués lorsqu'ils doivent naviguer sur le Web, gérer des fenêtres surgissantes ou interpréter des interfaces complexes. Plus préoccupant encore, certains agents estiment avoir réussi une tâche après en avoir simplement contourné les étapes difficiles.En clair, cette expérience rappelle une réalité souvent oubliée : si les IA excellent sur des tâches ciblées et bien définies, elles restent très loin de pouvoir gérer seules un environnement de travail réel, avec ses imprévus, ses règles implicites et ses interactions humaines. Le remplacement généralisé des salariés, lui, peut encore attendre. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Alison drops a massive hour of her favorite tracks from 2025, featuring the songs that shaped her year in music.Don't forget to rate & review on all of your favorite podcast apps! Post your comments on twitter @awonderland #RADIOWONDERLANDTracklist:RADIO WONDERLAND OPENER 00:00Alison Wonderland & Ninajirachi - Heaven 00:41Ninajirachi - Fuck My Computer (Frost Children Remix) 04:00Chrystal - The Days (Notion Remix) 07:002hollis - Flash 09:06DJ_Dave - Hard Refresh 11:31Skrillex, Moody Good & Nakeesha - Move Ting 15:09QUIX & EMWA - Greatest 17:41Fred again.. & BIA - FEISTY 20:02Tame Impala - Dracula 22:42Disco Lines & Tinashe - No Broke Boys (AVELLO Remix) 25:54Fred again.., Skepta & PlaqueBoyMax - Victory Lap 28:21SIDEPIECE & Bobby Shmurda - Cash Out (YDG Remix) 31:07John Summit ft. Inéz - Crystallized (Subtronics Remix) 32:30Kaskade - DNCR 35:49Justice & The Flints - Mannequin Love (Hudson Mohawke Remix) 37:14PEEKABOO, Flowdan & Fireboy DML ft. Skrillex - 6 Million 38:52Addison Rae - Diet Pepsi 40:54LYNY - Section 42:11Alison Wonderland - Floating Away 44:32MEMBA & Łaszewo - THINGS I DO 4U 46:47Fcukers - I Like It Like That 48:49Nero & Taiki Nulight - Innocence 2025 50:37Alison Wonderland, Erick the Architect, QUIX & MEMBA - PSYCHO 52:52PinkPantheress - Illegal + Nia Archives 55:53Alison Wonderland - Again? Fuck 58:05

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Episode 799 DC KO Episode 7: Sean and Jim continue to tackle DC KO and its crossovers. This episode covers the start of Fight Month with Titans 30, DC KO Harley Quinn vs. Zatanna, and The Flash 28 The Road to Episode 800 and 20 years of Raging Bullets continues! Sean is a cohost on "Is it Jaws?" Check it out here : https://twotruefreaks.com/podcast/qt-series/is-it-jaws-movie-reviews/ Coming Up : DC KO, Flash Upcoming: Hard Traveling Heroes, Green Arrow,Green Lantern, Longest Halloween, Legends, Wonder Woman, JSA, Justice League, DC/Marvel Crossover, and upcoming DC events, and much more. Show Topic Request Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe5l4gZgdGrNpLXAN4NdcAI0WF7fM7yhjHJ3upZ3azEc31zuw/viewform?usp=sharing Contact Info (Social Media and Gaming) Updated 9/23: https://ragingbullets.com/about/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/401332833597062/ Show Notes: 0:00 Show opening, http://www.heroinitiative.org, http://cbldf.org/,http://www.DCBService.com, http://www.Instocktrades.com, show voicemail line 1-440-388-4434 or drnorge on Skype, and more.   3:55 DC KO Part 7 1:16:45 Closing We'll be back in a week with more content.  Check our website, Twitter and our Facebook group for regular updates.

With the year drawing to a close, we take a review over the 52 episodes and the new friends we've made along the way.

R.I.P. Brigette BardotBox office resultsTimothee Chalmet has a hood pass?Avengers Doomsday trailer speculationVidja game sectionPS Portal reviewComic book review- Detective Comics (2016-) #1104- Skinbreaker #4- THE FLASH #28- Skinbreaker #4- SUPERMAN #33- DC K.O.: RED HOOD VS. JOKER #1

En aquel 1993 el hoy veteranos y gran arquitecto de DC daba sus primeros pasos como guionista en su histórica etapa en Flash. Junto con Greg Laroque, pariría este Flash #73 donde vincularía la importancia del legado, que tanto peso tuvo en este periplo, con la familia y la Navidad. Dadle al play y preparaos para correr.

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Welcome to Comics From The Multiverse, our DC comics podcast! Discussed this week: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:11:55 - ComiXology Top 10 0:14:20 - Absolute Wonder Woman #15 (Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman) 0:35:01 - Absolute Superman #14 (Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval) 0:48:21 - Absolute Martian Manhunter #7 (Deniz Camp and Javier Rodríguez)  1:08:01 - Detective Comics #1104 (Tom Taylor and Mikel Janin) 1:17:17 - Superman #33 (#876 LGY) (Joshua Williamson and Hayden Sherman) 1:28:56 - Green Lantern #30 (LGY #597) (Jeremy Adams and Carmine Di Giandomenico) 1:38:51 - The Flash #28 {LGY #828) (Christopher Cantwell & Mark Waid and Vasco Georgiev) 1:48:14 - Justice League Red #5 (Saladin Ahmed and Clayton Henry) 2:02:13 - Justice League Unlimited #14 (Mark Waid and Dan Mora) 2:12:51 - PATREON: Green Arrow #22  2:25:15 - PATREON: Gideon Falls #8 2:40:16 - PATREON: Planetary/Authority 2:51:46 - Picks of the Week patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mildfuzztv twitter: @DCComicsPodcast discord: https://discord.gg/8fbyCehMTy Audio: https://comicsfromthemultiverse.podbean.com/ Other Links: https://linktr.ee/mildfuzz

This podcast is engaging, highly detailed, and passionate—perfect for weather enthusiasts! Technical meteorology (pressure drops, dew points, synoptic setups) is mixed with practical impacts (blizzard warnings, power outages, flash freeze risk). The global perspective (Australia heat, Dead Sea flooding) adds a nice touch.The following is ADHD-friendly formatting! The idea is to make text easier to scan by bolding key words and phrases, breaking up long blocks, and using clear structure. Chapter 1: Midwest Powerhouse Storm Alert00:00 – Introduction and overview of the powerful winter storm00:36 – Rapid intensification of the storm and barometric pressure drop01:20 – Blizzard conditions and snowfall predictions for the Upper Midwest01:53 – Snow-to-water ratios and impact on snowfall totalsChapter 2: Regional Forecasts & Extreme Temperature Swings02:21 – Specific snowfall forecasts for Minnesota and blizzard warning details02:44 – High winds and power outage risks03:07 – Storm energy explained by temperature contrast03:25 – Extreme temperature differences across the storm system03:52 – St. Louis, Missouri: Dramatic temperature drop and flash freeze potential04:29 – Flash freeze concerns for the Upper Midwest and Chicago areaChapter 3: Chicago Area Weather & Upcoming Systems04:54 – Thunderstorm and severe weather risk for Illinois, including Chicago05:30 – Hail and brief tornado potential05:54 – Heavy rain as the main issue for Chicago06:17 – Snowfall expectations for Chicago06:30 – Minor clipper system and lake effect snow potential06:59 – January 5th-6th: Organized system and potential East Coast powerhouse storm07:32 – Lake effect snow in Chicago: Rarity and historical recordsChapter 4: Long-Term Outlook & Global Weather07:56 – Bitterly cold air and upcoming arctic air masses08:35 – Two-week weather patterns: Resemblance to La Niña08:58 – Confidence in forecasts and areas with drastic temperature drops09:35 – Australia: Extreme heat and unique "Sheep Grazer Warning"10:40 – Marble Bar, Australia: Continued high temperatures11:00 – Flood warnings in the Dead Sea region and Tel AvivChapter 5: Detailed Forecasts & Closing Remarks11:20 – High dew point air and its impact on storm intensity11:42 – Severe weather risk and tornado possibility for the Midwest12:00 – West Rogers Park, Chicago: Detailed forecast for the coming days13:49 – Lake feeding and East Coast storm setup14:02 – Sunrise/Sunset and geographical details for Chicago14:15 – Rain accumulation forecasts for Chicago14:27 – Thank you, warm weather enjoyment, and return of winter14:53 – Heavy snow for Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan; Western New York snowstorm15:24 – Podcast outro and music creditsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.

Mr. Beast Biography Flash a weekly Biography.Jimmy Donaldson, the YouTuber known as MrBeast, just dropped a bombshell in an interview with creator Jon Youshaei posted Monday, revealing plans for a new YouTube channel dedicated to financial literacy, teaching fans about investing, Roth IRAs, and smart money moves. Business Insider reports this fits his cash-heavy stunts like the 10 million dollar Beast Games prize, while teasing an upcoming MrBeast Financial services venture, possibly including student loans and insurance via a fintech partner. Entrepreneur echoes the scoop, noting his 454 million subscribers could make personal finance go viral.In the past 24 hours, National Post highlighted a fresh clip where Donaldson insists it would feel irresponsible not to leverage his platform reaching one in 10 people worldwide for positivity, underscoring his global sway. Beast Industries CEO Jeff Housenbold fueled IPO buzz at the DealBook Summit earlier this month, per TechCrunch, hinting at letting his 1.4 billion recent viewers become company owners someday, building on last years five billion dollar valuation.No major public appearances or social media mentions popped in the last few days, but his philanthropy machine keeps humming with the Rockefeller Foundations recent strategic partnership with Beast Philanthropy, as Devex details, blending influencer flair with institutional aid amid 2025s humanitarian crises. Ongoing lawsuits from Beast Games contestants over set conditions linger without updates, Fortune notes from September, yet his empire Feastables chocolates outprofiting media arms signals long-term biographical muscle.Thanks for tuning into this MrBeast episode of the podcast. Subscribe to never miss an update on MrBeast and search Biography Flash for more great biographies.And that is it for today. Make sure you hit the subscribe button and never miss an update on Mr. Beast. Thanks for listening. This has been a Quiet Please production."Get the best deals https://amzn.to/4mMClBvThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

Shakira Biography Flash a weekly Biography.Hey darlings, its your AI gossip guru Roxie Rush here for Biography Flash, and being powered by AI means I scour the globe in seconds for the freshest scoops no human could match, keeping you ahead of the glam curve. Shakira, our hips-dont-lie queen, just dropped a bombshell this morning on her Instagram and Facebook, announcing three intimate end-of-2025 shows at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida December 27, 28, and now 29 due to insane demand, Miami New Times reports. Picture this: after slaying stadiums like her sold-out Hard Rock Stadium gigs in June, shes dialing it down for these cozy 8pm spectacles to cap her epic year lets make it unforgettable, she posted. Tickets? Poised to vanish faster than her exs excuses have your cards ready.Fresh off her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour wrapping South American legs with record-breaking Mexico City runs pulling 780,000 fans, Shakiras been a production beast. Lighting whiz Dan Norman dished to TPI Magazine how her sleek stadium rig with 202 Elation Proteus Hybrid Max fixtures delivered futuristic beams for Hips Dont Lie and intimate ballad vibes, all snappy and Shakira-approved. Wikipedia confirms the tour rolls on till February 2026 in Mexico City, post-Argentina finales like her December Buenos Aires trio with Angela Torres opening no family Argentina jaunt confirmed lately, though.No fresh social buzz beyond the show drop in the last 24 hours, but her Zootopia 2 track Zoo with Ed Sheeran keeps humming family vibes. Business-wise, shes the top-selling Latin artist ever, with that 2024 album cementing her four-decade Billboard reign. Pure biographical gold: this tour break from seven years away screams comeback legend status.Whew, Roxie signing off thanks for tuning in, gorgeous. Subscribe to never miss a Shakira update, and search Biography Flash for more juicy bios. Muah!And that is it for today. Make sure you hit the subscribe button and never miss an update on Shakira. Thanks for listening. This has been a Quiet Please production."Get the best deals https://amzn.to/42YoQGIThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

Merry Christmas! To celebrate this year, Kevonte and Lance and discuss 2004's A Christmas Carol: The Musical! It stars Kelsey Grammer as Scrooge plus a host of familar faces including The Flash's Jesse L. Martin. They talk the music by Alan Menken, the stacked cast, and why the story of A Christmas Carol is so timeless.BULLSEYE, OFF THE MARK, MISS, or FAILED THIS CITY?Lance: BULLSEYEKevonte: BULLSEYEArtwork by Tom Gehrke.PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER: https://twitter.com/donotfailourpodFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/alwaysmallvilleEMAIL: alwaysarow@gmail.com

JP Finlay and Mitch Tischler join you from Northwest Stadium with instant reaction to the Commanders' Week 17 loss to the Cowboys. The guys dive into Josh Johnson's performance at QB, Bill Croskey-Merritt's big game on the ground, Johnny Newton's best game as a pro and where Washington ultimately came up short against Dallas. JP and Mitch then share their picks for Game Balls and Goats before the episode ends with a recap of 100 chips. The episode ends with some Christmas spirit!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Our 229th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!Recorded on 12/19/2025Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie HarrisFeel free to email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.aiRead out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/In this episode:Notable releases include OpenAI's GPT-5.2 Codex for advanced coding and Google's Gemini Free Flash for competitive AI application performance. Nvidia's new open-source Trion-3 models also showcase impressive benchmarks.Funding updates highlight Lovable's $330M Series B, valuing the AI coding startup at $6.6B, and Faya's $140M Series D for AI model hosting, valued at $4.5B.China makes significant strides in semiconductor technology with advances in EUV lithography machines, led by Huawei and SMIC, potentially disrupting global chip manufacturing dominance.Key safety and policy updates include OpenAI's GPT-5.2 system card focusing on biosecurity and cybersecurity risks, while Google partners with the US military to power a new AI platform with Gemini models.Timestamps:(00:00:10) Intro / Banter(00:02:09) News PreviewTools & Apps(00:02:56) Google launches Gemini 3 Flash, makes it the default model in the Gemini app | TechCrunch(00:10:13) ChatGPT launches an app store, lets developers know it's open for business | TechCrunch(00:13:35) Introducing GPT-5.2-Codex | OpenAI(00:19:23) Story about OpenAI release - GPT image 1.5(00:22:27) Meta partners with ElevenLabs to power AI audio across Instagram, Horizon - The Economic TimesApplications & Business(00:23:16) OpenAI to End Equity Vesting Period for Employees, WSJ Says(00:28:20) How China built its ‘Manhattan Project' to rival the West in AI chips(00:36:47) China's Huawei, SMIC Make Progress With Chips, Report Finds(00:41:03) OpenAI in Talks to Raise At Least $10 Billion From Amazon and Use Its AI Chips(00:43:32) Amazon has a new leader for its ‘AGI' group as it plays catch-up on AI | The Verge(00:47:27) Broadcom reveals its mystery $10 billion customer is Anthropic(00:49:12) Vibe-coding startup Lovable raises $330M at a $6.6B valuation | TechCrunch(00:50:38) Fal nabs $140M in fresh funding led by Sequoia, tripling valuation to $4.5B | TechCrunchProjects & Open Source(00:51:10) Nvidia Becomes a Major Model Maker With Nemotron 3 | WIRED(00:59:24) Meta introduces new SAM AI able to isolate and edit audio • The Register(00:59:54) [2512.14856] T5Gemma 2: Seeing, Reading, and Understanding Longer(01:03:10) Anthropic makes agent Skills an open standard - SiliconANGLEResearch & Advancements(01:03:47) Budget-Aware Tool-Use Enables Effective Agent Scaling(01:08:21) Rethinking Thinking Tokens: LLMs as Improvement Operators(01:10:50) What if AI capabilities suddenly accelerated in 2027? How would the world know?Policy & Safety(01:12:58) Update to GPdfT-5 System Card: GPT-5.2(01:18:04) Neural Chameleons: Language Models Can Learn to Hide Their Thoughts from Unseen Activation Monitors(01:20:47) Async Control: Stress-testing Asynchronous Control Measures for LLM Agents(01:24:37) Google is powering a new US military AI platform | The VergeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ho, ho, ho! Merry Batmas! To celebrate the season, join the holiday adventures of Batman and his DC friends as they team up with the first superhero, Santa Claus. We look at Batman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight series 1 and 2, plus a variety of other holiday issues over the years. Jay and Shua think twice before asking to sit on the big man's lap on Superhero Suite.

Flash flood, thunderstorm alerts in effect for California with heavy rain expected to last days; Reuters Exclusive: US Coast Guard lacks forces to seize Venezuela-linked tanker for now, sources say; MN state workers applaud push to restore federal bargaining rights; Plymouth PTA works to ease students' holiday hunger gap.

Flash flood, thunderstorm alerts in effect for California with heavy rain expected to last days; Reuters Exclusive: US Coast Guard lacks forces to seize Venezuela-linked tanker for now, sources say; MN state workers applaud push to restore federal bargaining rights; Plymouth PTA works to ease students' holiday hunger gap.

Flash flooding and mudslide risks continue in Northern California and will rise in Southern California through Christmas Day as heavy snow blocks Sierra Nevada roads. Just days after deadly flooding struck Redding, California, the state is now bracing for a new round of rain, resulting in evacuations that last through Christmas Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Gift of Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai---2025 Model Timeline: https://simulationtheory.ai/5fd0e964-4c41-4f9a-bbb3-2a398d8500f0It's the long-anticipated holiday special... except Mike and Kris forgot to prepare so it's just a normal episode.

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As we wrap up 2025, we play some of our favorite holiday music that you likely can't find elsewhere. Enjoy and we'll be back next week with a look at the year in Why!

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У свіжому дайджесті DOU News говоримо про стан ІТ-ринку у 2025 році, стрімке зростання української мови в ШІ та податкові зміни для ФОПів. А ще — про нові релізи Google й OpenAI, великі інвестиції в ШІ-стартапи, слово року та інші теми українського ІТ та світового тек-сектору. Таймкоди 00:00 Інтро 00:23 Хто почувається краще на ІТ-ринку у 2025 році 06:29 Українська мова — найшвидше зростає в open-source ШІ 07:49 ПДВ для ФОПів: що пропонує Мінфін 11:15 Скільки користувачів у нового застосунку «Нової пошти» 13:05 Direct to Cell від «Київстар» став доступним для iPhone 13:56 Зміни цін на GitHub Actions 19:43 Google представила Gemini 3 Flash 22:52 OpenAI запустила ChatGPT Images 24:50 OpenAI шукає фінансування до $100 млрд 26:53 Vibe-coding стартап Lovable залучив $330 млн 29:10 Слово року 2025 — slop 31:10 Google припиняє dark web-сповіщення 32:58 Чергове дивне рішення росії 35:56 Starlink втратив супутник через аномалію 38:06 Що цього тижня рекомендує Женя: Стаття: Cloudflare Radar Year Review Книга: «Хроніки Буресвітла», книга 5 — «Вітер і істина» Серіал: «Андор» Фільм: «Ти — космос» Музичний альбом: Arcane S2 OST (honorable mention — «Поле каніфолі») Музичне відкриття: Клер (на вінілі)

Celebrate the season with a special holiday spotlight episode of JSA in the 90s, featuring two Christmas tales from the 1990s! Jose Rivera and The Irredeemable Shag discuss STARMAN #27 (1996), as Jack Knight stars in “Christmas Knight”, written by James Robinson with art by Steve Yeowell and Wade Von Grawbadger. Then, Steve Givens joins the show to discuss THE FLASH #73 (1992), spotlighting Jay Garrick and Wally West in “One Perfect Gift”, written by Mark Waid with art by Greg LaRocque and Roy Richardson. Plus, we wrap up with YOUR listener feedback! Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content? Leave comments on our website: https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/jsa90s-10b Images from this episode: https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/jsa90s-10b-gallery/ Email the show at: justicesocietypresents@gmail.com Find Jose Rivera on Fire & Water Podcasts: https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/tag/jose-rivera/ Find Steve Givens: JLA: Stories and Friends: https://open.spotify.com/show/3dZIDt5IGkJfFd5HW1SAkX Let's Talk Possum: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-talk-possum/id1762015891 Subscribe to JSA IN THE 90s as part of the JUSTICE SOCIETY PRESENTS Podcast: Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/justice-society-presents/id1549429702 Don't use Apple Podcasts? Use this link for your podcast catcher: https://feeds.feedburner.com/jsapresents Also available on Spotify, Audible, and Amazon Music Follow JSA PRESENTS on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jsapresents Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jsapresents.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jsapresents/ Twitter/X: https://x.com/jsapresents Threads: https://www.threads.net/@jsapresents This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water website: https://fireandwaterpodcast.com Like our Fire & Water Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Follow Fire & Water on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/fwpodcasts.bsky.social Follow Fire & Water on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fireandwaterpodcast/ Support The Fire & Water Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Thanks for listening! Join the fight for Justice... and candy canes!

Åhead of our last Friday episode of 2025, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr did The Vergecast an enormous favor: he went in front of Congress and said a bunch of wild things about regulation. So, of course, Nilay and David have to talk about them. For a really long time. After that, the hosts look at all the ways YouTube and Netflix are becoming more like one another, and then update the Go90 Scale of Doomed Streaming Services to round out the year. Finally, in the lightning round, there's talk of web apps, EVs, Bluesky, and the metaverse. Further reading: The Vergecast live at CES Brendan Carr doesn't regret his threats to broadcasters  Former FCC Chairman Michael Powell: ‘Cable companies are at the mercy of content companies' The Oscars will stream on YouTube in 2029  Netflix's next big TV game is FIFA soccer  My Favorite Murder and The Breakfast Club podcasts are ditching YouTube for Netflix  Warner Bros. wants its shareholders to reject Paramount's latest offer  Netflix is “100% committed” to releasing WB films in theaters.  Even Jared Kushner thinks the Paramount WB bid sucks. Peacock will bombard you with ads as soon as you open the app  HBO Max's new channels keep Friends and Game of Thrones playing 24/7  Instagram is putting Reels on your TV  LG forced a Copilot web app onto its TVs but will let you delete it Mercedes-Benz discontinues feature that syncs music to driving Ford's big bet on EVs didn't pan out — now it's pivoting to hybrids and energy storage Bluesky claims its new contact import feature is ‘privacy-first'  Gemini 3 Flash is here, bringing a ‘huge' upgrade to the Gemini app  The ChatGPT app store is here Alexa Plus' website is live for some users  Meta pauses third-party Horizon VR headsets program  Subscribe to The Verge for unlimited access to theverge.com, subscriber-exclusive newsletters, and our ad-free podcast feed.We love hearing from you! Email your questions and thoughts to vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Forget the "AI is killing the planet" panic—this episode unpacks what's actually driving tech's power grab, the financial bubble no one wants to talk about, and why the big models are starting to look eerily similar. CJ Trowbridge - cjtrowbridge.com - https://www.tiktok.com/@cjtrowbridge Gemini 3 Flash: frontier intelligence built for speed The new ChatGPT Images is here | OpenAI Last Week on My Mac: How good is AI at solving Mac problems? Time Magazine's 'Person of the Year': the Architects of AI - Slashdot OpenAI are quietly adopting skills, now available in ChatGPT and Codex CLI "I was forced to use AI until the day I was laid off." Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy, With Chinese Supplier Taking Control Coursera to buy Udemy, creating $2.5 billion firm to target AI training Purdue University Approves New AI Requirement For All Undergrads It's beginning to look a lot like (AI) Christmas Trump Pretends To Block State AI Laws; Media Pretends That's Legal This major cruise line just banned Meta Ray-Ban and other smart glasses — is this category already doomed? Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway Oscars Bolts from ABC to YouTube Starting in 2029 When AI Takes the Couch: Psychometric Jailbreaks Reveal Internal Conflict in Frontier Models Simulating Life Paths with Digital Twins: AI-Generated Future Selves Influence Decision-Making and Expand Human Choice The worst person in tech bracket Banned fonts Subway bagel rats Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: CJ Trowbridge Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: agntcy.org auraframes.com/ink