Timi Wahalahti – @sippis

Member Since: January 2nd, 2015
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Website: sipp.is
GitHub: timiwahalahti
Job Title: Backend developer, partner
Employer: Digitoimisto Dude
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Bio

Senior backend developer and WordPress enthusiast living in Finland. Partner at Dude, building customized websites and -services for a wide range of clients from government agencies to NGOs.

Passionate cyclist usually riding a bike, speaking about cycling or organizing a cycling race. Active in cycling advocacy collective kaupunkifillari, at local cycling club JYPS and in Finnish Cyclists’ Federation.

WordPress Community Deputy, WordCamp organizer and mentor and WPJKL Meetup co-organizer.

WordPress Origin Story

My journey with WordPress started in the year 2008 when I was just 14 years old. We needed a new website for our scout troop and I had some experience with playing around with HTML and CSS. Eagerly with no real knowledge of building a website and not to speak about running a one in a production, I took the task.

I don’t remember exactly how we found each other with WordPress and why I ended up using it in the first place. But there’s one feeling that I do remember: excitement. Excitement on how easy it was to modify the layout and publish content.

Fast forward to 2012. I had learned more PHP and already built numerous sites with WordPress to myself, friends and small associations. My media assistant studies in vocational school contained some web development with WordPress. At this point, I was already quite familiar with it (or at least I thought then) so my teacher ended up asking me to help my classmates in that course.

Almost two years passed by and in 2014 I landed on my first job in the industry at the age of 19. It has been a ride after that.

Read the full story on my blog https://sipp.is/12-years-with-wordpress/

Contributions Sponsored

Timi Wahalahti contributes 7 hours per week to the following teams: Community, Meta, Training.

Contribution History

Community Contributor
Community Team
Core Contributor
Meetup Organizer
Meta Contributor
Plugin Developer
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker

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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal Update: Decision making checklist for safe, in-person meetups, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
If an organizer doesn’t follow these guidelines, I think they should receive a warning first.…

2 days ago
Wrote a new post, Community Team Meeting agenda for 2021-01-21, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
The Community Team bi-weekly meeting is happening this week. The meeting is meant for all…

1 week ago
Wrote a new post, Request for Feedback: Community Team Meeting times for 2021, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
It has been a long time since our Community Team Meetings times have been revised,…

1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post Why the Plugin Emails are ‘Anonymous’, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
Reading this makes me so sad and feel sick. No one, absolutely no one, should…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Median lisääminen ei onnistu, on the site Suomi Support Forums:
Moi! Kuulostaa siltä, että jokin lisäosa saattaa aiheuttaa ongelmia Javascriptin toimimisen kanssa. Jos siis tiedostojen…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team Goals 2021: Open Discussion Sessions, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
EMEA friendly discussions Unfortunately the time for EMEA friendly discussions needed to be changed. It's…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team Reps for 2021, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Thank you, everyone! I'm excited to serve the team together with Kevin :) Cami and…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Decision making checklist for safe, in-person meetups, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
In Finland, we have an app called Koronavilkku, which is contact tracing app to help…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Decision making checklist for safe, in-person meetups, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Few concerns related to requiring an RSVP or some sort of a list in another…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Decision making checklist for safe, in-person meetups, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Is phone number necessarily needed, since organisers and Central do have their email address? Organisers…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Decision making checklist for safe, in-person meetups, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
+1 for making the list of already vetted places and adding a link to it…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Community Deputy check-in results and sum-up, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
In recent weeks, all Community Team Deputies were contacted personally through Slack, and asked to…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: How can the WordPress Community return to hosting safe, in-person events?, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Sounds like a good idea, really love it actually! It's worth noting that the numbers…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal follow-up: Dedicated communication place for deputies – forming the guidelines, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
@angelasjin, @courtneypk and I worked on deputy outreach during the last few weeks. Based on…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, WordPress 5.6 “Simone”, on the site Suomi:
Tapaa Simone, uusin WordPress-versio joka on nimetty legendaarisen esiintyjä Nina Simonen kunniaksi. Käynnistä soittolista ja…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: How can the WordPress Community return to hosting safe, in-person events?, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Personally, I'd like to trust that our community members are responsible individuals and not much…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: How can the WordPress Community return to hosting safe, in-person events?, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I understand these concerns and thoughts 💯 Hopefully the following comment explains a little more…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: How can the WordPress Community return to hosting safe, in-person events?, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Continuity of the Camera Kit program has been on the discussion for long, as have…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: How can the WordPress Community return to hosting safe, in-person events?, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
As a note... Preference for outdoor events This actually opens totally new ways to organise…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Announcement: In-person events in rest of year 2020, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Just to follow-up, there's now discussion on how WordPress Community can return to hosting safe…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: How can the WordPress Community return to hosting safe, in-person events?, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
An important discussion, thank you, Angela, for putting this post together! I think the precautions…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Moving the Learn Working Group to Training, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Sounds like a reasonable thing to do! It surely has been somewhat hard to follow…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Proposal: Giving recognition after completing Contributor Training, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Community Team has had Deputy Training courses for years. In 2019 there was an effort…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Kirjoittaja ei pysty upottamaan hml- koodia, on the site Suomi Support Forums:
Morjesta, Tosiaan roolilla "kirjoittaja" ei ole oikeutta lisätä/tallentaa artikkelien sisältöön html-koodia. Käyttäjät joilla on tätä…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team goals for 2021: share your suggestions!, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
And more! Creating a year clock for Community Team, so we don't need to rely…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team goals for 2021: share your suggestions!, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Some of these things might have been proposed earlier by other team members for past…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team goals for 2021: share your suggestions!, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
+1 for more coordination with the Marketing team and making our official social media accounts…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team goals for 2021: share your suggestions!, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
+1 for the whole list.

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal follow-up: Dedicated communication place for deputies – forming the guidelines, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Sorry that I did not have time to comment on the deputy engagement tracking methods…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team Rep Nominations for 2021, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Thank you @bph for the very kind words that literally made me blush!

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal follow-up: Dedicated communication place for deputies – forming the guidelines, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I’d also like to propose that we check that active deputy list, via email, Slack…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team Chat Agenda | November 19 2020, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I'd like to bring this into discussion again as its request for comments ends today…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Getting more Learn WordPress Discussion Group leaders and attendees, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Thank you for the comments! I did go ahead and created issues on Github: https://github.com/WordPress/learn/issues/145…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Tuesday Trainings: Identifying and avoiding burnout, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Oh! This has been hard this year because of the global situation... but also calming…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Tuesday Trainings: Identifying and avoiding burnout, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Thank you so much for writing this. I can relate to so many points and…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team Rep Nominations for 2021, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Thank you for being great team reps during 2020 @mariaojob and @camikaos! Also thank you…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team Rep Nominations for 2021, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Thank you, Francesca, for the nomination! I would be more than happy to be the…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal follow-up: Dedicated communication place for deputies – forming the guidelines, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Sorry to say so straight, but this discussion has already taken place on the original…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp and Meetup application vetting sprint – November 2020, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I'll try and attend on Friday. Thanks for organizing!

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Setting a launch date for Learn WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
The concerning thing here is that, while excitement is great, the team has not yet…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Setting a launch date for Learn WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Do you think we can have Learn WordPress ready before the launch of 5.6? What…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Event Schema for WordCamp.org, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
+1

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal follow-up: Dedicated communication place for deputies – forming the guidelines, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
do you mean everyone who is marked as “Active” as well as “Active (mentor only)”,…

3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Proposal follow-up: Dedicated communication place for deputies – forming the guidelines, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Months ago, I posted a proposal on creating a new dedicated Slack channel for deputies.…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Getting more Learn WordPress Discussion Group leaders and attendees, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
+make.wordpress.org/training

3 months ago
Wrote a new post, WordPress 5.5.3 huoltopäivitys, on the site Suomi:
WordPress versio 5.5.3 on nyt saatavilla. Tämä huoltopäivitys korjaa ongelman aiemmin viikolla julkaistussa WordPress 5.5.2…

3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Getting more Learn WordPress Discussion Group leaders and attendees, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Learn WordPress is getting closer to its full launch and more workshops are being published,…

3 months ago
Closed ticket #5472, in Meta Trac:
Image slider issue

3 months ago
Closed ticket #4925, in Meta Trac:
Wordcamp.org has a mix of Canceled and Cancelled

5 months ago
Closed ticket #4655, in Meta Trac:
Reports: Relevant Meetup and WordCamp links in listings

6 months ago