20 million lines of code, and a thank you

Mihai DragomirescuFounder, Respira for WordPress

A thank you from Mihai, who builds Respira for WordPress.
RESPIRA.PRESS · 30 SEPTEMBER 2026
20 million lines of code. Thank you.
Hi there,

On 30 September, at 00:41 UTC, the counter on respira.press/live passed 20 million lines of code, updated on WordPress sites through Respira. That number is yours more than mine.
20 million lines of code, for scale. Space Shuttle 400,000. Elementor 870,000. WordPress core 1.1 million. Wikipedia's software 1.5 million. WooCommerce 1.9 million. Boeing 787 6.5 million. Android 12 million. You, through Respira: 20 million. Linux kernel 40 million. Windows 50 million.
Those are finished programs and this is code moved through Respira, so it is a different measure. It does show how much work you now hand to an AI.
Respira started with one task at my day job: more than 40 PDFs to upload and link on a Divi site, on a tight deadline. By hand it would have taken days, so I built a way for Claude to do it safely, and released it before it felt ready.
You told me what broke, and I fixed it. Most of what Respira does today started as one of your replies. Two of you put it better than I can:
“Respira is the first tool that’s let me safely hand real build work to an AI agent … with actual safety rails instead of blind trust.”
Luis, a solo developer who rebuilds Divi sites for clients
“The fact that you built this as a solo developer, listened to early feedback, and kept shipping updates is genuinely impressive.”
Sam, who runs a chiropractic clinic in Adelaide
A short video about what Respira does now. The trailer says 19 million. I finished it on Monday, and by Wednesday it was out of date.
Watch the trailer on YouTube: 3,131+ WordPress sites, 20,000,000 lines of code. Their AI wrote it. Respira delivered it.
Watch the trailer on YouTube (2 and a half minutes)
“This is genuinely category-defining infrastructure that’s flying under most of the WordPress-AI coverage.”
YOOforged, The Complete Guide to AI in WordPress Page Builders (2026)
If Respira has earned it, two small favours
1. Share the trailer with one person who looks after a WordPress site.

2. Say where it was built: a small “Built with Respira” credit in your footer. The badge is ready to copy, and your AI agent can add it for you. You can also send your site to the showcase: every site I add there gets a link from respira.press.
Respira grows by word of mouth, on purpose. Your plan keeps Respira going, and I would rather not spend that money on ads in the attention casinos that social feeds have become. I would rather put it into the product, and share part of it with the people who recommend Respira.

When someone you recommend picks a plan through your partner link, you earn a share of what they pay, for as long as they stay: 10% to start, rising to 50%. Your “Built with Respira” badge can carry your partner link too, so the sites you build recommend Respira for you. I review each application by hand, and what you earn is kept for you until payouts switch on.

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A second founder joined. Three seats left. I could not be more excited about this one. Founders pay once and keep Respira for life, and that money funds the big leaps a monthly plan cannot. The next one on the roadmap is DESIGN: pages your AI builds that look designed, not only correct.

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I build Respira for WordPress
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