Joost de Valk
@jdevalk
Investor @emiliacapital • Founder @Yoast • WordPress afficionado working on @myprogressplan & @fair_pm • Husband of @mariekerakt • Father of 4 • 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇮🇹️️
llms.txt is probably a waste of time. But you know what isn't? Allllllllllllllllll of the other 'standards' files you should care about. Good job someone built a thing, eh? wordpress.org/plugins/well-k…
🙀 First episode of Site Spotlight is live. We reviewed Atarim.io—and oof, we had thoughts. Thread 👇
Great work by the @patchstackapp team responding to other vendors simply ignoring plugin's chosen VDP systems. patchstack.com/articles/patch… It's *very* sad that this is necessary, but it's good to have.
This post by Roger is fantastic. I’d suggest reading that, and then reading my LinkedIn post reflecting on the same summit: linkedin.com/posts/jdevalk_…
New post about day one of the Open Source Summit from @linuxfoundation. Shout outs to @jdevalk @karimmarucchi from their FAIR presentation rogerwilliamsmedia.com/the-8-8-trilli…
Today at #OSSummit @jdevalk and I with @fair_pm announced our open call to @linuxfoundation members to join a new directed fund to ensure a true #OpenSource #CMS ecosystem for generations to come! Get in touch to Join!
Just gotten off stage presenting about @fair_pm at the Linux Foundation’s #OSSummit together with @karimmarucchi - we’re starting the conversations with funders of our project today.

Despite its flaws (and yes it has flaws), WordPress is still the platform I’d choose to build a website on. Jono explains why much more eloquently than I could:
Most websites are doomed in their first 30 minutes. Not because of bad code. Because the platform was picked for launch speed, not strategy. jonoalderson.com/wordpress/the-…