Mike Anello (ultimike)

The #DDEV project is making some really cool stats available. 📊

• Avg monthly users is approaching 30k 🚀
• So many users in Europe! 🇪🇺
• Lots of folks are using Pantheon platform integration

More here: https://ddev.com/usage-stats/

Awww — I kind of liked the #Drupal Telephone module being in core. I don't have a good reason why, I just did. 📞😅

https://www.drupal.org/node/3594199

I'd love to see more articles like this where #Drupal 🐡 contributors (individuals or organizations) periodically publish their contributions — I think it is a healthy thing to do. 🙌

This one is from @previousnext@drupal.community, written by Michael Strelan. ✍️

https://www.previousnext.com.au/blog/our-contributions-drupal-114-and-11x-journey-so-far

Join me at Drupal Camp Colorado on August 26 for a half-day #Drupal Canvas workshop! 🎨🚀

https://drupal-colorado.org/events/drupalcamp-colorado-2026

If you're eligible to vote for the at-large #Drupal Association Board of Directors 🗳️, please do so by August 14.

Check your email for details. 📧

https://www.drupal.org/association/board/elections/election-2026-dates-and-candidates

Keep your web site's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service up-to-date AUTOMATICALLY with Termageddon 🔒

https://policies.termageddon.com/?fp_ref=manello

Automatically updating policies based on changing regulations. 📋⚖️🔄

Waiting to get your drupal.org project migrated to GitLab? Jump the line by becoming a #Drupal Ripple Maker! 🌊🚀

https://www.drupal.org/drupalorg/blog/gitlab-issue-migration-thank-you-ripple-makers-your-projects-are-next

📝 Blog post by Neil Drumm

Solid overview of some of the site templates available in the #Drupal marketplace today: 🧩

https://www.acquia.com/blog/pick-your-starting-point-complete-guide-drupal-site-templates-marketplace

If any of these fit your use case, you'll likely save thousands of $$$ on your next site. 💰🚀

📝 Written by @mandclu@drupal.community

AI is moving so quickly that @drupalconeur@bird.makeup Rotterdam needs 2 different AI summits! 🤖🚀

https://www.drupal.org/about/ai/initiatives/blog/which-ai-summit-is-right-for-you-at-drupalcon-rotterdam

The #DDEV foundation is less than 20% away from its recurring monthly contribution goal — help us cross the finish line! 🎯 Sponsor at any amount, benefits kick in at various levels. 💪

Details: https://ddev.com/sponsor/ 🚀

"Drupal solved the governance problem for content a long time ago. That foundation is now worth something more than it was worth two years ago." 🌱📈

@Creech@mastodon.cloud

https://www.drupal.org/about/ai/initiatives/blog/the-un-spent-a-week-describing-drupal

"Style queries let CSS respond to other CSS." 🎨

@mherchel@mastodon.social explains why CSS style queries are a big deal: 💡🚀

https://dripyard.com/blog/why-css-style-queries-are-bigger-deal-you-think

The June meeting of the #Drupal UI Suite initiative team teases some exciting progress for Display Builder — it is getting AI functionality with the ability to accept images and Figma links as inputs. 🎨🤖✨

https://uisuite.net/ui-suite-monthly-36-beta-5-recipes-and-ai-that-builds-your-pages/

📝 Blog post by Michael Fanini

I'm quite pleased that @mandclu@drupal.community focused this blog post on how AI can be a positive for open-source: 🤖💚🚀

https://www.acquia.com/blog/vibe-coding-drupal-force-multiplier-contrib

Learning to use HTMX in #Drupal is near the top of my list of things I wish I had time to learn. Here's a solid primer from @philipnorton42@fosstodon.org: 🎓

https://www.hashbangcode.com/article/drupal-11-building-load-more-feature-paginating-nodes-using-htmx

Time to (finally) get up-to-speed with #Drupal single directory components? Register today using the EARLY discount code for our July 13-24 class (3 half-days/week for 2 weeks): 🧩🎓

https://www.drupaleasy.com/psdc

If you're considering using any part of the #Drupal AI eco-system in a future site-build, then you'd be crazy not to leverage the Context Control Center. Granted, it is in its infancy, but it is clearly the type of thing that will be table-stakes very shortly. 🤖🎯🔮

https://www.drupal.org/about/starshot/initiatives/ai/blog/beyond-the-ai-average-how-drupal-is-the-future-of-quality-at-scale

If you haven't tried it yet, the new #DDEV TUI (Terminal User Interface) that shipped with v1.25.1 is pretty sweet. 🖥️✨

2-minute video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdfpeq74ewo

March newsletter with additional info: https://ddev.com/blog/ddev-march-2026-newsletter/

I'll be at #Drupal @midcamp@fosstodon.org in Chicago on May 12 teaching a half-day "Responsible Drupal AI Basics" workshop - join me! 🤖🎓🇺🇸

https://www.midcamp.org/events/2026/sessions/responsible-drupal-ai-basics

The #Drupal AI initiative made several announcements last month at DrupalCon Chicago including an update on sponsorships, marketing leads, and their plan for the next few months. 🤖🌟

https://www.drupal.org/about/starshot/initiatives/ai/blog/six-months-following-drupalcon-vienna-the-drupal-ai-initiative-arrives-in-chicago-showing

Blog post by Priyanka Jeph

"Forgetting the base of the pyramid is a mistake."

Wise words from @Camoa@drupal.community about his relentless pursuit of making sure the #Drupal community doesn't forget about non-enterprise users. 🔺

https://www.adrupalcouple.us/drupalcon-chicago-2026-retrospective

Two absolutely amazing live music performances from the past week. I’ve watched each about five times now.

https://youtu.be/nwY_P8kQOeU

https://youtu.be/Ca3VI4aGDjc

"AI gets you to a prototype fast. #Drupal gives it the foundations that last."

* @dries@indieweb.social, in his DrupalCon Chicago keynote 🎤

https://dri.es/state-of-drupal-presentation-march-2026

IMHO, without the solid foundations, organizations will be playing whack-a-mole with the gazillion lines of AI slop that are currently being churned out. 🪤🤖

There's a lot of value in AI as a tool in the hands of someone who knows what they're doing. 🛠️

I recently learned that site templates available on the #Drupal marketplace (https://new.drupal.org/browse/site-templates) are all based on Drupal CMS - this seems to be a (current) requirement of being in the pilot-launch of the marketplace. 🛒

I was checking out one of the templates via the new installer with our alumni and it was a bit confusing at first because the installer was branded as "Drupal CMS" even though I was trying to install one of the templates. 🤔💡

I recently finished up a private long-form #Drupal basics course for a development team from a financial services firm. Over the past few years, the vast majority of our beginner students are from organizations who contract with us to train their developer teams. 🏢

For me, the alarm bells are ringing that we aren't seeing more individuals seeking out beginner Drupal training. In talking to other training providers, I know that we are not alone. 🔔😟

There's a lot of wisdom in this blog post from @mtift@mastodon.social relating to taking a moment of quiet during busy times: 🧘

https://matthewtift.com/blog/quiet-room-drupalcon

For me, I find that I need to find time every day (usually while walking my dog) to not have any input of any kind - no screen, no audio - just to let my mind wander. 🐕🚶‍♂️💭