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I'll Teach You 80% of Obsidian|Give Me 15 Minutes. 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[[Research Shows Open Source Fuels Economic Growth, AI Innovation|Research Shows Open Source Fuels Economic Growth, AI Innovation]] – 2025-09-28 - [[A Statement From Members of the Moderation Team|A Statement From Members of the Moderation Team]] – 2025-09-28 - [[The Wired Word for 09282025|The Wired Word for 09/28/2025]] – 2025-09-28 - [[Tweets From Nick Szabo 🔑|Tweets From Nick Szabo 🔑]] – 2025-09-28 - [[Tweets From NixOS Meme Lord|Tweets From NixOS Meme Lord]] – 2025-09-28 - [[Tweets from IroncladDev|Tweets from IroncladDev]] – 2025-09-28 - [[Tweets From Adam Wathan|Tweets From Adam Wathan]] – 2025-09-28 - [[Tweets From Jonathan Ringer|Tweets From Jonathan Ringer]] – 2025-09-28 - [[Tweets From Palmer Luckey|Tweets From Palmer Luckey]] – 2025-09-28 - [[Tweets From John a De Goes|Tweets From John a De Goes]] – 2025-09-28 - [[Tweets From Brad Gessler|Tweets From Brad Gessler]] – 2025-09-28 - [[Tweets From 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑛𝑔𝘩𝑡.𝑏𝑎𝑠 「αολ 98」|Tweets From 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑛𝑔𝘩𝑡.𝑏𝑎𝑠 「αολ 98」]] – 2025-09-28 - [[Calling Someone a Nazi Is a Permission Slip for Violence|Calling Someone a Nazi Is a Permission Slip for Violence]] – 2025-09-25 - [[Tweets From Brad Williams|Tweets From Brad Williams]] – 2025-09-25 - [[A Beginner’s Guide to Functionality Plugins in WordPress|A Beginner’s Guide to Functionality Plugins in WordPress]] – 2025-09-25 - [[How to Boost Your Management Impact With AI Tools|How to Boost Your Management Impact With AI Tools]] – 2025-09-25 - [[Don’t Leave Users Guessing Why Query Loops Belong in Lists|Don’t Leave Users Guessing: Why Query Loops Belong in Lists]] – 2025-09-25 - [[How to Thrive During Industry Disruptions|How to Thrive During Industry Disruptions]] – 2025-09-25 - [[AI Solves Site Speed and Won’t Make You Obsolete|AI Solves Site Speed and Won’t Make You Obsolete]] – 2025-09-25 - [[Agents of Chaos Whiskey Experiments and the Future of IDEs|Agents of Chaos Whiskey Experiments and the Future of IDEs]] – 2025-09-25 - [[Our Plan for a More Secure NPM Supply Chain|Our Plan for a More Secure NPM Supply Chain]] – 2025-09-25 - [[From RV Life to CEO Jon Penland’s Unlikely Road to Leading Kinsta|From RV Life to CEO: Jon Penland’s Unlikely Road to Leading Kinsta]] – 2025-09-25 - [[WordPress Plugins Are Becoming a Waste of Time|WordPress Plugins Are Becoming a Waste of Time]] – 2025-09-25 - [[A Call for Sustainable Open Source Infrastructure|A Call for Sustainable Open Source Infrastructure]] – 2025-09-25 - [[Open Infrastructure Is Not Free A Joint Statement on Sustainable Stewardship|Open Infrastructure Is Not Free: A Joint Statement on Sustainable Stewardship]] – 2025-09-25 - [[How Patchstack Approaches WordPress Security|How Patchstack Approaches WordPress Security]] – 2025-09-25 - [[GoDaddy’s AI-Powered Airo Site Designer Creates WordPress Sites in Minutes|GoDaddy’s AI-Powered Airo Site Designer Creates WordPress Sites in Minutes]] – 2025-09-25 - [[The Future of Telex When AI Gets Personality|The Future of Telex: When AI Gets Personality]] – 2025-09-25 - [[Ruby Drama|Ruby Drama]] – 2025-09-25 - [[Gender and Sexuality Alliances in Primary School at CIS!|Gender and Sexuality Alliances in Primary School at CIS?!]] – 2025-09-25 - [[Should WordPress Have a Product and a Marketing Team|Should WordPress Have a Product and a Marketing Team?]] – 2025-09-25 - [[Shopify, Pulling Strings at Ruby Central, Forces Bundler and RubyGems Takeover|Shopify, Pulling Strings at Ruby Central, Forces Bundler and RubyGems Takeover]] – 2025-09-25 - [[The DHH Problem|The DHH Problem]] – 2025-09-25 - [[Behind the controversy at Basecamp The Verge|Behind the controversy at Basecamp | The Verge]] – 2025-09-25 - [[As I Remember London|As I Remember London]] – 2025-09-25 - [[WordPress Plugin Crisis 59% of Plugins Have Been Abandoned for 2+ Years|WordPress Plugin Crisis: 59% of Plugins Have Been Abandoned for 2+ Years]] – 2025-09-25 - [[Nick Hamze’s ‘Cool Kids’ Post Kicks Off Fresh Debate on WordPress’s Image Problem|Nick Hamze’s ‘Cool Kids’ Post Kicks Off Fresh Debate on WordPress’s Image Problem]] – 2025-09-25 - [[New FAIR 1.0 Release Brings Decentralized Package Management to WordPress|New FAIR 1.0 Release Brings Decentralized Package Management to WordPress]] – 2025-09-25 - [#186 – Dave Winer on Decentralisation, WordPress and Open Publishing](3.%20Resources/Readwise/Articles/%23186%20%E2%80%93%20Dave%20Winer%20on%20Decentralisation%2C%20WordPress%20and%20Open%20Publishing.md) – 2025-09-25 - 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