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The #WordPress Theme Developer Handbook is out of date! Block themes are the future of WordPress, and Justin Tadlock is leading the charge to update the handbook... and you can help! #WebDev #Gutenberg #GetInvolved #OpenSource #documentation

Custom blocks in themes will not pass #WordPress theme review, but you can still customize core blocks! You can do a lot with a className. But if you're building a plugin, you have @justintadlock's permission to go wild, use custom attributes even. #WebDev #Gutenberg #podcast

Have you added custom controls in #Gutenberg before? Wondering why you'd want to do that in a theme? @justintadlock's Beyond Block Styles series on the #WordPress developer blog has you covered.

We're back with a new episode! ▶ 28: Writing Block Themes with Justin Tadlock @cr0ybot is joined by @justintadlock of @automattic to talk about his articles on the #WordPress developer blog about adding custom controls to core blocks, theme scaffolding, and workflow scripts.

The Core Fields API isn't just for #PHP, it could be used to interface with #React and the #BlockEditor to automatically create fields & validation. @scottkclark #WordPress #Gutenberg

The Core Fields API is agnostic to the front end markup. This is critical during a time of profound change in the #WordPress admin UI experience. It's time for a refactor. @scottkclark is looking for people to get involved, at minimum backing the idea as suitable for core.

Imagine if each developer or custom field plugin didn't have to implement their own custom API for adding fields to #WordPress. @scottkclark has been not only imagining, but doing this very thing since 2015 with the Core Fields API project. Listen at blackbird.digital/podcast/27…

Out today: ▶️ 27: It's Time for Core Fields with Scott Kingsley Clark We talk with @scottkclark about Pods vs ACF (in a friendly non-competitive way), the Core Fields API project, and the JavaScriptification of the #WordPress admin. blackbird.digital/podcast/27… #DevEx #dogfooding

Blackbird designer @jackwatson05 still believes there's room for designers even if clients use #AI to generate images. Designers should treat these like any other sketch, not like problems to fix. Context matters, particularly for brands. #WordPress #agency #branding #design

Folks seem keen to hype #AI as a wholesale solution to a number of problems, but we're not so sure. Machine learning is not thinking and will never have full context. Companies will continue to turn to a #WordPress #agency or #freelancer for human expertise, regardless of AI.

🤖 Finally, you can automate automating yourself out of a job! Or... maybe it's more nuanced than that. If you use #AI in your work, have you been disappointed by certain products but successful with others? How has your job been affected? #WordPress #podcast #ChatGPT #Copilot

Whatever could the next In The Loop Dev Chat episode be about, I wonder? It's time to talk about #AI. And we invited @jackwatson05 back to provide an art/design perspective! ▶️ 26: AI-Generated Episode #WordPress #podcast blackbird.digital/podcast/26…

We heard you like podcasts about podcasts so we made this clip about clips. Do you also like the @viewsourcefm clips like @aurooba, or scroll past like @briancoords? #WordPress #podcast #audiogram

Do you think #Gutenberg is moving too fast, or not fast enough? Hear more from @aurooba and @briancoords about how the @viewsourcefm #podcast drives them to keep up with the latest features in episode 25. #WordPress #audiogram #WebDevelopment #OpenSource

Do you engage with the podcasts you listen to on social media, or do you prefer to be a passive listener? Tune in to our latest #interview to find out what @viewSource is, and why are @aurooba and @briancoords making it. #WordPress #podcast #audiogram #learning #OpenSource