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 ...
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TD Cafe #019 - From Drupal to FIRST Robotics
Talking Drupal
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 in the US. For show notes visit: Topics Cafe Catch Up Drupal Origin Stories Why Drupal Community What Is FIRST Mentoring Journeys Team Names Numbers Kickoff Build Sprint Coopertition In...
info_outlineToday 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 Technical Hurdles
- How to Help From AI Initiative
- DDEV Add-ons for Local CI
- MySQL Toolkit Database Images
- Testing With Real Databases
- Devel Module Status
- Organic Groups Origins
- Where Ideas Come From
- Finding Drupal Early Days
- Release Cadence And Backward Compatibility
- Avoiding Maintainer Burnout
- Maintaining With AI And Xdebug
Resources
- Drush's Final Act
- Drupal cli issue
- DDEV addons
Guests
Moshe Weitzman - weitzman.github.io moshe-weitzman
Hosts
Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan
John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi
Scott Falconer - managing-ai.com scott-falconer
MOTW
Correspondent
Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu
- Brief description:
- Have you ever wanted insights into how cache is working on your Drupal site? There’s a module for that.
- Module name/project name:
- Brief history
- How old: created in Oct 2019 by Moshe Weitzman (moshe weitzman), today’s guest, a consistent core contributor, a member of the security team, and one of the rare few with a two-digit user id on drupal.org
- Versions available: 2.0.3, 2.1.0, and 2.2.0, the last of which works with Drupal 8.7.7, 9, 10, and 11
- Maintainership
- Actively maintained
- Security and test coverage
- Documentation - in depth README
- Number of open issues: 2 open issues, 1 of which is a bug, but is marked fixed
- Usage stats:
- 37 sites
- Module features and usage
- With this module enabled, your Drupal site will log all cache tag invalidations
- Additionally, cache tag invalidations will be sent to New Relic as custom events, where you can use the rich reporting tools available to mine for further insights. Many Drupal hosting options include New Relic out-of-the-box, and there’s a free tier you can use if you’re self-hosting, so this a reporting tool lots of Drupal sites can use
- Cache hits and misses are also sent to New Relic, so you can investigate things like cache misses as a percentage by cache bin
- Finally, the aforementioned README also includes information about how to use a different analytics provider, in case New Relic doesn’t meet your specific needs
- Drupal sites probably don’t need this kind of visibility on a regular basis, but if you’re troubleshooting any kind of cache-related issue, this could be really useful