The Fediverse Files: Making Social Media Fun Again
Social media has become unruly and hard to navigate. (An understatement, we know.) How can the fediverse make social media fun again? Tune in.
2024-08-16
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SQL DBA With A Beard
How We Built It: Beeper’s New Blog
Our special projects team was eager to build Beeper a new blogging home. Here's the beautiful result.
2024-08-16 (first published: 2024-08-15)
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Move to WordPress.com, and We’ll Handle the Migration for Free
For a limited time, we’ll move your existing WordPress site from any host to WordPress.com for free.
2024-08-13
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The Fediverse Files: ActivityPub Interview with Evan Prodromou
Doc Pop and Evan Prodromou discuss the past, present, and future of ActivityPub and the fediverse.
2024-08-09
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Beyond Avatars: How Gravatar is Transforming Online Identity
Seven things every WordPress user should know about Gravatar
2024-08-08
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Clearer Writing at Your Fingertips: Introducing Write Brief with AI (Beta)
From the team at Jetpack AI comes a new tool that will improve your writing in a flash.
2024-08-08 (first published: 2024-08-06)
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Welcome to the Fediverse Files: What Is the Fediverse?
Have you heard the term "fediverse" and wondered what the heck it is? Doc Pop is here to explain. And no, it's not a cheese pun.
2024-08-02
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Building Studio in Public: Using WordPress Components and Tailwind CSS in our Local Development App
Here's how we used WordPress Components and Tailwind CSS to build our local development app, Studio.
2024-07-31
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Why We’re Partnering With Perplexity
The short answer is: You’ll be eligible for a piece of the pie, plus increased traffic to your website.
2024-07-30
16 reads
Automattic for Agencies x Endoh Collaborative: A Match Made in WordPress Heaven
Endoh Collaborative harnesses the power of Automattic for Agencies to spend more time on their clients.
2024-07-26
15 reads
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Question of the Day
Fixing the Error
On SQL Server 2025, I have a database that has this collation: SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS. I decide I want to run this code:
SELECT UNISTR('*3041*308A*304C*3068 and good night', '*') AS 'A Classic';
I get this error:Msg 9844, Level 16, State 4, Line 24 The char/varchar input type uses an unsupported collation. Only a UTF8 collation is supported with char/varchar input type in UNISTR function.What is the easiest way to fix this error? See possible answers