To protect the digital foundation of essential government services, governments should invest in Open Source as public infrastructure and shift from consumption to contribution.

Funding Open Source like public infrastructure

To protect the digital foundation of essential government services, governments should invest in Open Source as public infrastructure and shift fro...

#foss #opensource #sovereignty

AI is changing the digital agency model. Here is how and why it matters:

AI and the great digital agency unbundling

AI is transforming digital agencies and web development at an accelerating pace. To stay relevant, agencies must evolve beyond commoditized technic...

How I use Obsidian to build a knowledge base that helps me think better, connect ideas in writing, and pursue projects.

How I collect and connect ideas

How I use Obsidian to build a knowledge base that helps me think better, connect ideas in writing, and pursue projects.

It's mind-blowing to watch AI agents *use a browser* to seamlessly browse your site and edit content. 🤯

I gave an AI agent edit access to my website

Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and Executive Chair of Acquia.

Black Friday Deal: Drupal 100% Off! This Black Friday, we’re going all out: Drupal is 100% yours for $0. Just download and enjoy. Offer never ends.

I'm excited to share an experiment I've been working on: a solar-powered, self-hosted website running on a Raspberry Pi. The goal was to use the smallest, most energy-efficient setup possible, even if it means the website goes offline sometimes. Yes, this site may go down on cloudy or cold days. But don't worry! When the sun comes out, the website will be back up, powered by sunshine.

My solar-powered and self-hosted website

How I built a solar-powered, self-hosted website with a Raspberry Pi to explore sustainable, local-first web hosting.

I spent 30 minutes verifying that

On digital experiences, Open Source, Open Web, Drupal, and our digital future | Dries Buytaert

Dries Buytaert is the founder of Drupal and Acquia. Explore his blog, photography, and projects.

is ready for the upgrade to Drupal 11. It's ready, and I'm excited about it. I then spent another 30 minutes documenting the tools and workflow I use to update my custom Drupal code. https://dri.es/major-version-upgrades-in-drupal-tools-and-workflow #drupal #digitalgarden

After two years of neglecting my Web3 site, does it still work? Plus, insights in Web3's progress for website hosting.  

Two years later: is my Web3 website still standing?

After two years of neglecting my Web3 site, does it still work? Plus, insights into Web3's progress for website hosting.

#web3 #ipfs #ens

@Martti Malmi's old email conversations with Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto unveil their joint efforts on launching Bitcoin's website using Drupal. Cool!

Satoshi Nakamoto's Drupal adventure

Martti Malmi's old email conversations with Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto unveil their joint efforts on launching Bitcoin's website us...

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.

An updated plan for Drupal 11

How Drupal aims to be the top choice for ambitious site builders through user-friendly site building tools, enhanced content editing, and simplifie...

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:

KitKat gets a break with Drupal and Acquia

How KitKat's websites, revamped with Drupal and Acquia DXP, resulted in a 1,000% increase in traffic.

I've updated my personal website, https://dri.es/, to the latest version of #Drupal, which is Drupal 10.0.9. It's incredible to see how much hard work and dedication goes into each release of Drupal, even into a bug fix release like Drupal 10.0.9. You can get a good idea of all the work that was done by checking out the release notes at https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/10.0.9. I'm grateful to everyone who contributed to Drupal 10.0.9!

Some exciting news! Drupal has been designated as a "Digital Public Good"! If you're interested in learning more about why this is great news for Drupal, check out my blog post:

Drupal recognized as a Digital Public Good

Drupal has been designated as a Digital Public Good. This not only increases Drupal's visibility and credibility, but it could also help attr...

#drupal #publicgood #dpg

Exciting news from the Mautic Community and Acquia today: Acquia is  supporting Mautic's transition into a fully autonomous Open Source project. Having been involved with Mautic from its early days, I'm thrilled to see where this takes Mautic next. Congratulations to the Mautic community and Ruth Cheesley! For more information, I invite you to read my blog post: https://dri.es/mautic-to-become-an-independent-open-source-project.  #opensource

I wrote an article for opensource.com about how Drupal helps preserve and promote the Open Web. Check it out below!

Opensource.com

Preserving the open web through Drupal

Drupal updates create opportunities for everyone to participate in the open web.

#drupal #openweb

Blog post: The evolution of Drupal's composability: from the command line to the browser

The evolution of Drupal's composability: from the command line to the browser

Discover Drupal's future: how Automatic Updates and Project Browser will empower ambitious site builders with a no-code composable platform an...

<- How Automatic Updates and Project Browser will empower ambitious site builders with a no-code composable platform and modern development practices.

One thing that has raised a red flag for me about #Nostr is the fact that several applications require users to provide their private key. Needless to say, this is not in line with security best practices, and could put a users data at risk. Am I wrong? Thoughts on that?

It's very interesting that both habla.news and blogstack.io use the Nostr protocol as its foundation for a long-form blogging platform. In over-simplified terms, the Nostr protocol allows habla.news and blogstack.io to share a content database. The Nostr relays essentially provide a decentralized "content hub", and the Nostr protocol defines the content type schemas. This means habla.news, blogstack.io and others can display the same content, but with a distinct appearance and user experience.   A first use case is a blog for one person. Just show the content from one Nostr user on a website in the traditional blog format. What is interesting is that Nostr automatically provides such blog a commenting system and social media integration. A second use case is the equivalent of an RSS feed aggregator. It gathers posts from different bloggers on specific topics/hashtags and puts them together on one page or in one new RSS feed. At a very large scale, that would look a lot like  Medium (multi-user blog), except it wouldn't be owned or controlled by a single organizations, and with built-in micro-payments that actually benefit the content creators. @verbiricha, @MAHcodes, @fiatjaf, did I get that right? Am I missing something? And in your mind, what are the end user benefits of this approach?

I just updated my personal website to Drupal 10.0.4 (https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/10.0.4), and it was a breeze!  Super grateful for the care and effort that so many people and organizations put into maintaining Drupal. It's impressive.  Stay amazing, #Drupal! 💙

@jack Is there any connection between Nostr and Bluesky’s AT Protocol?