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To Tell a Story or Not
What should be the ideal length of a newsletter? I'm not sure. I like to tell stories, hear stories, and read stories. Some stories are better told short, while some other needs elaborate buildups. Then there are some readers/listeners who need just the …The Need to Contribute
Is there any human virtue worth more than liberté, égalité and fraternité, the motto of the French Revolution, that became the leading light for a liberal world? Some may not agree with me. But if you value moral excellence, integrity or being true to …Where Created Experiences Rule
The writing on my child's tee shirt reads: "Think like a Proton, Always Positive". I know; it is just a jingle and NOT scientifically accurate though approximately factual and mathematically true[1]. Sounds like Calculus? It does. So, for the time being, …Public Code Must Survive the Contract
Public software is easiest to celebrate at launch, when a service is delivered, a repository is published, and an institution can point to visible progress. Its harder test begins after the original contract ends. Security response, documentation, …What It Takes to Sustain Drupal
Maintainers, Association leaders, developers, and community organisers faced versions of the same question this week: how should Drupal fund, govern, and sustain the work its users rely on? Reporting from 20–27 July 2026 followed that question across …Who Builds Drupal Now?
Visual page builders often arrive with a familiar promise: fewer developer handoffs and more control for editors. Drupal CMS 2.0 makes that promise concrete by using Drupal Canvas as its default editing experience, with drag-and-drop composition, live …Drupal Governance, Security, and Automation Updates
Recent Drupal news fits inside a wider question Dries Buytaert raised in his blog post, License-only versus Stewarded Open Source : what turns code that is merely available into infrastructure people can depend on? The distinction is useful because this …Drupal 11.4.0, AI Workflows, and Orchestration
Recent Drupal developments point to a clearer direction for the project’s AI and developer-experience work. The immediate story is not only that Drupal is adding AI features. Core performance, upgrade tooling, workflow orchestration, and AI governance are …Drupal Aims to Reduce AI Agent Friction
Artificial intelligence is posing a practical question to Drupal. If AI agents can help plan, build, inspect, and change websites, how easily can they work with Drupal when faster platforms are easier to start? The Drupal AI Initiative made that question …Ecosystem Governance, Infrastructure Funding, and Core Readiness
Governance, infrastructure funding, and release maintenance define this week’s Editor’s Pick as the Drupal Association keeps self-nominations open for its 2026 At-Large Board Election and introduces the Drupal Sustaining Members Program . The updates …
