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Opening Drupal to Everyone
The 2025 Ironstar Developer Survey confirms a critical trend in the Drupal ecosystem: younger developers are not entering the community at the rate needed to sustain long-term growth. Of the 753 respondents, only one was under the age of 21. Developers …
Learning From Each Other
Open source communities often learn from one another. When Laravel introduced "Boost," its new AI coding starter kit, it showed how artificial intelligence can be woven directly into a developer's workflow. Instead of leaving AI as a scattered experiment, …
Forked in Plain Sight
Social media plays a crucial role in disseminating information, although it is also accompanied by noise. Platforms like LinkedIn, Mastodon, and Bluesky influence how projects, such as Drupal, are initially discovered, discussed, and evaluated. The Drupal …
The Code Beneath It All
Governments around the world increasingly rely on Open Source software to power digital services that millions of people depend on every day. From national websites to public health systems, much of this infrastructure is built on tools that are freely …
Confronting Change Through Openness
Dear Readers, Due to the recent conversations in the Drupal community about AI and its influence on the open source world, I was reminded of Geoffrey Hinton’s Nobel Prize banquet speech in December 2024. In it, Hinton , often called the “Godfather of AI” …
The Hollow Résumé Crisis
Dear Readers, There is a dangerous complacency settling into the tech job market. Too many candidates are trusting automation to polish their image instead of putting in the work to sharpen their skills. Blake Newman ’s recent piece on the bleak state of …
The Brief Is Changing Before the Work Does
Dries Buytaert’s recent article on AI and the unbundling of digital agencies maps out many of the pressures and changes agencies are navigating right now. He outlines the shift from execution to orchestration, the reduced value of raw platform expertise, …
The Catch with Easy Starts
Drupal has attempted to package reusable site builds before, remember distributions ? Most of them either broke over time, went stale, or required more effort to customise than starting fresh. The new Template Marketplace looks smarter on paper, leaner …
People Behind the Projects
Every part of Drupal, from modules to core releases to translations, is built and maintained by people. Thousands of contributors shape this ecosystem: writing code, reviewing issues, reporting bugs, maintaining projects, improving accessibility, updating …
Belonging by Design
Dear Readers, Drupal’s strength rests on more than code quality or feature sets. The project’s true resilience comes from the choices it makes about who belongs. As Pride Month closes, the maxim “what you permit, you promote” takes on new urgency. By …

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