Talking Drupal #570 - Laravel & Marketing PHP
Talking Drupal
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: 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 Community Marketing Jigsaw and Onramp Drupal Marketing Lessons Onboarding Focus in Laravel Laravel BDFL Changes Onboarding And Docs Drupal Framework Perception What PHP Foundation Does Marketing PHP Vs Laravel AI Answers And Positioning...
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Talking Drupal #569 - Site Templates
Talking Drupal
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: Topics MOTW: Haven What Site Templates Are Canvas Components Included Promoting Templates Beyond Drupal Templates vs Distributions Who Benefits from Templates Template Types and Adoption Where to Find Templates Featured vs Installer List Free vs Paid Templates Recipes vs Templates Distributions and Themes Empowering Site Builders Exporting a Template Designing for Users Releases...
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Talking Drupal #568 - Off The Cuff #12
Talking Drupal
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: Topics Deprecating Module Theme Files Migrating Hooks to Classes Why This Change Matters Drupal Performance Gains Performance Audits and Lighthouse Automating Checks and Spreadsheet Rant AI Spreadsheet Cautionary Tale Privacy Concerns with AI Freelancer Pressure Rapid Change Reality Canvas Release Risks Community Support Needed AI For Documentation Canvas Production Readiness Canvas...
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Talking Drupal #567 - Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures
Talking Drupal
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: 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 Explained CVE Updates Link Rot Who Decides CVE Sneaky Patch Dangers ADP Program Fixes Small Team Triage Vulnerability Tsunami AI Autonomous Security Future Legal Pressure Budgets Resources Guests David Welch - Hosts Nic...
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Talking Drupal #566 - DrupalEasy: Responsible Drupal AI
Talking Drupal
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: 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 Provider Calls Guardrails in Drupal UI Model QA and Testing Local Models and Costs Token Budgets and Logging Course Use Cases Overview RAG and Vector Basics Class Schedule and Pricing AI Predictions and Wrap Resources Guests...
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Talking Drupal #565 - That Geerling Guy
Talking Drupal
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: Topics Jeff’s Timekeeping Icebreaker Jeff’s Drupal Origin Story From Drupal to Hardware Tinkering Staying Motivated on YouTube What Conferences Are Really About DrupalCon Memories and Community Why Jeff Moved to Hugo PSA Tornado Warning Detour Keeping Up with Drupal CMS PHP Perception Shift Fast Drupal Setup COVID Streaming Boom Picking Video...
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Talking Drupal #564 - Approachable Open Source
Talking Drupal
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: Topics Brian Open Source Origins Pattern Lab Node Journey Maintaining and Moving On Writing Approachable Open Source Who the Book Is For Beyond Code Contributions All Things Open Book Signing Choosing Conferences to Attend Pitching Open Source at Work Misconceptions and Starting Small Avoiding Maintainer Burnout Handling AI Noise and Low Effort PRs DCO and Licensing Basics Better...
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TD Cafe #020 - AI & Development Teams
Talking Drupal
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 and GitHub Copilot in production environments. For show notes visit: Topics Why AI Matters Now Team Introductions From Experiments to Workflows Standards and Guardrails Skills and Automation...
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Talking Drupal #563 - Drupito: More Than a Marketplace
Talking Drupal
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: 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 Ecosystem Derivatives and Recurring Revenue Rebuilding on Drupedo Funding Drupal Association Global Community Check In Migrating Sites to Drupedo Marketplace Vision Shift Maintenance and Incentives Safe Updates Blue Green Testing...
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Talking Drupal #562 - Acquia Fair Trade Initiative
Talking Drupal
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: Topics Fair Trade Initiative Explained How the Program Started Why Fair Trade Matters Adoption and Open Framework Agency and Freelancer Benefits Partner Funded Giving Who Can Be Makers Tracking Participation Tax Deduction Questions Community Shaped Program Money Counts Too Early Challenges Timeline And Launch Sustainability Built In How To Get Involved Defining Success Origins Of Fair Trade ...
info_outlineToday we are talking about the open data platform DKAN, what it’s used for, and how it applies to Drupal with guests Liz Tupper & Dan Feder. We’ll also cover Modern Drupal Dashboard as our module of the week.
For show notes visit:
https://www.talkingDrupal.com/545
Topics
- What Is DKAN
- Who Uses Open Data
- 20:08 DKAN Origin Story
- Why Drupal Fits DKAN
- From Distribution to Module
- DKAN 2 Rebuild and JSON Shift
- Async Jobs and API First
- How Teams Publish Data
- What a Dataset Really Is
- Metadata vs Data Access
- Why DKAN Left Drupal Org
- Migration Path to DKAN Four
- Harvesting and Data Store ETL
- APIs Visualizations and Bots
- Roadmap Data Store and AI
- Contributing and Where to File Issues
Resources
- DKAN
- DKAN Drupal Module
- DKAN on GitHub
- Public sites using DKAN 2
- DKAN channel on Drupal Slack
- JSON Form Widget
Guests
Liz Tupper - civicactions.com etupper
Dan Feder - getdkan.org dafeder
Hosts
Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan
John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi
Steve Wirt - civicactions.com Swirt
MOTW
Correspondent
Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu
- Brief description:
- Have you ever wanted to have your Drupal site admins start with a fast, widget-based interface that surfaces key site metrics, system health, and operational insights? There’s a module for that.
- Module name/project name:
- Brief history
- How old: created in Feb 2026 by Gaurav Kapoor (gaurav.kapoor) of werk21 in Berlin
- Versions available: 1.0.5, which works with Drupal core 10.3 and 11
- Maintainership
- Actively maintained
- Security coverage
- Number of open issues: no open issues
- Usage stats:
- 4 sites
- Module features and usage
- With the module installed, site visitors with the new “Access modern dashboard” permission can access a React-based dashboard with widgets to provide insights on topics like:
- Content overview: total content count, published vs unpublished, and per content type breakdown.
- Users overview: user count per role (users with multiple roles are counted in each role), plus pie chart visualization.
- Additional Content (Entity overview): lists all entity types (content + configuration), shows counts, and provides direct “Manage” links.
- Modules overview: installed modules summary, including enabled/disabled and core/contrib breakdown.
- System & status: key environment details such as Drupal core version, PHP version, and database information.
- Health checks: displays Drupal requirement checks grouped by status (pass/warning/error) with a dedicated detail view.
- Each widget can be clicked to open a detail view of the extended data, making it easy for admins to dig into any area
- The widget-based architecture should also help to pull in data from other sources, potentially including things like analytics