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Ben Word
@retlehs
@rootswp 🌱 roots.io
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    Ben Word
    @retlehs
    Apr 17
    TIL you can pull the backlinks to any domain for free (instead of using a service that charges hundreds a month) using Common Crawl's web graph. Wrote a tiny bash script: gist.github.com/retlehs/cf0ac6…
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    Ben Word
    @retlehs
    Jul 29
    Feels like WP Engine is implying "WooCommerce isn't for high-growth stores" which isn't true… Woo handles big volume (I work on one of many) If you're leaving Woo, why in the world pick BigCommerce over Shopify? Always felt mid & it's barely growing (ARR +3% vs Shopify +16%)
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    The Repository
    @therepositorywp
    Jul 29
    WP Engine's second vertical platform launch this year targets mid-market merchants doing millions in revenue who've outgrown their existing commerce stack. πŸ”— therepository.email/wp-engine-part…
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    Ben Word
    @retlehs
    Jul 28
    Putting an end to this behaviour
    Diff of ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md adding a Language rule: use American English everywhere: code, comments, commit messages, docs, replies. Not British or Canadian. Lists behavior, color, initialize as correct & behaviour, colour, initialise as wrong.
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    Ben Word
    @retlehs
    Jun 8
    @Fundraisely Why are you sending unsolicited emails to promote your @ProductHunt launch? Where did you get my email address? I have never heard of y'all. Doesn't @ProductHunt also prohibit this? Your product does "targeted cold outreach"? Your own outreach email has no
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    Ben Word
    @retlehs
    May 30
    quien is now in Homebrew Core ❀️ πš‹πš›πšŽπš  πš’πš—πšœπšπšŠπš•πš• πššπšžπš’πšŽπš—
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    Ben Word
    @retlehs
    Apr 10
    πŸ”Ž quien β€” a better WHOIS. Domain lookups with a clean TUI instead of parsing raw πš πš‘πš˜πš’πšœ output. DNS records, mail config, SSL certs, HTTP headers, and tech stack detection all in one tool. github.com/retlehs/quien
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