Is Matt Mullenweg starting to give people Tony Hsieh vibes?
shauntrennery · x · 2026-09-10
A tech commentator asks whether Matt Mullenweg — the WordPress/Automattic founder — is starting to evoke the late Tony Hsieh: brilliant founder, unconventional worldview, increasingly operating by his own rules, with an unclear trajectory. The observation reflects ongoing unease about Mullenweg's controversial recent moves around the WordPress ecosystem.
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