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[00:00:19] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox Podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley.
Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, building trust with project contracts for reliable AI development.
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So on the podcast today we have Chris Reynolds.
Chris has been immersed in the WordPress world for around 20 years, with a career spanning agency work, and now leading the developer relations team at Pantheon. His deep WordPress experience is paired with a playful approach to emerging tech, making him a familiar voice at events like WordCamp US and across the wider community.
In today’s episode, the discussion explored the fast changing landscape of AI assisted development. Getting into how large language models, like Claude, are not only changing the way developers build for the web, but also how they’re collaborating with these tools whilst mitigating risks.
Chris shares insights from his recent talk at WordCamp US, Parenting Claude: Guardrails for AI Assisted Development, where he introduces the concept of a project contract. Essentially, a structured set of rules and checklists built directly into the coding workflow to ensure AI generated code meets standards for testing, accessibility, security, and design.
We discussed the new found playfulness in web development. Chris makes