Comments on: WordPress, AI, plugins, future of software engineering

By: Blake Bertuccelli-Booth

Blake Bertuccelli-Booth — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 23:20:41 +0000

I’m glad to hear you’re thinking about the rapid growth of the plugin ecosystem. It’s a very visible example of how AI will accelerate progress across many important areas.

By: Razi

Razi — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:08:16 +0000

Matt, ACF’s ‘cleanroom implementation’ claim in 45 minutes was very provocative. However, the Pro features of a plugin like ACF aren’t just about basic custom fields, they’re about the ecosystem: third-party integrations, complex conditional logic, and data security. Given that AI tends to hallucinate edge cases, how do you see AI’s role in handling Pro features that require such a high level of precision and reliability?”
Matt emphasizes that “capitalism means competing on the hard stuff” (service, design, reliability). enquire about Pro features,
Is the Pro feature the” hard thing ” you mean?
Or is it that according to Matt, the current Pro features are actually “easy” and the developers have to look for another plus?

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By: Slavco

Slavco — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 01:41:07 +0000

In reply to Slavco.

Atm there is code for projects, if there is model, parameters, tokens in+out, then it is more than code, maybe it is open flow software that produces open source, that can be easily refactored, improved, maintained, patched 🙂

By: Slavco

Slavco — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 01:28:39 +0000

“I also see big open questions about who is going to maintain all this software.” – simply put local AI into equation and you got closed question for this one. Having the context that caused the software being crafted, is more than enough for every future iteration 🙂