I really want to take a moment to thank everyone who's worked in and around the WordPress community for years to make it work. It helped start my career. Even b

I really want to take a moment to thank everyone who's worked in and around the WordPress community for years to make it work. It helped start my career. Even back then, I remember people warning about getting involved in .org in hushed tones. Now I wonder how much of it stems back to what's coming to light. Somewhat a propos of nothing, the work people have done on improving Gutenberg over the past couple of years is amazing. I just had an opportunity to sit down and experiment with it for the first time since it came out years ago, and I'm just floored by how much improvement has occurred, both in terms of documentation and the solution itself. After realizing this I was immediately overwhelmed with grief by the idea that someone with an ego like Matt's could ruin or threaten all of this. This really shouldn't be possible. Before all of this, my exposure to Matt was only through the How I Built This podcast episode he was interviewed. At the time I had moved on from working primarily in the WordPress ecosystem. After listening, I was ultimately grateful that I had because at points in that episode I thought his tone, demeanor, and ego really made him sound like a complete, insufferable jerk. I have to admit that so much of the news, from solo open source projects to wildly toxic megalomaniacs in charge of companies, in recent years has really led me to question the viability of solo founders in general. Perhaps that's heresy in a place like this but so be it. Obviously there has to be a more pragmatic solution, but this kind of political distraction from work we're all here because we love is very frustrating.