Send us Fan Mail An unexpected conversation with a rock climber who was pulled to the Philippines for a very good reason. Casey Burridge joined Seriously, BUD? to share his globetrotting background, winding career trajectory, and "go with the flow" philosophy on life. Driven to indoor rock climbing in Manila to relieve screen-induced migraines, Casey…
In this episode of The SDM Show, host Rob Cairns sits down with good friend Marcus Burnett to dive deep into Marcus’s latest side projects, the realities of building for the WordPress ecosystem, and where WordPress core is headed next. Marcus shares the latest updates to The WP World, including real-time AI-powered multilingual messaging and…
In WP Legends Episode 166, Michael Riedl shares his journey from registering his first domain in 1997 to becoming CEO of Team Internet, the technology company that quietly powers domain registration for GoDaddy, Squarespace, and hosting giants in over 200 countries — timed right as the first new top-level domain application window in 14 years…
The conversation focused on AI-assisted development in WordPress, exploring how large language models like Claude can be both powerful and unpredictable. We talked about the need for guardrails, structured project contracts and reviewer agents, to ensure outputs are reliable, secure, and accessible. We also explored the changing nature of developer work, the increasing playfulness and…
Most people have never heard of the company that quietly powers domain names for GoDaddy, Squarespace, and dozens of the world’s biggest hosting brands. In this clip, Michael Riedl, CEO of Team Internet, explains what the company actually does: helping people acquire identity in the form of a domain name, and helping internet users discover…
In this candid and personal solo episode of The SDM Show, Rob Cairns opens up about dealing with grief, personal stress, and overwhelming weeks as an entrepreneur. Reflecting on a recent productive discussion with Mike Vardy about the human side of productivity, Rob explores why business owners need to grant themselves permission to hit pause,…
Special guests Joe Dolson, WordPress core committer and accessibility consultant, and Anne McCarthy, Architecture and Open Source Director at Automattic, join Amber and Steve to talk through the vision behind Accessibility Lab, a new canonical accessibility plugin concept for WordPress core. We learn what Accessibility Lab is, what it is not, and try to understand…
In WP Legends Episode 166, Thomas Medard shares his journey from co-founding the Danish hosting company B1 (later renamed 1.com) to launching AI Vikings, an MCP-first domain registrar built for AI agents to search, register, and manage domains on a human’s behalf. They explore what it took to land 1.com’s first 1,000 customers in the…
In WP Legends Episode 165, Thomas Medard shares his journey from co-founding the Danish hosting company B1 (later renamed 1.com) to launching AI Vikings, an MCP-first domain registrar built for AI agents to search, register, and manage domains on a human’s behalf. They explore what it took to land 1.com’s first 1,000 customers in the…
AI is amazing. I use it daily as a sounding board, a bug finder or fixer, to summarise meetings, create action lists and more. As someone with (self-diagnosed) ADHD, being able to have AI create notes and actions for me is a “game changer”, as the cool kids say. However, I am disappointed that some…
Thomas Medard, founder of AI Vikings, on whether memorable domain names still matter once AI agents are doing the searching. His answer: yes, for now – people still need domains for email and identity. But he sees a second category forming, where software itself needs a place to live on the internet, and for that,…
Thanks Pressable for supporting the show! Get your special hosting deal at https://pressable.com/wpminuteBecome a WP Minute Supporter & Slack member at https://thewpminute.com/support Are agencies still relevant in the age of AI? On this episode of The WP Minute+ podcast, Matt Medeiros and Cory Miller unpack the tension between AI, WordPress, and the future of agency…
In this episode, Rob Cairns is joined by monthly co-host Todd Jones to break down how the humble website "About Page" has transformed over the last decade. Once viewed as an afterthought or filler content, the About page has evolved into one of the most critical digital assets for search visibility, brand narrative, and entity-based…
Send us Fan Mail Louise Towler’s lifelong curiosity began with childhood books about scientists such as Marie Curie and Charles Darwin, leading her to excel in mathematics and science, study mathematics at Durham University, and build an unconventional career in software development. While living in Washington, D.C., as a stay-at-home mother, she taught herself HTML…
Most WordPress users never think twice about the plugins repository: search, install, done. But behind that simple flow sits a review pipeline that handles roughly 800 new submissions a week, run by fewer than 10 active volunteers, with help from automated tools and AI. Francisco walks through how that process actually works, why plugin submissions…
