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Built to Think Forward
Intelligence now sits at the center of how the web works. Treating it as a side feature is a fast way to fall behind. The task for Drupal is clear. Make intelligence part of the platform’s fabric while keeping people in charge. That balance is the …
Why Steady Effort Wins Out
Hello everyone, There's a lot of talk in tech about "10x engineers", people who are believed to be ten times more productive than others. The idea goes back to a 1968 study that showed big differences between the fastest and slowest programmers. Over the …
The Server Renders Again
HTMX in Drupal shifts the conversation from big architectural battles to something more practical: making the most of HTML sent directly from the server. Drupal already brings strengths like flexible content modeling, caching, and structured views. HTMX …
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, …

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