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So anyway, I'm looking for a Canada-based (with work authorization**) systems architect for complex enterprise products, who loves fixer-uppers.
Things are messy here, and you're okay with that. You take care of the people around you, and we'll work with what you have. Things will get better.
You'll be the first systems architect, owning essentially the technical design direction across the current stack. Fairly high growth rate for an older org, Lots of fixing, lots of modernizing. So much opportunity here.
We need someone experienced in this role. AI coding tools are strongly encouraged here. I don't make the rules.
The people and culture are incredible here. They genuinely care about their peers. It won't be long until it could be one of the best places I've ever worked.
If this is you, send me an intro DM about the craziest modernization project you've worked on. Something that gets my interest.
Personal referrals from people I know are welcomed.
[**If you're a hyper-experienced systems architect fleeing the trans genocide in the US with a move to Canada, I'll try to make a case for you. Just know that Canadian salaries are abysmal compared to yours.]
It should come as no great surprise that Helen has absolutely hit the nail on the head here: https://helen.blog/2025/09/ai-agents-what-this-old-head-oss-maintainer-is-thinking-about/
‘when you combine very eager volunteers with low context, you’ll tend to get additive solutions’…’They’re thinking about how to make something work, not “what are all the things that happened leading up to this that caused this that maybe need re-examining” – root causing, if you will.’
Note: this is a lightly edited version of an internal work post I wrote in April 2025 before Copilot Coding Agent was released to the public. I’ve been playing with Copilot Coding Agent a bit lately, and it’s been really interesting for me to realize that my thoughts haven’t really been about AI so much […]
@heybran yes!
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards gives you phpcs rules. And then you can use one of several VS Code extensions which adds linters that use phpcs.
Several other bits and pieces here: https://deliciousbrains.com/vs-code-wordpress/
Quick and Dirty: https://gist.github.com/siddik-web/6c86c2f6db149292a611d7254e0e5c7b
WordCamp Canada's first speaker announcement:
If you publish some content about using #RSS I am going to toot about it.
https://matklad.github.io/2025/06/26/rssssr.html
Alex made a server side RSS reader. And its name is a palindrome for bonus points - RSSSSR
Found Via @davidbisset
May Likes Toronto
Shawn Hooper (he/him)