Collaborate
Ways to work together.
Varun keeps a small calendar for outside work beyond client engagements. Below are the formats that fit, and the kinds of asks that do not.
Four ways to collaborate
- 01
Speaking
Conferences, meetups, internal team talks. Topics around WordPress, BuddyPress, AI in dev workflows, running a small studio from India.
- 02
Podcasts
Long-form conversations about WordPress economy, AI tooling, indie products, agency operations. Pre-recorded preferred over live.
- 03
Advisory
Office hours, code review, architecture review, hiring rubric review. Engagement-by-engagement, not retainer.
- 04
Content
Co-published deep dives, guest essays, joint research on WordPress + AI. Goal: useful, not link-trade.
What works, what does not
Open to
- Podcasts and conferences where the topic is technical
- Co-authored research on WP + AI workflows
- Plugin or theme partnerships with a real product fit
- Mentoring developers building their first WordPress products
Not for us
- Cold partnership emails with no specific ask
- Link exchanges, guest posts for SEO juice
- Affiliate programs unrelated to community products
- Crypto, gambling, or anything that needs a NSFW disclaimer