# Roots updates from March, Bud is 30% faster 🎉

**URL:** https://discourse.roots.io/t/roots-updates-from-march-bud-is-30-faster/22804
**Category:** general
**Tags:** newsletter
**Created:** 2022-04-05T11:09:56Z
**Posts:** 2

## Post 1 by @ben — 2022-04-05T11:09:56Z

Howdy! We’ve moved away from Mailchimp (again) and made some additional changes to the newsletter:

- We’re no longer tracking opens or clicks on these emails
- Emails are now being addressed from myself :waving_hand:

Please let us know if this happened to hit your spam folder! I’m now also finally publishing these on Roots Discourse to keep a public archive (sorry this took so long, @vdrnn!).

## Releases

- [Acorn v2.0.3](https://github.com/roots/acorn/releases/tag/v2.0.3) — package discovery bugfix
- [Acorn v2.0.4](https://github.com/roots/acorn/releases/tag/v2.0.4) — `wp acorn optimize` bugfix
- [Acorn v2.0.5](https://github.com/roots/acorn/releases/tag/v2.0.5) — wp-cli URL scheme bugfix
- [Bud v5.5.0](https://bud.js.org/blog/5.5.0) — SSL support
- [Bud v5.6.0](https://bud.js.org/blog/5.6.0) — 30% faster :high_voltage: macOS notifier fix
- [Bud v5.7.0](https://bud.js.org/blog/5.7.0) — client error overlay, wp-admin local dev fixes
- [Sage v10.1.0](https://github.com/roots/sage/releases/tag/v10.1.0) — linting removed by default
- [Sync Script v1.2.0](https://roots.io/plugins/sync-script/) — support for `--no-db` and `--no-assets` added
- [Trellis CLI v1.6.0](https://github.com/roots/trellis-cli/releases/tag/v1.6.0) — lots of small fixes

Thank you to everyone who contributed in March :folded_hands: @bbuilds, @catgofire, @evance, @joshf, @slowrush, @toddsantoro, @UnlocDavid

## WordPress plugins and tools

- [`wp secure all`](https://hackthewp.com/) — Single-command WordPress security
- [GitHub - KevinBatdorf/gutenberg-rust-starter: Gutenberg + Rust + TypeScript](https://github.com/KevinBatdorf/gutenberg-rust-starter) — Gutenberg + Rust + TypeScript
- [https://wordpress.org/plugins/performance-lab/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/performance-lab/) — The first version of the WordPress performance team’s plugin is out
- [State Of WordPress Security In 2021](https://patchstack.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Patchstack-%E2%80%93-State-Of-WordPress-Security-In-2021.pdf) via patchstack

## General web/dev resources

- [difftastic](https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic) — a diff that understands syntax
- [`valet isolate`](https://twitter.com/stauffermatt/status/1503394893770678276):eyes: — Laravel Valet to soon support different versions of PHP per site
- [Safari 15.4 is finally out](https://webkit.org/blog/12445/new-webkit-features-in-safari-15-4/) — `:has()`, lazy loading, accent-color, and more
- [Devzat](https://github.com/quackduck/devzat) — Chat over SSH
- [gh-prs](https://github.com/dlvhdr/gh-prs) — gh cli extension to display a dashboard of PRs (h/t @knowler via Slack)
- [SketchyBar](https://github.com/FelixKratz/SketchyBar) (macOS) — Highly customizable status bar replacement (h/t @knowler via Slack)
- [Corset: Cascading binding sheets](https://corset.dev) — an alternative to frameworks like React and Vue using a CSS-like DSL
- [Global Ray](https://github.com/spatie/global-ray) — Use `dd()` , `dump()`, and `ray()` in any PHP file on your system
- [When or If](https://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2022/03/14/if-or-when/) — The CSSWG is debating what to name a conditional structure
- [GrowthBook](https://www.growthbook.io/) — Open-source feature flagging and A/B testing platform

### Blade tips

[https://twitter.com/marcelpociot/status/1481187964692713472](https://twitter.com/marcelpociot/status/1481187964692713472)

[https://twitter.com/danjharrin/status/1489202623811051521](https://twitter.com/danjharrin/status/1489202623811051521)

## Roots-related jobs

- [Looking for PHP Developers - Contractor or Full-Time (Remote or Birmingham, AL)](https://discourse.roots.io/t/looking-for-php-developers-contractor-or-full-time-remote-or-birmingham-al/22709)
- [Write for Roots](https://discourse.roots.io/t/write-for-roots/22618/1)
- [Searching Freelancer for Various Projects](https://discourse.roots.io/t/searching-freelancer-for-various-projects/22500)

[See more from the jobs category](https://discourse.roots.io/c/jobs/20), and check out our new monthly [Who wants to be hired?](https://discourse.roots.io/t/who-wants-to-be-hired-april-2022/22765) topic

## Built with Sage

- [https://mariadb.com/](https://mariadb.com/) (h/t @nicbovee via Slack)
- [https://www.rockandice.com/](https://www.rockandice.com/)
- [https://www.outsideonline.com/](https://www.outsideonline.com/)

## WordPress package changes

The `roots/wordpress` Composer package will be [switching to the “no-content” WordPress release](https://github.com/roots/wordpress/issues/32) with WordPress 6.0. Please add any comments or questions on the GitHub issue.

## Special thanks

Thanks so much to everyone that has sponsored Roots via GitHub or Patreon. We are extremely grateful to also have received two one-time anonymous donations this past month: one for $250 and one for $500 :folded_hands:

If you’re able to, please considering [sponsoring Roots on GitHub](https://github.com/sponsors/roots) & come join us on Roots Slack (soon to be Discord :eyes:).

This might be the only email I say this in: we’re restarting work on Clover this year, and folks that are sponsoring Roots at the $7 tier will get access to the GitHub repo when development begins on it again. **Once that happens** , we’ll be adding a new $20 sponsorship tier which will be the monthly amount required in order to gain access to Clover on GitHub, along with early access to any other future projects (Bedrock Pro… :eyes:), and any other sponsor-only packages we create.

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## Post 2 by @ben — 2022-04-05T11:11:50Z