Imagine that today, Friday, February 20, 2026, I am writing a new newsletter. Ten years and fourteen days after the first edition of Enlace Permanente, a project that accompanied me many Friday mornings week after week until its regularity went out the window.
Ten years ago, I linked to a news story that in turn linked to another news story titled "Matt Mullenweg addresses concerns that WordPress is moving too fast." If you don't know him, Matt is (now) a gentleman who will be mentioned several times in future editions, one of the creators of WordPress and CEO of Automattic. But to the point, back in 2016 we were already concerned that technology was moving too fast. Now it is moving several orders of magnitude faster still.
Another thing that fascinates me about that WP Tavern post (another medium that has passed away) is that it has over a hundred interesting comments, with discussions, debates, and opinions. Where did that go? On social media, some might say... Unfortunately, not even there.
That said, if you're here because you're worried that the world of WordPress is moving too fast, this isn't the place for you. But wait! First, I recommend Héctor de Prada's newsletters (Actualidad WP) and Jesús Amieiro's (La Semana PHP), which are awesome and will help you stay up to date with everything.
And second, that you might be interested in what I have to say here. Give me a little time to get back into the swing of things. I could have asked Claude or ChatGPT to write for me, but you would have caught me—not quickly, but very quickly. Those in the know say that what's in vogue is "a personal voice." I don't have another one!
But Juan, what is Post sin título? (You're only here because you know me and maybe I'll buy you a beer next time we meet for being one of the early adopters). It's a space where I can share some links and thoughts that I feel like sharing. Those things that stayed open in tabs for weeks. Or in a tool for saving links (in my case, Raindrop). Because they might be useful to you. Or whatever. You can write to me and let me know if they were.
You can also unsubscribe (you're out of luck, but that's okay).
💡 Links from issue #0.
I'm not saying I created a newsletter just to share this link with you, but I think it's wonderful. Henry Desroches published "A website to destroy all websites" subtitled "How to win the war for the soul of the internet and build the web we want." And he talks about a pattern that the web is no stranger to.
(…) The arrival of the automobile was a revelation in terms of access and personal freedom. With the advent of cars, members of society could travel farther, do more in a day, and adapt their limited time to their creative will (…) Although at first the automobile allowed humans to travel longer distances, it now required humans to travel those distances and demanded the creation and maintenance of infrastructure to make it possible (...) It is no longer a tool at the service of our societies, but now our societies are at the service of the automobile.
The thing about artificial intelligence. I have many opinions, some of which contradict each other (which is normal, we are inconsistent beings). I'll also tell you that a few years ago, I was sold on the idea that by now we would all have self-driving cars, and my in-laws (bless them) are still my taxi drivers.
"AI will replace all the jobs!" Is Just Tech Execs Doing Marketing by Rand Fishkin is an interesting point of view for those who want to see everything as doom and gloom. Things are going to change, for sure, as they do all the time. And we will have to adapt.
Will they change so much that even those of us who work with WordPress will have to find something else to do? Well, who knows... but I'll also leave you with this article by Nick Hamze entitled "Nobody Rips Out the Plumbing."
(…) When you renovate [a house], you tear out the awful kitchen. You knock down a wall to open up the living room. You add a terrace. You paint everything. Maybe you get hooked on HGTV [a home improvement TV channel] and do an extension. You know what you don't do? You don't rip out the pipes. You don't rip out the electrical wiring. You don't dig up the foundations and lay new ones because you saw a cool new concrete mix on TikTok.
And if that's not enough, Ivana Ćirković also published a very interesting article entitled "Why WordPress?"
🧐 Extra links, I'm rambling...
- Wikipedia at 25: What the web can be by Anil Dash, on the absurdity of Wikipedia continuing to exist and how wonderful it is.
- Busyness isn't a badge of honor by Erin Coupe, for those who are overwhelmed by hyperproductivity. Stop it now, please.
- Breaking up the broligarchy: the three steps we need to take by Nicole Kobile on Cori Crider and Robin Berjon's Mozfest talk, which had a great insight: why do we call Big Tech networks walled gardens when they're really more like cockfighting cages? A garden would still be desirable...
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More soon. Maybe in two weeks. Hey, tell other people to subscribe, okay? He makes a childish face.
P.S. I was nervous, please excuse any typos. Or the wait. Or whatever.
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