#126 – Aaron Jorbin on Navigating WordPress Major and Minor Releases
Jul 3, 2024
auto_awesome
Aaron Jorbin, a WordPress Core Committer, delves into the importance of user trust in major and minor WordPress releases. He discusses the collaborative decision-making process, the role of the release lead, and the power of open-source projects like WordPress. Learn how to contribute to WordPress Core and build a community in this insightful episode.
User trust is crucial for features like auto-updates in WordPress security.
The core Committer Community plays a vital role in maintaining WordPress robustness and security.
Deep dives
Aaron Jorbin Discusses Major and Minor WordPress Releases
Aaron Jorbin delves into the crucial importance of major and minor WordPress releases, highlighting user trust as the linchpin for features like auto-updates that enhance WordPress security.
WordPress Release Process Unveiled by Aaron Jorbin
Aaron sheds light on the meticulous planning and execution behind WordPress releases, elucidating the role of the core Committer Community in maintaining WordPress's robustness, up-to-dateness, and security.
Transition from WordPress Contributor to Core Committer
Aaron narrates his journey from a small contributor to a core committer, emphasizing the weight of responsibility that accompanies making changes impacting millions of non-technical users and encouraging diverse contributions.
Community Transparency and Decision-Making in WordPress Core
Aaron elaborates on the community's commitment to transparency, minimal egos, and handling criticism in public forums to foster trust in decision-making, underscoring the importance of open communication and asynchronous collaboration in WordPress development.
On the podcast today we have Aaron Jorbin. Aaron has led teams responsible for some of the largest and most prominent WordPress sites in the world including Rolling Stone, Variety, WIRED, The New Yorker, and The White House. He is also a WordPress Core Committer who focuses on improving developer happiness and making the internet usable by everyone. He’s been an integral part of the WordPress community since 2010, and today Aaron opens up about the crucial importance of major and minor WordPress releases, and the need for user trust, which forms the backbone for features like auto updates that enhance WordPress security. If you’ve ever wondered how WordPress is maintained and updated, this episode is for you.
Get the Snipd podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share & Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode