@toderash

@toderash@mastodon.cloud Freelance Thinker.

 Winnipeg
about.me/brent.toderash
Joined April 2009
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Web 3.0 is just the web rediscovering its roots. Web 2.0 is an aberration whose initial promise ultimately failed to deliver, creating Tech Bros instead.
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Word of the day: "PHPocalypse"
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I dropped a piece on The Future of the CMS, building on a number of ideas surfacing in multiple #CMS ecosystems including #TYPO3 #Drupal #EmDash #WordPress amid emerging AI realities. Two parts, but not long, give it a read. toderash.net/blog/the-cms-of…

The CMS of the Future, Part I — Brent Toderash

"The CMS quiet years are over," ending 15 years of “settled” architecture. AI has made the structural layer *beneath the content* not matter again. It's becoming clear: content is the asset, struct...

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Dave Winer
@davewinerSep 10
BlackRock’s latest SEC filing values its Automattic shares at $14.33 per share. They originally invested at $85 a share in 2021. That means their market cap has dropped from $7.5 billion to $1.2 billion. I think that's probably why the CEO lost his job. therepository.email/automatt…
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When Open Source is not enough: Redux. Open governance & open access matter, especially in an era where digital sovereignty is becoming the concern it always deserved to be. @jdevalk gets it - read this:
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When Dries wrote about License-only versus Stewarded Open Source, I knew I had to write a follow-on to that: joost.blog/who-can-cut-you-o…

Stewarded open source is not enough: who can cut you off? · Joost.blog

License-only versus stewarded open source misses a third question: who controls the infrastructure you depend on, and can they cut you off?

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Contrarian take: CMSs should stop making it easier to draft AI-generated content within the CMS. On behalf of the entire internet, we don't want more AI Slop.
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Joost de Valk
@jdevalkMay 29
Launching specification.website. A platform-agnostic spec of what a good website does: SEO, accessibility, security, agent-readiness, performance, privacy, i18n. Every claim cites a source. Ships with a checklist, llms.txt, MCP server, and Agent Skill. Free. Open Source.

The Website Specification

A platform-agnostic, full specification of the technical features a good website should have. Built in the open under an MIT licence.

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Oliver Sild
@OliverSildMay 21
WordPress 7.0 combined with plugin vulnerabilities = free AI tokens. There will be an absolute rush by hackers to steal API keys.
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de Adder Canada@deAdderCanadaMay 10
The Hill Times
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Oliver Sild
@OliverSildApr 17
Supply chain hijacking is creeping into WordPress ecosystem. Second case within a month. patchstack.com/articles/supp…

Supply Chain Compromise: Trojanized Copy of WowShipping Pro Installs Hidden Remote Access Toolkit -...

This blog post is a technical analysis of a trojanized copy of WowShipping Pro version 1.0.6 for WordPress, a commercial plugin sold by WPXPO. Patchstack receiv

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In the continuation of our series of day 2 at the @cloudfest Hackathon 2026 we caught up with @karimmarucchi, @toderash and @bennimack, key figures in the FAIR / @typo3 hackathon project. #cfhack #cfhack2026 #cloudfest openchannels.fm/fair-package…
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I think my brain just ran out of tokens for the day.
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BREAKING: New study finds 50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down.
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Can. Not. Unsee.
sudox
@kmcnam1Mar 25
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No Context Brits
@NoContextBritsMar 24
Jesus was here.
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Welp. @FastCompany just jumped the shark.
Automattic
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This news is worth a reblog! @tumblr made @FastCompany’s Most Innovative Companies of 2026, ranking No. 8 in the Social Media category. Congrats to the entire team. 🥂 #FCMostInnovative
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Taco Verdo@TacoVerdoMar 24
What savage starts a business before registering their domain?! #CloudFest
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Taco Verdo@TacoVerdoMar 23
“Hyper growth kills culture”, @karimmarucchi says at #CloudFest
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