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[View in browser]( The WhiP | ISSUE 1278 In-House At Your [Expert] Service Keen to save yourself hours, days, even MONTHS of work and hassle? Introducing: WPMU DEV Expert Services! Now you can have our in-house experts take care of complex or time-consuming site issues for you. Best of all, these services won't break the bank and you can easily resell them to clients, for as much as you want, with NO FEES. For the first launch we’re offering 3 expert services (more coming in future!). Find out what they are and how you can start using them [in our new blog post](. WPMU DEV WordPress News Keep it On The Down-local WordPress.com has launched Studio, a new free open-source local development environment for WordPress. Made with developers, designers, and site builders in mind, Studio lets you create and run WordPress sites on your own computer. Plus, it's easy to share your in-progress sites with clients and teams. [Learn more about it and its top features here](. WordPress.com Get a Load Of This! Consider yourself a bit of a performance geek? If you do enjoy crunching the numbers, you might be interested in this new breakdown of the performance improvements that WordPress 6.5 recently introduced. From translation and PHP file loading improvements, to support for a brand new image format, [geek out in peace here](. Wp.org Go With Your Gut-enberg Gutenberg 18.2 dropped last week, mostly focusing on pattern, template preview, and site editor improvements. A lot of work was also done on improving documentation and code quality. [Get a full overview of the latest release here](. WP.org Reviews & Opinion If in Self-Doubt Do you often have a strong feeling of self-doubt and incompetence, despite your experiences, education, and accomplishments proving otherwise? That's your imposter syndrome talking, and if you've ever dealt with it before, you'll know it can be hard to shake or ignore. No matter how much you tell yourself you're done with it or that you're too old for this sh*t! Don't worry though, you're not alone in experiencing this unfortunate phenomenon. It can strike no matter how high you climb. Case in point: former owner and CEO of Yoast, Marieke Van De Rakt. She deals with imposter syndrome and offers some advice on overcoming and coping with it in this short but powerful piece. [Read it here](. Post Status Psst, down here! Keen to tell us how funny/offensive/boring/wrong we are today? Bug the social media team on [X (formerly Twitter)]( -- #The WhiP takes no responsibility for anything said or implied in this newsletter (own butt, saved ✅ ). Also, help us share the love! Forward this edition to someone you think might get a kick out of it. [And tell them to sign up here.]( Until next time. [Link to WPMU DEV Home page]( INCSUB PO BOX 548 #88100, BIRMINGHAM, AL 35201, UNITED STATES You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.