Shawn Hooper (he/him) / is on Nostr

Long time web developer. #PHP, mainly #Laravel & #WordPress. I'm an advocate for an accessible & open web. Also learning more about engineering management, security, and privacy.

I'm a conference speaker, teacher, co-organizer of WordCamp Canada. I'm the Director of Engineering and Security @ Actionable.co

I live in #Ottawa, Canada (Unceeded territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation)

Still sometimes do live event sound/lighting, retired Karaoke Host & Wedding DJ.

Last Notes

2024-10-12 18:35:28

Automattic is forking the Advanced Custom Fields plugin, which is owned by WP Engine.
https://wordpress.org/news/2024/10/secure-custom-fields/
#WordPress

2024-10-09 00:52:47

I agree 100% with this DHH take on the #WordPress legal drama. I know, I’m surprised too. https://world.hey.com/dhh/automattic-is-doing-open-source-dirty-b95cf128
#techlaw #OpenSource

2024-10-08 19:12:34

"The Disappearance of an Internet Domain"
or
How we could lose the .io TLD.
https://every.to/p/the-disappearance-of-an-internet-domain

2024-10-04 05:31:32

159 people took the offer to leave Automattic - 8.4% of the company.
Imagine being the person offer after only 2 days at the company. Walk away with $30K or 6 months.
https://ma.tt/2024/10/alignment/

2024-09-09 19:35:50

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@npub1zyl…t54n didn’t Elon reactivate a pile of check marks on prominent accounts at some point ?

2024-09-05 16:23:52

Beautiful morning for a walk on the Marsh Boardwalk. #ontarioparks #nature
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/085/867/978/586/067/original/c10c72bf110bfe83.jpeg
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/085/868/559/531/303/original/1d8746e5ef57162e.jpeg
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/085/869/484/855/868/original/e7575b943b4c5f2a.jpeg

2024-08-16 15:23:39

Expressing deep apprehension about how such a thing could ever come to pass, the U.S. populace confirmed Thursday that it was deeply wary of a suddenly usable website.
https://theonion.com/nation-wary-of-suddenly-usable-website/
#satire #ux

2024-08-12 16:36:01

Just deleted Twitter/X from my phone again. Had it reinstalled for work reasons last month.
It just pushed me a pro-Tru*mp tweet as a notification. From an account I don’t follow.
I’m really disappointed that two of my main communities aren’t as active here on Mastodon (WordPress and Laravel). It’s not worth it for the rest of the posts over there though. Love my fedi-peeps.

2024-08-10 19:27:48

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@npub1rv4…ft5j forget the Betamax. You wouldn’t happen to have a ZIP Drive around would you? Have some old media. 🫠

2024-08-03 00:39:51

Sunset in the hydro corridor
#sunset #outdoors #photography
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/112/895/301/204/373/539/original/8621a0cdedd3b590.jpeg

2024-07-30 22:51:00

“On a 56K modem, it would have taken twelve hours to download a single TikTok video.”
- Taylor Lorenz. “Extremely Online”
That’s some perspective when you think how quickly people flip from video to video.

2024-07-06 22:49:53

My aunt found this old newspaper clipping.
This was the first website that I built for someone other than myself.
#webdev #informationsuperhighway
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/112/741/978/397/007/085/original/238ef7ab74e535f4.jpg

2024-05-16 23:33:12

Winamp has announced that on 24 September 2024, the application's source code will be open to developers worldwide.
https://about.winamp.com/press/article/winamp-open-source-code
#opensource
#WhipTheLlamasAss

2024-05-02 01:35:43

DropBox Sign (formerly HelloSign) says hackers breached production systems for its DropBox Sign eSignature platform and gained access to authentication tokens, MFA keys, hashed passwords, and customer information.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dropbox-says-hackers-stole-customer-data-auth-secrets-from-esignature-service/

2024-04-24 16:10:06

I think I might have to put #phptek on my calendar for next year. Looks like a great conference.

2023-11-08 01:10:04

@npub16me…wu7t Is Craig running this account? If so, just watching the Mr. Dressup documentary. Neat seeing you interviewed!

2023-10-17 04:02:03

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@npub1lxk…8x93 With && the second command will only run if the first command succeeds. With ; all commands will run regardless of an earlier command erroring out (exit code <> 0)