Recently, I was invited to join WordPress all’italiana, a podcast hosted by Daniele where he has conversations with people from the WordPress developers, contributors, and folks building things around the ecosystem. It was a really interesting chat, and we ended up touching on topics that I care a lot about: artificial intelligence, open source, and the role of knowledge sharing today.
If you’re interested in WordPress, open source, or just how our industry is evolving, I think it’s definitely worth a listen.

We talked about my journey into WordPress and open source, how it all started from blogging and curiosity, and how much of my path has been shaped by people sharing knowledge openly. From there, we naturally moved into how things are changing today especially with AI. In many ways, AI is built on top of everything the open source world has produced over the years, but now it’s also changing how people approach learning and contributing. It’s easier than ever to generate code, to build something quickly, but that also raises a question: are we still understanding what we build, or are we just producing output?

We also spent time discussing how AI is impacting open source directly. On one side, it’s a huge boost for productivity, it helps with refactoring, prototyping, and speeding up everyday work. On the other, it’s introducing new challenges for maintainers. There are more contributions, but not always with the same level of context or intention behind them. That creates a bit of friction, because open source has always been about collaboration and learning, not just “shipping” code. It’s an interesting moment where the ecosystem is trying to adapt, figuring out how to keep things open while still maintaining quality and respect for the people behind the projects.

Another topic that came up is how knowledge is shared today. I mentioned how I’m still a big fan of blogs and open platforms, because they make knowledge accessible and searchable over time. But now a lot of discussions happen in closed spaces, Discord, Telegram, private communities, and that knowledge becomes harder to find, harder to reuse. It’s a subtle shift, but one that could have a big impact on how we learn and build in the future.

Overall, it was one of those conversations that doesn’t give you definitive answers, but leaves you with better questions. And I think that’s exactly why it’s worth listening to.

A big thank you to Daniele for the invitation and for the great conversation, it was a real pleasure to take part in it. I truly enjoyed the format and the space to reflect on these topics. Hopefully, this is just the first of many conversations like this in the future.