AI is changing how code gets written, but it shouldn’t change the responsibility that comes with contributing Open Source code. dri.es/never-submit...

Open source software is free to download. But the infrastructure behind it is not. Most Open Source projects are funded through a fragile mix of donations and goodwill. Open Source infrastructure deserves a business model! dri.es/open-source-...

Drupal turned 25 this year. We're celebrating at DrupalCon Chicago with a 25th Anniversary Gala. This is a separate ticketed event, and ticket sales close March 18. Come celebrate with us! dri.es/drupal-25th-...

Four years ago, I created a Web3 webpage and walked away. The page is still online today, but most of the services I used are gone. The protocols improved, gas fees fell 1000x, but the commercial ecosystem thinned. Full four year scorecard on my blog: dri.es/my-web3-site... #web3 #ipfs #ens

Drupal's AI roadmap for 2026: dri.es/drupal-ai-ro...

Should Europe be building an equivalent of @microsoft.com or #Google? In his latest article, #EOSA Member Dries Buytaert (@drupalassociation.bsky.social)delves deeper into why open source is the most credible path to digital sovereignty. Check out Dries' latest blog now : dri.es/funding-open...

Europe needs digital sovereignty, and Open Source is the most direct path to it. But it requires more contribution-based procurement. More public money must flow upstream to Open Source maintainers, not just to integrators and resellers. dri.es/funding-open...

Blog post: Software as clay on the wheel dri.es/software-as-...

Drupal turns 25 today. A quarter of a century. I captured 25 lessons from the journey. dri.es/25-years-of-... #foss #opensource #web

This morning I made a small change to my site: I made every page available as Markdown for AI agents and crawlers. I expected maybe a trickle. Within an hour, I was seeing hundreds of requests from ClaudeBot, GPTBot, and OpenAI’s SearchBot. 😲 dri.es/the-third-au...

Blog post: When backward compatibility became an advantage dri.es/when-backwar... #drupal

Tailwind Labs laid off 75% of its engineering team. AI isn’t killing open source though. It’s stress-testing business models built on "describable things". I wrote more about what this means for developer tools and where durable value lives: dri.es/ai-is-a-busi...

Blog post: Claude is growing a tomato plant dri.es/claude-is-gr...

My blog turns 20 today: dri.es/20-years-of-...

Blog post: The Control Layers of AI dri.es/the-control-...

Blog post: AI flattens interfaces and deepens foundations dri.es/ai-flattens-...

Blog post: I open-sourced my blog content dri.es/i-open-sourc... #digitalpreservation

Blog post: A blog is a biography dri.es/a-blog-is-a-...

Blog post: The house and the town square dri.es/the-house-an...

Business logic is moving out of individual applications and into the orchestration layer. Your marketing stack is becoming a marketing network. I call this the Orchestration Shift, and I think it might reshape enterprise software architecture. dri.es/the-orchestr...

I just blogged my DrupalCon Vienna keynote at dri.es/state-of-dru... Many people don't realize how much Drupal has evolved or how much heart the community puts into it, so check it out! #drupal #drupalcon #php #openweb

When I was ten, my uncle gave me a Kasparov chess computer. Last night I was lucky enough to have dinner with Kasparov. I also learned that Daniel Naroditsky, whose YouTube videos rekindled my love for chess, had passed away. I'll be thinking about them both for a long time. dri.es/meeting-one-...

To protect the digital foundation of essential government services, governments should invest in Open Source as public infrastructure and shift from consumption to contribution. dri.es/funding-open... #foss #opensource #sovereignty

AI is changing the digital agency model. Here is how and why it matters: dri.es/ai-and-the-g...

The Open Web was built on a fair exchange: content in return for visitors. AI broke that deal. We need new systems to support creators, not leave them behind. My thoughts on the forward: dri.es/the-webs-bro... /cc @cloudflare.social #openweb #ai

I just shared my State of Drupal presentation from DrupalCon Atlanta! Get an update on Drupal CMS 1.0's launch and what is next: Experience Builder, AI agents, Site Templates, and a potential marketplace. Watch the keynote or download my slides. dri.es/state-of-dru... #drupal #drupalcon #ai #xb

Y’all No joke Drupal Experience Builder is what the WP full site editor SHOULD be #DrupalConAtlanta #Drupal #WordPress

A few weeks ago, I started exploring how AI can improve alt-text for images on my website. What seemed like a simple fix turned into a multi-step challenge. In my latest post, I share how I'm scaling this process to handle 9,000 images while keeping some control over quality. dri.es/automating-a...

I tested 12 LLMs to generate alt-text for 9,000 images missing descriptions. Not surprisingly, cloud models performed best. For local options, Llama variants and MiniCPM-V were ok. Local models align with my values, but cloud models would serve visually impaired users better. dri.es/generating-i...

Yes, it's mind-blowing to watch AI agents *use a browser* to seamlessly browse your site and edit content. 🤯 dri.es/i-gave-an-ai...

Blog post: An updated plan for Drupal 11, or how #Drupal aims to be the top choice for ambitious site builders through user-friendly site building tools, enhanced content editing, and simplified upgrades. https://dri.es/an-updated-plan-for-drupal-11

80 KitKat websites switched to Drupal and Acquia in less than 18 months. The result: a massive 1,000% boost in traffic, a 50% drop in bounce rate, and 3 times the pageviews compared to their old sites. More details here: https://dri.es/kitkat-gets-a-break-with-drupal-and-acquia

Last week, around 1,500 Drupal-ists gathered in Pittsburgh for DrupalCon. In good tradition, I gave my State of Drupal keynote (aka #DriesNote). Check out the video of my keynote or slides at https://dri.es/state-of-drupal-presentation-june-2023. Special, late-breaking bonus announcement included …

I updated my website, https://dri.es/, to the latest version of Drupal, which is Drupal 10.0.9. It's incredible to see how much work goes into each release, even into a bug fix release. You can get a good sense by checking out the release notes: https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/10.0.9.

I wrote an article for opensource.com about how Drupal helps preserve and promote the Open Web. https://opensource.com/article/23/4/preserving-open-web-drupal #drupal #openweb

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