November 18, 2023 — Learn the story behind the launch of whitehouse.gov.

During an unconventional presidential transition in 2020, a web team had just six weeks to design and build a site from scratch. It had to be perfect, and it came with a constitutionally mandated deadline.

Hear from two longtime WordPress community members who led the whirlwind effort, and designed a highly customized Block Editor fit for the White House.

November 14, 2019 — Join an animated discussion on the hot topic of WordPress security and automated updates among longtime WordPress contributors. The panel will review recent conversations in WordPress Core on this issue, and discuss points for and against!

December 10, 2017 — Building software means much more than writing code. In fact, you can make a bigger impact with people skills and thoughtful human-centered design than simply with code. After running WordPress releases and then spending two years working in government, WordPress lead developer Andrew Nacin wants to talk about how your interactions with others matter and how it’s important to think with people, not for them.

July 19, 2017 — “WordPress” Reflections

June 21, 2017 — Andrew Nacin is a Lead Developer of WordPress. He’s led major releases, mentored contributors, and spearheaded new development.

He said in his talk ‘You can make a bigger impact with people skills and thoughtful human-centered design than simply with code. After running WordPress releases and then spending two years working in government, WordPress lead developer Andrew Nacin wants to talk about how your interactions with others matter and how it’s important to think with people, not for them.’

June 30, 2016 — Andrew Nacin is a Lead Developer of WordPress. He’s led major releases, mentored contributors, and spearheaded new development. He has strong feelings about the core philosophies of WordPress, among them “decisions, not options” — software should be opinionated in lieu of burdening the user with too many options.

December 10, 2015 — Advanced Topics in WordPress Development

November 17, 2015 — Advanced Topics in WordPress Development

May 29, 2015 — Andrew Nacin walks step by step through how a critical security vulnerability was discovered and then patched using emoji as a trojan horse in WordPress 4.2.

November 13, 2014 — Advanced Topics for WordPress Development