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The Programmer's Fulcrum: 27 March, 2026
It's your weekly review of the essential news in the Open Media Network and Fediverse development communities with a focus on devastating big tech via Techno Anarchism. We aim to provide actionable content you can use to destroy Techno Feudalism each week. It has the additional benefit of weakening authoritarianism.
Introducing Wireservice
Today, an alpha WordPress plugin for standard.site. Tomorrow?
Pinpointing The Actual Problem
A blog post from Automattic lays out their decision to pull back on the WordPress project. But in the process, the company may have accidentally explained why competitors were able to one-up them.
Pressed
This week’s preliminary injunction in the WordPress/WP Engine saga clears a lot of air for the CMS space. But does it clear enough?
So, Your CMS Blew Up
If your favorite content management system feels like it’s sinking into a shallow well of hubris, you might want alternatives. I have a few ideas.
When Benevolence Fades
The WordPress situation devolves further, which raises an obvious question: What does this mean for every other open-source project?
Content Fighting Systems
The co-founder of WordPress steps in it, repeatedly, in a forest-for-the-trees fight with WP Engine that makes me feel sad for the open internet.
Missing The Human Touch
Tech and creativity once had a symbiotic relationship in the push towards innovation. As generative content matures, it feels like they’re starting to diverge. And that’s bad for creative people.
When Stewards Go Astray
A pair of recent controversies around the tech-publishing giant Automattic raise an important question in my mind: Do we have to worry about the future of WordPress?
Pricing Out Your Legacy
The company behind WordPress decided to offer a service that promises to pay for your web hosting for a century, long after you die. Sticker shock aside, I don’t hate the idea.