In this episode, Aurooba and Brian discuss his recent recent experience speaking at WordCamp Phoenix. Then, they dig into the presentation topic: transitioning from Advanced Custom Fields Flexible Content Rows to ACF Blocks. The conversation ranges from what it takes to learn a new workflow to understanding the limitations of the block editor.

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• Brian's WCPHX Talk (with slides and code) - https://www.briancoords.com/phoenix/
• WordCamp Phoenix Livestreams https://www.youtube.com/@wcphx/streams
• Let’s Build a Custom Block in 15 Minutes by Nick Diego - https://nickdiego.com/wcus-2022/
• Brian's website – https://www.briancoords.com
• Aurooba's website – https://aurooba.com

00:00:00 Our First WordCamps
00:04:20 Brian spoke at WordCamp Phoenix
00:08:33 Our histories with ACF
00:09:24 The age of shortcodes is over. The time of the flexible content rows has come.
00:11:02 Transitioning and staying profitable
00:13:54 Live-coding a presentation
00:16:03 Looking at a standard ACF Flexible Content Rows page
00:19:04 ACF Blocks on the frontend
00:20:51 ACF Blocks in the Block Editor
00:24:10 Experimenting with Core Blocks and ACF Blocks
00:30:07 On writing the same code for the rest of your life
00:32:18 Transitioning from ACF Blocks to native blocks

• (00:00) - Our First WordCamps