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WordPress 6.1 was released last week. I’ve migrated a few personal sites to my Child Theme based on Twenty Twenty-Three and made some minor tweaks. This is quite possibly the first time I’ve hit 99-100% across all metrics. The new Full Site Editor pulls in resources for only the blocks in use which reduces page weight and time to interactive delays.

Reading up on JSON this afternoon. With the move to WordPress blocks and full site editing. Today is a good time to fill in my history of this syntax. One interesting item of note is that it can be read asynchronously and less likely to be render blocking.

Spent a good amount of time tweaking social media accounts, and my About Me page. All part of my ongoing goal to gain a slight SEO boost for my name. There’s a lot of talk on social media about “account verification.” However, nothing beats actually owning my name as a domain and putting in regular work. For slightly more than the cost of Twitter Blue I can host this website.

The last few weeks I’ve moved up to the first page on most search engines right behind historical, political, and public officials. The goal is to make it easier for potential clients and employers to find me in search results. As you can see Yandex and Duck Duck Go seem to value updates over context. Google and Bing tend to weigh that against the likelihood I’m the Joe they’re looking for.