REST API Performance with Jonny Harris

Jonny Harris is a London-based WordPress developer specializing in large-scale WordPress projects and runs the Spacedmonkey consultancy. Jonny has been developing websites for over 10 years. He is most known for his open-source work in WordPress core, where he’s worked on things like Gutenberg, multisite, and the REST API. His list of former clients and employers includes names like Time Inc. UK, Google, Unsplash, and Skyscanner. Over the last year or so, Jonny has worked with the performance team in WordPress core to make WordPress faster and more performant, so we’re here to pick his brain about the WordPress backend.

During this podcast, we touch on these topics:

• Jonny's innovative client work with organizations like Google, Skyscanner, and Unsplash
• Using WordPress with a low-footprint database layer like SQLite
• Scaling WordPress multisite databases with tools like LudicrousDB
• Blocks, Gutenberg, headless WordPress, and the wp-rest-blocks plugin
• Recent performance improvements to the REST API

Jonny's GitHub
https://github.com/spacedmonkey
Jonny's Website
https://www.spacedmonkey.com/
Jonny's Twitter
https://twitter.com/thespacedmonkey