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Seth Rubenstein

Head of Engineering at Pew Research Center

@smrubenstein Silver Spring, MD joined Jul 2010

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    Bio

    Blocks evangelist, Head of Engineering at Pew Research Center. Gutenberg Contributor. Buffalo wing connoisseur.

    Interests

    WordPress + React + Gutenberg

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    Current Job

    Head of Engineering
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    Pew Research Center

    Recent impact

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    Specializations

    evenly split across 2 teams · no team-attributable activity in the last 365 days

    Contributions

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    May 2026
    May 08 Fri · 14:12
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Real-time collaboration will not ship in WordPress 7.0, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    🥲 Sad to see it delayed, but it's the right call.
    December 2025
    Dec 14 Sun · 17:12
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    Wrote a comment on the post Planning for 7.0, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Wow what a huge list, very exciting. Just as an update from me, I plan…
    Dec 05 Fri · 15:52
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    Wrote a comment on the post Coding Standard Proposal: Allow the use of the PHP short echo tag, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Hard no.
    August 2025
    Aug 27 Wed · 18:11
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    Created a topic, RDB take Block Composability to the next level!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Remote Data Blocks takes composability in Gutenberg to…
    May 2024
    May 08 Wed · 18:31
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    Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Server to client data sharing for Script Modules, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Hi Jon, One thing I'm already conceptualizing using this for is specifically around api-fetch, which…
    May 07 Tue · 18:06
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    Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Server to client data sharing for Script Modules, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Very excited at the prospect of this landing in Gutenberg and gaining a nice way…
    August 2015
    Aug 19 Wed · 16:20
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    Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.4: What’s on your wishlist?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Shortcake completion and in core is the biggest thing we should focus on in 4.4.
    May 2014
    May 30 Fri · 15:25
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    Wrote a comment on the post GSoC: Editor Experiments, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Great idea. Can't wait to see what's possible with the shortcode registration.