Talking Drupal

Today we are talking about Drupalcon Rotterdam, Canvas and evaluating modules. We'll also cover Revision Graph as our module of the week. For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/573 Topics DrupalCon Rotterdam recap AI summits and training FrankenPHP app servers Driesnote highlights Advocacy and WordPress Rosetta Sprint and MCP Canvas multilingual and headless 3Frameworks And Voiceover...

Today we are talking about PHP, Open Source, and Sustainability with guest Elizabeth Barron. We'll also cover AI Image Classification as our module of the week. For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/572 Topics What is the PHP Foundation Language Health Challenges Paid Core Developers Release Infrastructure Foundation Role and Perception Docs and Onboarding Elizabeth Open Source Journ...

Today we are talking about GovHub, Drupal in Government, and Why Governments Love Drupal with guest Jasmyne Epps. We'll also cover Convivial Gov Site Template as our module of the week. For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/571 Topics GovHub Origins and Goals Feature Requests and Governance Why Government Chooses Drupal Team Structure and Release Cadence Accessibility and Compliance...

Today we are talking about Laravel, Marketing, and The PHP Foundation with guest Matt Stauffer. We'll also cover Formdazzle as our module of the week. For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/570 Topics What Is Laravel Writing Laravel Books AI and Technical Writing Laravel Versus CMS Drupal as Framework Integrating Laravel and CMS Laravel and Symfony Marketing Modern PHP Laravel Communi...

On today's show we are talking about Site Templates, What they do, and How you can use them with guests Tim Lehnen & Adam Globus-Hoenich. We'll also cover Haven as our module of the week. For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/569 Topics MOTW: Haven What Site Templates Are Canvas Components Included Promoting Templates Beyond Drupal Templates vs Distributions Who Benefits from Templat...

Today we are talking about Drupal Performance, Rapid Development, and Drupal Canvas Maturity with our hosts. We'll also cover Microsoft 365 FullCalendar as our module of the week. For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/568 Topics Deprecating Module Theme Files Migrating Hooks to Classes Why This Change Matters Drupal Performance Gains Performance Audits and Lighthouse Automating Check...

Today we are talking about Security, Vulnerabilities, and how to avoid exposure with guest Dave Welch. We'll also cover Security Scanner as our module of the week. For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/567 Topics What Are CVEs CVE Lifecycle and Disclosure AI Era Security Challenges What CVE Program Excludes Patch Fast Reality Global Security Signals CVE Timing Judgment KEV Flags Expl...

Today we are talking about Drupal, AI, and learning to use it responsibly with guest Mike Anello. We'll also cover Entity Mesh as our module of the week. For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/566 Topics Course overview Fast moving modules Inside vs outside AI No code approach Keeping curriculum current Essentials vs add ons Chat Claude Code setup Inside vs Outside AI Rules and Provid...

Today we are talking about Open Source sustainability, becoming your own content creation machine, and how drupal influenced some of that with guest Jeff Geerling. We'll also cover AI Metering as our module of the week. For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/565 Topics Jeff's Timekeeping Icebreaker Jeff's Drupal Origin Story From Drupal to Hardware Tinkering Staying Motivated on YouTu...

Today we are talking about Maintaining NodeJS, Patternlab, Writing Books, and Open Source with guest Brian Muenzenmeyer. We'll also cover AI Webform Generator as our module of the week. For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/564 Topics Brian Open Source Origins Pattern Lab Node Journey Maintaining and Moving On Writing Approachable Open Source Who the Book Is For Beyond Code Contribut...

How should development teams adopt AI without sacrificing code quality or collaboration? In this Talking Drupal Cafe, Stephen Cross is joined by Mike Miles and Jim Birch to discuss practical strategies for integrating AI into Drupal development teams. They explore AI coding assistants, team policies, code review, agent workflows, governance, and real-world lessons from using tools like Claude Code...

Today we are talking about Drupito, its Business model, and Marketplaces with guest Ashraf Abed. We'll also cover Generate (Social Media) Image as our module of the week. For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/563 Topics Meet Drupalito and the Mission Platform Layers and Roadmap Pricing and New Markets Marketplace Success Stories Exportability and Vendor Lock In Growing the Drupal Eco...

Today we are talking about Supporting Open Source, Acquia, and The Acquia Fair Trade Initiative with guest James Sims. We'll also cover Image Effects as our module of the week. For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/562 Topics Fair Trade Initiative Explained How the Program Started Why Fair Trade Matters Adoption and Open Framework Agency and Freelancer Benefits Partner Funded Giving...

Michael Kinnunen and Steve Wirt share how they each got started with Drupal through higher-ed jobs and stayed for the communit. They compare those community values to FIRST Robotics, explaining FIRST's K–12 programs (FRC, FTC, and FIRST LEGO League), kickoff-style challenges, and the "coopertition" culture where teams help competitors with parts and repairs. Both mentor highschool robotics teams i...

Today we are talking about Aaron Winborn, The award named after him, and what winning is like with guests George DeMet & April Sides. We'll also cover Summit as our module of the week. For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/561 Topics Who Was Aaron Winborn Award Origin Story How Winners Are Chosen Why Community Matters What Winners Share April Learns She Won Handcrafted Award Stories...

Today we are talking about Content, syndication, and Synchronization between Drupal Sites with guest Thiemo Müller. We'll also cover Drupal core 11.4 as our module of the week. For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/560 Topics Origins and Use Cases Hub Model and Flexibility Media Sync and Governance Composable Pages Challenge Governance With Blocks Canvas And Recipes Real Time Syndica...

Join Martin, Andy and Mike as they discuss what Drupal site templates are and how they differ from Drupal's traditionally bare-bones starting point, aiming to reduce setup effort and total cost of ownership while making Drupal competitive again for small nonprofits and smaller sites. They compare building templates versus client sites, covering the evolution from early Layout Builder/Recipes work...

Today we are talking about Marketing, AI, and Drupal with guest Paul Johnson. We'll also cover Curated Colors as our module of the week. For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/559 Topics Paul's Current Projects Enterprise AI Summit Details Marketing the AI Initiative Partnering on Event Booths Drupal's Outside Perception What's Working Now Growing the Marketing Team How to Contribute...

Today we are talking about AI, Agents, and A System to manage them with guest Luke McCormick. We'll also cover AI Auto-reference as our module of the week. For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/558 Topics Introducing Agent Management Origin Story Claude Credits Scrum Meets AI Retention Handoff Protocol Filesystem Why Handoffs Work So Well Examples and Human Loop Agent Roles and Model...

Today we are talking about Test Driven Development, ebooks, and Drupal with guest Oliver Davies. We'll also cover Juicer Social Feed as our module of the week. For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/557 Topics What Is Test Driven Drupal Why Automated Tests Matter How TDD Works AI and Test Quality Balancing Test Coverage When to Write Tests Why Write the Book Why Write an Ebook From Em...

Today we are talking about Drush, Core Contributions, and Drupal's Past with guest Moshe Weitzman. We'll also cover Cache Metrics as our module of the week. For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/556 Topics Moshe Updates and Clients Maintaining Drush Long Term Locale Performance Overhaul CLI in Core Initiative Which Commands Make the Cut Roadmap Contrib Commands Moving Commands Techni...

Mike Anello and Rod Martin discuss the sharp decline in demand for beginner Drupal training. Drawing on data from their businesses, events, and other training providers, they explore factors including AI-driven self-service learning, Drupal's growing complexity for newcomers, and limited community-wide marketing. They also discuss how initiatives like Drupal AI and broader promotion efforts could...

Today we are talking about AI, How to stay up to date with it, and if it will really take our jobs with guests Angie Byron & Amber Matz. We'll also cover AI Best Practices for Drupal as our module of the week. For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/555 Topics What Is AI Learners Club Amber Defines the Club Origin Story and DrupalCon AI Debate and Community Tensions Issue Queue Conduct...

Today we are talking about Web Education, Level up Tutorials, and life after Drupal with guest Scott Tolinski. We'll also cover Views Row SDC as our module of the week. For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/554 Topics Scott Origin Story Level Up Tutorials Era Syntax Podcast Beginnings Growing The Audience Web Components Debate Leaving Drupal Behind What Drupal Still Nails Agency Proj...

Today we are talking about The Open Web, What it means, and Why it's important with guest Alex Moreno. We'll also cover AI Schema.org JSON-LD as our module of the week. For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/553 Topics Defining the Open Web Drupal in a Bubble Marketing and PR Challenges AI Bias Against Drupal Why AI Won't Recommend Drupal Is Drupal AI Native Marketing Against Giants L...