It's even worse than it appears..
Friday May 29, 2026; 7:56 PM EDT
Official recognition from WordPress#
  • This is what I really accomplished in the years of work I did on the early web. I created something that could be built into a large successful company with millions of customers, and the web got a writing system, and because the people running it took the responsibility seriously, it has lasting value. #
  • This tweet means a lot to me. #
  • Still to this day, the systems I designed so many years ago work exactly as they did then. That's what the web was supposed to do. #
  • If my mom was still with us, I'd ask her to put this on the fridge. It's as good a review as I've ever gotten. #
  • My guess is that Matt wrote it, btw. He's really the only one in WordPress-land who can say something like this, imho. #

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