Nice! Heather is an old friend and good people.

Can’t wait to see Matt’s next weird and unhinged reaction, considering how this has gone so far.

Automattic will have to […] remove the checkbox that asks WordPress users to verify they’re not affiliated with WP Engine when logging in.

That is petty af.

The WordPress “spokesperson” is exactly as butthurt as you’d expect:

we continue to protect the open source ecosystem

lol.

WP Engine has always seemed a very weird business to me. WP is free, and many hosting & domain providers just offer it for free with your hosting. If you don’t want to host yourself, why not just use WP.com and do a redirect? I’ve just never understood the value-add.