c/technology · by cm0002@lemmy.world · 1yWordPress maker Automattic lays off 16% of staff https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/02/wordpress-maker-automattic-lays-off-16-of-staff/168 points · 11 comments · view on lemmy.world
11 Comments
rtxn@lemmy.world · 62 pts · 1y
Can't wait to see Mullenweg's next feat of mental gymnastics about how this was also caused by WP Engine
alehel@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y
He'll probably claim they'd have doubled their staff by now if it weren't for them.
kokesh@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I think someone should simply fork Wordpress to WorkPrint and continue without this clown.
Obelix@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y
Yeah. I run Wordpress on my personal blog, but after this I won't use it for future projects. A community fork without all that stupid Jetpack shit would be great
mac@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
Just use a static site generator and write your posts in Markdown
Cocopanda@futurology.today · 27 pts · 1y
ChaoticCookie@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 1y
Aww I hope you find another job soon! I wish you luck :3
Cocopanda@futurology.today · 9 pts · 1y
Landless2029@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Oddly enough we're hiring at my firm. Somehow dodging the DOGE bullet.
Cocopanda@futurology.today · 3 pts · 1y
Landless2029@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Good luck and Godspeed!
etchinghillside@reddthat.com · 10 pts · 1y
How’s the other company that relies on WordPress doing these days.
perniciousanteater@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Lawyers always get paid first
dan00@lemm.ee · -2 pts · 1y
He looks like a fucking insane creep devastated by krokodile. The day he's gonna die, I'm gonna sleep like a baby with double pillows. "Oh no!" 😴😴