Hello and welcome to our second article in a series dedicated to our speakers. Today we are happy to present you Andrey Savchenko ( or Rarst as he’s called by his friends 🙂 ) who will talk to us about how WordPress breaks time (and how to fix it).

• When and how did you start working with WordPress?

I have started with WordPress ten years ago for my Rarst.net blog. It began as a freeware review site and these days it’s more of a personal blog.

Later I built up a reputation for WP development at WordPress Stack Exchange. Which led me to leave my day job and become a WordPress contractor.

• Why did you choose this topic for your presentation?

Date/Time in the core was one of those developer’s nightmares for me. You pull on a string of something looking not right and watch in horror as the whole codebase unravels.

Over years I had spent a lot of time to understand, write up, and code around the problems with the component. So I had great material for a good, scary, entertaining, and informative talk.

• What will we learn from your presentation?

How WordPress Date/Time implementation is alien from the entirety of the tech world. And how to cope with it in practical ways.

• What do you like to do when you’re not WordPress-ing?

Read science fiction. Work to keep my bachelor pad presentable. And fridge filled with something edible and healthy.

• Few words for the WordPress Bucharest community

Come to the WordCamp. Have fun. Take naps. Eat your vegetables. Don’t trust WordPress core code.

Want to meet Rarst? Get your ticket now and meet us on October 27 – 28th.