Hi, ya’ll. Joshua Goode here.
I’m an East Tennessean, born and raised, with a love for technology, agriculture, education, commerce, and liberty.
A few of the areas I dabble in are web technologies, learning techniques, brewing, and political science.
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Recent Updates
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Re: Automattic Doubles Down on the Developer Community
Many of these positive things said in this new WP Tavern article are things I once dreamed of being said of Automattic. Movement towards greater dev features, dev support & appreciation on WP.com, WP Cloud as a service, and more Woo developer love. It’s great to see these changes. Also, I appreciate the mention of…
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Foam of the Brave 2023 – Cleveland, TN
I’m happy to announce the First Annual Foam of the Brave – Cleveland, TN! Join us for an afternoon of local beer, music, and fellowship. Learn more and buy tickets at https://foam.festonfirst.com/. After your ticket purchase, you may RSVP & share via https://fb.me/e/7yoB4Mdj2. Feel free to follow us via https://www.facebook.com/foamcleveland as well! *We’re actively accepting sponsors, breweries, and…
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The Passing of My Father, David Watson Gregory
Just attempting to write this title has me wiping tears off my keyboard. While I’m going through the motions typically associated with what folks do when a loved one passes, I honestly don’t know what to do right now. It’s like I’m numbly navigating a painful void. As I prepared David’s obituary yesterday, I found…
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Reblog: Hacking Campaign Actively Exploiting Ultimate Member Plugin
Some of my behind-the-scenes work at Automattic was featured in a WPScan blog post and disclosure. While auditing logs across Automattic’s platforms, we identified an attack campaign leveraging vulnerabilities in the Ultimate Member plugin. The plugin’s developers attempted to fix the issue in version 2.6.4 but one of our Security Researchers identified that the vulnerability was…
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How Stoicism Helped Me Overcome the Pain of a Broken Relationship
I want to share with you a deeply personal story about some struggles I encountered in a past relationship and how Stoicism, mindfulness, and its virtues helped me move past it all. It was an incredibly painful experience, but by embracing the principles of Stoicism, I was able to find peace and grow as a…
