batuhanicoz
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founder, spacefast.com (an automattic company)
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Comment · 6 months ago
Neither of them require a browser. We run whatsmeow inside iOS and Android apps, with no browser whatsoever.
Comment · 6 months ago
The way I would put it as someone who works at Beeper is: only use messaging automations for personal use, and don't use it to spam anyone or do anything you wouldn't do yourself within the app.
As long as you don't abuse and keep your usage within the parameters of any human, you'll be fine.
Comment · 6 months ago
Peter is also the creator of PSPDFKit, and people have considered him an incredible engineer way before transformers were even invented.
Comment · 6 months ago
whatsmeow is built and maintained by Beeper's bridge architect, Tulir Asokan, and is used by many Beeper users every day with no issues. It's at the core of our WhatsApp bridge: https://github.com/mautrix/whatsapp
Baileys is also a great library with a big community and one of the primary maintainers of that is also helping us with the bridge/whatsmeow. WhatsApp integration in our old app, Texts, was built with it: https://github.com/textshq/platform-whatsapp
I would recommend whatsmeow over Baileys just because we are actively involved and incentivized to keep that working perfectly, and have a lot of data points to detect any issues with it at scale.
Comment · 1 year ago
For any user that was with us before today, it's free!
Comment · 1 year ago
This is an overreaction. It's violence. Trying to justify it by claiming it's part of their culture is not healthy, I think we can have some universal values (don't stab people?) and it is perfectly reasonable to force people to adopt to those values. It's their culture? They can leave the violent parts of culture behind and adopt to the expectations of modern society (not stabbing people).
I'm Turkish. I grew up in Turkey. These things happen, but let's not try to justify them. We should aim to get to a point where people share these "western values" (of not stabbing people).
Comment · 1 year ago
WordPress.org is not Automattic’s platform (there is a lot of managerial overlap and both are ultimately controlled by the same person).
Our well documented issues with WP Engine does not change the fact Automattic has been one of THE open source companies in tech for the last 2 decades and continues to ship in the open. There is constant push internally to build more in the open.
Comment · 1 year ago
Beeper (Automattic) | Remote | Full-time | Reverse Engineer | $70-$170k and great benefits
Beeper unifies all your chats across networks in one app. We are looking for people to join our incredible team of reverse engineers that build our integrations with chat networks. Like most software at Automattic, all of our bridge work is open source: https://github.com/mautrix (and more of our stack is open source at https://github.com/beeper)
Basically, if you are someone hacks on proprietary software and protocols for fun, we want to hire you. We don't care about your degree or previous work experience. We care about your ability break things to make them work the way you want.
Our bridges are written in Golang, but you don't need to know Golang to apply.
Automattic's products are used by over a billion people each month across WordPress.com, WooCommerce, WordPress VIP, Jetpack, Tumblr, Beeper, Day One, Pocket Casts, and many more. If you love the open web, open source, radical problem ownership, and simple over pure solutions, Automattic is probably the place for you.
You can apply or find out more about the role at https://join.a8c.com/rehn
If you have any questions or hesitations, let's chat! You can reach me at [email protected] or just DM me on https://x.com/batuhan
Comment · 2 years ago
The initial release of SCF only applied security fixes, changed the plugin name and removed upsells. I don't think there is any change that might cause the issue you are having.
If you can share the problem you are experiencing on Making WordPress Slack (#secure-custom-fields channel), I'm sure relevant people would love to help out ASAP.
I work at Automattic and I can get you in touch with people from WordPress.org if that's easier. You can email me at [email protected].
If there are any bugs, regressions or any issues with the fork, it's in the interest of everyone to quickly find and resolve them, so I'm sure your help would be appreciated.
Comment · 2 years ago
Our attempts at resolving trademark issues with WPE predate our discovery of the attribution removal.
Comment · 2 years ago
If you point to any lies told by me, I would love to correct them.
No one has told me to come here and defend anyone. I work at a part of Automattic that is isolated from anything WordPress — I don’t have to be here.
I am defending values I believe in. I am trying to make sure correct information is out there.
You are free to not believe that of course.
Comment · 2 years ago
ACF isn’t a premium plugin (linked post only concerns those).
The linked post also might not reflect the current policies. This update was a security update and was done due to the unique circumstances around the original publisher.
Comment · 2 years ago
As I understand it, WordPress Foundation's board can revoke the license if Automattic is no longer a good custodian of the brand.
It makes sure even if Automattic is no longer in good hands, the Foundation can protect the WordPress brand from Automattic.
(I work at Automattic but did not specifically checked the details of the trademark agreement)