Real Time WordPress, Rust and Scaling

In WP Legends Episode 145, Jared Rethman, Founder of Worldhouse and WP Signal, shares his journey from Automattic to building independent tools for the WordPress ecosystem.

We discuss real time systems, Rust powered development, headless workflows, and what the future of WordPress and modern web tooling could look like.

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Learn more about WP Signal: https://wpsignal.io
Learn more about Worldhouse: https://worldhouse.dev
Follow Jared on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredrethman/

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:37 Guest introduction
1:48 Jared’s WordPress journey from Automattic
7:25 Use cases for WP Signal
8:37 Are there really no limits to WordPress customization?
9:17 Why Rust matters for WordPress developers
11:08 How different is Rust from headless WordPress setups with Astro or Next.js?
13:09 What new problems can real time systems solve beyond WordPress cron and polling?
14:09 Leaving Automattic and building independently
16:16 Thoughts on hosting and independent hosts
21:12 The future of WordPress
25:36 Hardest part of building independently
26:40 SEO, AEO, GEO and content in the AI era
28:03 Vibe coding tools
30:24 PHP or Rust?
31:14 Closing thoughts

Music Credits:
Valdez Off Crenshaw by Terrace Martin
Live Like Legends (Nightcore Remix) by Ruelle

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