AI-assisted Development

Niels de Feyter: Why Drupal 7 Upgrades Need More Than a Migration Plan

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For organisations still running Drupal 7, the challenge is often less about whether to upgrade and more about how to modernise without disrupting critical business operations. Niels de Feyter, founder and lead developer of CodeLift, argues that successful upgrades depend on preserving a system's observable behaviour while modernising its underlying platform. In this interview with The Drop Times, he discusses verification, migration complexity, ageing infrastructure, AI-assisted development, and the risks organisations face as legacy systems grow older. ...more

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Drupal AI Learners Club to Test AI-Assisted Drupal 7 Migration Live

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A forthcoming Drupal AI Learners Club event will test whether modern AI coding agents can assist with one of Drupal's most demanding upgrade scenarios: moving a long-running Drupal 7 site to Drupal 11. Rather than presenting a prepared tutorial, the organisers are positioning the session as a live experiment, allowing attendees to observe how an experienced Drupal contributor works with Anthropic's Claude Dynamic Workflows while navigating migration challenges in real time. ...more

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Toolkit Adds Guardrails for Claude Code in Drupal Workflows

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Developers using Claude Code with Drupal projects now have access to a toolkit that combines security checks, coding-standard validation, and repository safeguards into a preconfigured setup. The project focuses on reducing operational errors during AI-assisted development by restricting unsafe commits, destructive commands, and access to sensitive files across Drupal 10 and 11 environments. ...more

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Accessibility

Mike Gifford Says Accessibility Must Be Built Into Workflows Before AI Scales Bad Patterns

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Drupal Core Accessibility Maintainer Mike Gifford says organisations risk accelerating inaccessible digital experiences when accessibility remains dependent on isolated advocates instead of embedded governance systems. Speaking as part of The DropTimes’ continuing Global Accessibility Awareness Day coverage, Gifford argued that sustainable accessibility depends on integrating accountability, workflows, testing, and organisational culture directly into development infrastructure before automated systems amplify poor practices at scale. ...more

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Drupal AI Playground Explores AI-Assisted Module Development

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A Drupal AI Playground experiment uses a Plugin Report module to test how AI handles development tasks. ...more

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AI-Assisted Drupal Module Development Shows Tests and Specifications Drive Outcomes

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A three-part account of building a Drupal contributed module with AI-assisted workflows concludes that specifications and test suites—not coding tools—determine reliability. Drawing from 14 months of iteration, the final instalment shows how production failures, test coverage, and architectural decisions shaped a stable release, while AI tools remained interchangeable in execution. ...more

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AI-Assisted Workflow Demonstrates Haven Template Setup Ahead of Stable Release

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A video demonstration shared ahead of DrupalCon shows how an AI agent can install and run the Haven Drupal CMS site template using a custom Nix-based environment, even in the absence of formal setup instructions. The walkthrough captures the template in its beta phase, highlighting how developers are experimenting with agent-assisted workflows to test emerging Drupal CMS features before stable releases become available. ...more

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AI-Assisted Rebuilds Risk Overlooking Hidden Website Capability, Warns Dan Frost

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Dan Frost, Managing Director at Adaptive, argues that organisations considering AI-assisted website rebuilds must first audit the hidden integrations, workflows and business logic embedded in mature platforms. Without surfacing these invisible capabilities, rebuilds risk eroding operational value in the pursuit of speed. ...more

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Drupal Community

Drupal Core AGENTS.md Proposal Triggers Broader Debate on AI Guardrails

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A proposal to add an AGENTS.md file to Drupal core has been closed as “works as designed,” but not before prompting a wider debate about AI-assisted contributions, disclosure policies, and reviewer fatigue. While some contributors see structured agent guidelines as necessary guardrails, others warn that tooling alone cannot resolve deeper process and governance challenges. ...more

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Organization News

Platform.sh Rebrands as Upsun, Expands Cloud Platform with AI Capabilities

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Platform.sh has officially rebranded as Upsun, signaling a new chapter in cloud application management. Building on its reputation for multicloud flexibility, compliance, and sustainability, Upsun introduces AI-generated configuration, MCP servers for LLM integration, and expanded multi-runtime support. The company positions the move as a strategic evolution to serve both human developers and AI agents in the next wave of enterprise-scale modernization. ...more

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