{"id":23237,"date":"2026-07-09T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T18:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/?p=23237"},"modified":"2026-07-09T14:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T18:55:00","slug":"code-for-the-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/2026\/07\/code-for-the-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Code for the People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8lQijrTaaGg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Code for the People is a new documentary about open source, as told through the story of WordPress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tune in to hear me talk about getting my first PC (in the cow print box!) and what makes WordPress so special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The open web is arguably the world\u2019s most vital invisible utility\u2013and it is under siege.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have traded a free internet for a collection of walled gardens. Today, a handful of digital landlords use algorithms to dictate our reality, while closed AI threatens to change the ways we connect. We are at a breaking point: we can either let gatekeepers continue to consolidate their power, or we can reclaim the open source spirit that built the web in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The future of the internet is being decided right now and it needs our help.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Code for the People is a new documentary about open source, as told through the story of WordPress. Tune in to hear me talk about getting my first PC (in the cow print box!) and what makes WordPress so special. The open web is arguably the world\u2019s most vital invisible utility\u2013and it is under siege. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[14,163,107],"class_list":["post-23237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-automattic","tag-open-source","tag-wordpress"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1G65p-62N","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23237"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23242,"href":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23237\/revisions\/23242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}