Robby McCullough, co-founder of Beaver Builder, joins the WP Tavern podcast to discuss the 12-year journey of the WordPress page builder, the impact of AI on web development workflows, and why Beaver Builder deliberately avoided early AI hype. Robby shares that the team is now actively experimenting with agentic AI features, including drag-to-import vibe-coded pages and an in-editor chat agent. The conversation explores whether page builders still have a role in an AI-first world, with both hosts concluding that visual editing tools will remain valuable for maintenance and fine-tuning even as AI handles initial site creation. They also reflect on the loss of craftsmanship, the pace of technological change, the decline of WordPress community events, and the human cost of increasingly AI-mediated work.
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