{"id":151640,"date":"2026-03-25T16:48:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T23:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ma.tt\/?p=151640"},"modified":"2026-03-25T17:59:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T00:59:23","slug":"ari-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2026\/03\/ari-x\/","title":{"rendered":"Ari &amp; X"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m in NYC for the <a href=\"https:\/\/luma.com\/yb2jnbho\">Stephan Wolfram dev\/ai\/nyc conversation tomorrow<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/automattic.space\/\">Automattic Noho space<\/a>. While walking back from the Apple Store in Soho where I had picked up a new Studio Display XDR to try out, ran into one of my favorite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/ariathome\">YouTube accounts to follow right now, Ari at Home<\/a>! I ran into him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/2731606952\">around 32 minutes into this Twitch stream<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IQLl7fZ9YxI\">Here&#8217;s how he set up his rig<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ran into <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARIatTWIT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ARIatTWIT<\/a> walking back from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Apple?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Apple<\/a> store with new Studio XDR. ? Offered to get him set up on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WordPress?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WordPress<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tumblr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Tumblr<\/a>. \ud83d\ude42 Carrying the display was my workout for the day. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q3vgAG7Hxm\">pic.twitter.com\/q3vgAG7Hxm<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Matt Mullenweg (@photomatt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/photomatt\/status\/2036910052074819932?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script>window.twitterLazyLoadEmbedJS( document.currentScript );<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A video I&#8217;ve shared with friends recently is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xmFwGQyBVsc\">when Harry Mack ran into Ari<\/a>, which was fun for me because they&#8217;re two of my favorite accounts to follow. Sorry I didn&#8217;t freestyle! I had to get back to do some work, which is why I got the monitor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In other cool X\/Twitter news, they launched an awesome feature today that lets you restrict replies not just to people you follow, but to people they follow as well. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nikitabier\">Nikita<\/a> gave a hat tip to the conversation I had with <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/levelsio\">Peter Levels \/ @levelsio<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Credit to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rsrbk123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rsrbk123<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/striedinger?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@striedinger<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/x_belous?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@x_belous<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/singhai?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@singhai<\/a> for their work on this. <br><br>And thanks <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/photomatt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@photomatt<\/a> for the suggestion <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Gr2iD1O73Y\">https:\/\/t.co\/Gr2iD1O73Y<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Nikita Bier (@nikitabier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nikitabier\/status\/2036869177173303398?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script>window.twitterLazyLoadEmbedJS( document.currentScript );<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m in NYC for the Stephan Wolfram dev\/ai\/nyc conversation tomorrow at the Automattic Noho space. While walking back from the Apple Store in Soho where I had picked up a new Studio Display XDR to try out, ran into one of my favorite YouTube accounts to follow right now, Ari at Home! I ran into &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2026\/03\/ari-x\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ari &amp; X<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"fullscreen","default_image_id":54207,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbWEudHRcL2ZpbGVzXC8yMDIxXC8wNVwvUGhvdG8tb24tMjAyMC0xMC0yOC1hdC0yLjA1LVBNLTEtMTAyNHg2ODIuanBnIiwidHh0IjoiQXJpICZhbXA7IFgiLCJ0ZW1wbGF0ZSI6ImZ1bGxzY3JlZW4iLCJmb250IjoiIiwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTA0Nzg2NX0.fRe_Pf6XD0xSlxNDPYHoB3ZX7V-VGTC3ryhcmb_xCGwMQ"},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[120,4,2824,2248,209],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-automattic","category-music","category-new-york","category-tech","category-video"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/2026\/03\/ari-x\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Ari &amp; X","url":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/2026\/03\/ari-x\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/2026\/03\/ari-x\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Automattic","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Matt"}],"creator":["Matt"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Matt Mullenweg","logo":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/files\/2021\/05\/Photo-on-2020-10-28-at-2.05-PM-1.jpg"},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2026-03-25T23:48:04Z","datePublished":"2026-03-25T23:48:04Z","dateModified":"2026-03-26T00:59:23Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Ari &amp; X\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ma.tt\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/ari-x\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ma.tt\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/ari-x\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"Automattic\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Matt\"}],\"creator\":[\"Matt\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Matt Mullenweg\",\"logo\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ma.tt\\\/files\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/Photo-on-2020-10-28-at-2.05-PM-1.jpg\"},\"keywords\":[],\"dateCreated\":\"2026-03-25T23:48:04Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-25T23:48:04Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-26T00:59:23Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/ma.tt\/p.js"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4oB3-DrO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":145158,"url":"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2025\/07\/new-beeper\/","url_meta":{"origin":151640,"position":0},"title":"Beeper and Automattic 20","author":"Matt","date":"July 30, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"To announce and celebrate the incredible engineering achievement of the Beeper team launching local bridges and their premium model we hosted a fun event in Automattic's space in NYC. 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