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Joseph Scott

Performance Team Lead at Automattic at Automattic

@josephscott Utah joined May 2004

josephscott.org github.com/josephscott

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    Lead of the Performance team at Automattic.

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    WordCamp Organizer '14 WordCamp Speaker '14

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    Performance Team Lead at Automattic
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    August 2025
    Aug 26 Tue · 12:35
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Agenda – August 27, 2025, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    I'm proposing a new database index, details are in https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/50161#comment:7 This adds `CREATE INDEX type_status_author…
    March 2024
    Mar 07 Thu · 16:32
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    Wrote a comment on the post Add redirect for Google Fonts JSON file, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
    Adding query parameters should be fine cache busting, it is a common technique for solving…
    March 2023
    Mar 29 Wed · 22:52
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post GitHub SSH host key update – SVN-Git sync, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
    I'm all for what ever it takes to make it "proper", one request is that…
    February 2023
    Feb 10 Fri · 23:29
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    Wrote a comment on the post Automated performance monitoring in WordPress core, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    For each core commit a GitHub action will run a set of automated performance tests,…
    December 2022
    Dec 09 Fri · 22:13
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    Wrote a comment on the post Enhancing the Scripts API with a loading strategy, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    In general I support the concept. Adding defer or async to script tags enables script…
    January 2022
    Jan 05 Wed · 22:27
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    Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.9 Performance Improvements, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Thank you for sharing numbers comparing versions. I'm curious if there are links to the…
    October 2021
    Oct 13 Wed · 13:50
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for a Performance team, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Raising my hand to offer my help in this effort.
    June 2016
    Jun 14 Tue · 03:31
    Meta high
    Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Salt Lake City 2016
    December 2015
    Dec 07 Mon · 15:17
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    Wrote a comment on the post WP REST API: New Tools & OAuth Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    it’s entirely discoverable ... including renaming the API base, or even delegating API access to…
    September 2015
    Sep 11 Fri · 15:08
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    Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Salt Lake City 2015

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