Interviews

TDT reached out to Shani Maurya to interview him on his journey with Drupal and to ask a few questions about his session and what he thinks about implementing Drupal Camps in India ...more

Mike Gifford, Drupal's Core Accessibility Maintainer and a Senior Strategist at Civic Action talks to TDT about his extensive and deep-rooted involvements with digital accessibility. ...more

Drupal makes the 'easy' tasks more difficult, and more difficult tasks much easier. That dynamic makes Drupal perfect for more ambitious projects that would otherwise be quite complex. ...more

Machine Learning has a lot of applications in Drupal, particularly for editors. The community is already using many modules, the latest being the integration of ChatGPT.  ...more

Matt has always been fascinated with Drupal and knows it to be an extremely powerful framework for building applications. ...more

Learn more about how Princeton University became interested in Drupal in 2010. Jill Moraca also shares her thoughts on the success of DrupalCamp NJ 2023 and hopes for a stronger turnout for the 2024 event. ...more

Follow through with TDT's interview with John Doyle Founder Digital Polygon and how the idea for his company came about. ...more

Chris is the founder of Redfin Solutions and a co-lead of Project Browser Initiative. TDT brings to you yet another interview that highlights the Drupal Journey of the presenters at the 2023 DrupalCamp NJ. Read into our conversation with Chris Wells ...more

Rick Hood is an organizer of the NERD Summit. TDT interviewed Richard Hood to also look into what the NERD Summit 2023 is all about. This is the first interview prior to the NERD Summit 2023. ...more

"Like all the best positions, it is something we invented to fit a need." Says Digital Accessibility Developer at Princeton University, John Jameson in our recent interview with him. This is out First Interview for DrupalCamp NJ 2023. ...more

April Sides and Melissa Bent have spoken to TDT about their experience at FLDC 2023 "The two of us had already worked pretty closely on this topic so assigning the portions of the talk happened naturally" says Melissa. The past week TDT has been conducting written interviews with FLDC speakers regarding their Drupal journey and career. ...more

“Happiness is not the right metric by which to measure someone’s work life; “low-stress” might be better" Says Jonathan Daggerhart in his interview with TDT. Drupal Camp Florida is here, and as TDT is an in-kind sponsor we took this opportunity to speak to the FLDC session speakers. ...more

Interview with Mark Shropshire, one of the maintainers of Guardr Project, a security focussed Drupal Distribution. This interview is part of a series prior to the Florida DrupalCamp 2023. ...more

“A larger issue is the turnaround time to get quality reviews on Drupal.org. Developers will get frustrated when they work hard on a patch to Drupal, but their code languishes for months and even years. It can be very demoralizing to anyone,” warns Mike Herchel. He was speaking to TheDropTimes (TDT) ahead of the Florida DrupalCamp 2023. ...more

Drupal camps and conferences is the best way to meet more people in the Drupal community and to grow your network, says Aubrey in her interview with TDT. In this interview you read about how Aubrey was introduced to making her own websites as a teen, the evolution of HTML and CSS through her own experience, ...more

As part of our effort to feature products and distributions around Drupal, TheDropTimes (TDT) reached out to Jurriaan Roelofs, the founder and senior product manager of DXPR and arranged an email interview with him. Jurriaan painstakingly replied to them. Here is the result: ...more

From running a solo Drupal shop that he calls a “boutique” to joining as a front-end developer at Lullabot, Adam Varn takes us through his formative years, including his bartering services for access to certain other services and getting trained on the way, in this interview. ...more

"When we choose inaccessibility, we are disabling people," says AmyJune Hineline. She was speaking to TDT over an email interview with Alethia Braganza prior to the upcoming Florida DrupalCamp for which, she is one of the lead organizers. Read on to know more. ...more

"I’d like to see Drupal continue to expand its presence in the JavaScript community via official packages on NPM. Specifically, I’d like to see Drupal offer an official JavaScript client to interface with JSON:API," Brian expresses his wishful thinking in this interview. A must read for those who are into decoupled initiative. ...more

The Drop Times (TDT) approached Italo Mairo for an interview, asking questions about his work, and he was kind enough to reply via email. His answers inspire any Free Libre and Open-Source Software contributors in general and aspiring Drupal contributors in particular. It would also appeal to young engineers passionate about engineering drawing, computer graphics and visualisation. Read on to grab a bite from the exciting conversation. ...more

Monica Flores has been declared the winner of the recently concluded election to the At-Large position of the Board of Directors of the Drupal Association (DA). She talks to the Drop times about her time with Drupal and her story in tech. ...more

Matt Obert traces his path from Linux system administration to Drupal, reflects on community contribution and Drupal 7 options, and raises early concerns about AI-assisted programming, open-source licensing, and attribution. ...more

Brian Perry explains why framework-agnostic web components could fit Drupal, reflects on mentoring through Google Summer of Code, and argues that decoupled architecture expands front-end choices without making traditional Drupal obsolete. ...more

John Richards II explains how decoupled projects expose foundational differences between WordPress and Drupal, reflects on Drupal 7 migration choices, and describes developer advocacy as a two-way responsibility. ...more

Dori Kelner explains why burnout cannot be solved by individuals alone, connects workplace wellbeing to trust and agency, and outlines how leaders can build cultures grounded in clarity, boundaries, and dignity. ...more

We had to reshape the structure and vision for [DrupalCon Portland] to better meet community needs in a COVID-conscious world, recalls Von Eaton as he speaks about the importance of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. The Director of Programs, DA, was replying to TDT over an email correspondence as a curtain raiser to the New England Drupal Camp 2022. ...more

Mike Miles traces how support from Boston’s Drupal community shaped his career, explains practical uses for project automation, and argues that Drupal’s future depends on continued experimentation and shared knowledge. ...more

Kyle Einecker explains why Drupal component systems became difficult to build, where Single Directory Components could help, and how Drupal Commerce can support both content-led and transaction-led websites. ...more

Talking Drupal co-host and one of the organizers of NEDCamp, Nic Laflin talks to the Drop Times. ...more

Benji Fisher connects Drupal security to the processes behind the code, explains how the OWASP Top Ten applies to real sites, and makes a practical case for usability fundamentals over fashionable trends. ...more