Tag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting Podcast

Join Michael Meyers and Kristiaan Van den Eynde in this episode of Tag1 Team Talks as they delve into the future of the Group module in Drupal. With over 13 years of development experience, Kristiaan shares his journey, the challenges faced, and the exciting updates coming to the Group module. Discover the consolidation into Group 4, improvements to the editor experience, the integration of submod...

Is your organization struggling to convert raw data into actionable insights? In today's landscape, being data-driven is a basic requirement for survival, yet persistent roadblocks like fragmented collaboration and ambiguous ownership plague most businesses. This third episode, continues our discussion into the Insight Supply Chain Framework, a structured approach for organizing your data professi...

In this second Tag1 Team Talk episode about the Insights Supply Chain Framework, we examine this structured approach designed to provide a clear strategy for organizing your data teams, eliminating ad hoc collaboration, and ensuring insights flow seamlessly. Discover the fundamental decision every organization must make: whether to keep all data experts in one centralized team or spread them acros...

Host Michael Meyers interviews UX/UI experts Andrew Glassett and Pilar Belhumeur on Tag1 Team Talks to challenge the myth that design is only about aesthetics. They move past surface-level looks to discuss strategic design elements like research, user interviews, and testing. Learn how effective design is a collaborative process—involving stakeholder engagement, competitive analysis, and iterative...

Welcome to today's episode, where Managing Director Michael Meyers and Software Architect Mauricio Dinarte, are exploring a critical topic in modern web development: the evolution of local development tooling and its profound impact on developer onboarding and productivity. As development environments become increasingly complex, the right tools can make all the difference between hours of frustra...

Discover the Insights Supply Chain Framework Business Intelligence (BI) has been the standard for decades, but it's time for a change. In this insightful podcast episode, Dr. Duru Ahanotu introduces the Insights Supply Chain Framework, a comprehensive new model for modern data strategy. Learn the origin story of this groundbreaking framework and how it provides a structured, non-capricious way for...

Welcome to Tag1 Team Talks, the podcast of Tag1 Consulting. In this episode, we are excited to announce the launch of a game-changing resource: 'Migrating Your Data from Drupal 7 Site to Drupal 10 or 11' by Mauricio Dinarte. This comprehensive 31-part data migration blog series has now been packaged into a free eBook available for download. Co-host Michael Meyers discusses the importance of this g...

More than a buzzword, security transparency is a business imperative. At Tag1, we embraced that drive to achieve SOC 2 compliance in record time. Our new Trust Center lets anyone verify our security controls on demand. In our latest Tag1 Team Talk, we share how modern tools, expert partnerships, and a commitment to excellence can dramatically accelerate your security certification journey. Learn h...

Deep Dive into Drupal Performance Testing with Gander | Tag1 Team Talks Welcome to Tag1 Team Talks! In this episode, Michael Meyers, Managing Director at Tag1 Consulting, interviews Nathaniel 'Catch' Catchpole, a prolific contributor to the Drupal platform and Gander Project Lead. Together, they explore Tag1's incorporation of Gander as a foundational element in the next-gen content management sys...

Join Michael Meyers, Managing Director at Tag1 Consulting, as he discusses the end of life for Drupal 7 and Tag1 Drupal 7 Extended Support (D7ES) with Jeremy Andrews (Founder & CEO) and Steve Zipfel (Director of Strategy and Innovation). Learn about the latest security updates, the seamless upgrade path to CKEditor 5, our SOC 2 attestation, and our strategic partnership with Pantheon. Dive dee...

In this episode of Tag1 Team Talks , Michael Meyers, Managing Director at Tag1 Consulting, is joined by Francesco Pesenti and Marco Molinari to discuss an essential update for Drupal 7 users: the integration of CKEditor 5 as part of the Drupal 7 Extended Support (D7ES) service. Topics Covered: Drupal 7 End-of-Life (EOL) in January 2025 and what it means for your website. How CKEditor 4’s end-of-li...

With Drupal 7 reaching end-of-life in January 2025, many site owners and developers face a tough decision: migrate to a new version of Drupal or to a new platform, or risk running an unsupported site. But what if there was a third option?   In this team talk, we introduce Tag1's Drupal 7 Extended Support service, a solution that allows you to keep your Drupal 7 site secure and up-to-date beyo...

Are you facing challenges with content staging on your enterprise Drupal site? The Workspaces module might be the solution you're looking for. Now available in Drupal core as an experimental feature, Workspaces allows for effective site-wide content staging. In this Tag1 Team Talk, Andrei Mateescu, Senior Architect at Tag1 and the module's lead maintainer, demonstrates its capabilities. Learn how...

Join Tag1 Team Talks for the launch of our detailed blog series dedicated to guiding users through the Drupal 7 to Drupal 10 Data Migration process. Created by migration expert Mauricio Dinarte, our series caters to developers and site owners alike by covering theory, practical examples, and a breadth of topics ranging from data conflicts and content model changes to debugging migrations. The seri...

Randy Fay, the maintainer of DDEV discusses the key features and functionalities of DDEV, a Docker-based development environment that streamlines setting up and managing local development for applications (no Docker knowledge is required). Whether you're creating applications in Python, PHP, or other languages, DDEV will save you tremendous time and effort. It also works great for managing multipl...

Hosted by Mariano Crivello, join us as  Adam Silverstein , from Google and Janez Urevc of Tag1 discuss Google's new metric,  Interaction to Next Paint(INP) , which is part of the Core Web Vitals being introduced in March 2024 to foster user experience on the web. Adam gives a comprehensive overview. INP focuses on measuring the responsiveness of web pages to user inputs, aiming to captur...

Are you constantly seeking ways to improve your Drupal site's performance? Look no further! In our latest Tag1 Team Talks episode, we dive into Gander, an innovative tool developed with the Google Chrome team. Gander is not just another performance tool; it's a game-changer. With insights from Drupal expert Nathaniel Catchpole (aka. Catch), you'll discover how Gander creates visibility into Drupal...

Join us for a dynamic and timely discussion in the latest episode of Tag1 Team Talks, where our Drupal migration experts, including Janez Urevc, Strategic Growth and Innovation Manager at Tag1, alongside Drupal mavens Lucas Hedding and Mauricio Dinarte, dive into the nuances of media and file migration from Drupal 7 to Drupal 10. This conversation is crucial as Drupal 7 approaches its end of life...

Join us in this lively episode of Tag1 Team Talks, where our seasoned experts - Mike Ryan (co-creator of Migrate) and Benji Fisher (maintainer of Migrate) and host Janez Urevc, unpack the final "Load" segment of the ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) process crucial for Drupal migrations. As they dive into the nitty-gritty, they shed light on the intriguing core mechanics of loading data into Drupal,...

Are you ready to explore the exciting intersection of sustainability and the future of the web? Tune into our latest episode of Tag1 Team Talks, where we delve deep into the growing consciousness about environmental sustainability and its connection to Drupal and other web technologies. Dive into the core of the Drupal community's Sustainability Initiative. Learn how to become an integral part of...

Navigating the complex waters of Drupal migration can be daunting, but the latest episode of Tag1 Team Talks demystifies the process, offering invaluable insights for developers and IT professionals. Drupal experts from Tag1 Consulting, including Mike Ryan and Benji Fisher, delve into the transform transformation phase of the ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) process. They compare the unique, row-by-...

Our latest episode of Tag1 Team Talks is an insightful guide through the Extract phase of the ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) process in Drupal migrations. Hosted by Janez Urevc, the episode features experts Mike Ryan and Benji Fisher, who offer a deep understanding of data extraction relevant to migrations from older versions of Drupal (6,7,8) or other CMS platforms. Beyond just insights, the epis...

Meet Gander, the innovative automated performance testing framework that is now part of Drupal Core, bringing efficiency and speed to web development. Developed by Tag1 Consulting and the Google Chrome team, Gander is designed to simplify the complex world of performance testing. In this two-part series, Mariano Crivello chats with Nat Catchpole and Michael Meyers to uncover the project's history,...

Co-hosted by Michael Meyers, - Managing Director of Tag1 Consulting, and Janez Urevc, Sr. Engineer at Tag 1. This podcast series focuses on the strategies involved in upgrading and migrating Drupal websites and applications. In this episode of our Drupal Migration series, we help answer the question, “How much will my migration cost?” Spoiler alert: It’s complicated. Our hosts, Michael Meyers and...

Co-hosted by Michael Meyers, - Managing Director of Tag1 Consulting, and Janez Urevc, Sr. Engineer at Tag 1. This podcast series focuses on the strategies involved in upgrading and migrating Drupal websites and applications. In this episode, the hosts are again joined by Drupal Expert Lucas Hedding, and they dive into the complex world of estimating Drupal migrations. The discussion aims to answer...