People hanging out at the Lullabot party on Monday night. I’m particularly excited about the new version 10.1 release (which will happen in a week or so) that will include many features, and niceties including Single Directory Components, which was at the top of the list on Dries’s slide. In my opinion, site-building (building and outputting complex workflows and content models through the UI) is Drupal’s strength and market differentiator. I’m very excited about the Drupal project’s direction, which is currently to enable “ambitious site-builders”. Next up, Dries Buyteart (the founder and project lead of Drupal) gave his biannual “ Driesnote”, which is one of the major keynotes of the conference. I also got the chance to meet core contributors Stephen Mustgrave, and Ben Mullins in person, which was super nice. I headed to the exhibit hall excited to meet friends and also to load up on the new Summer 2023 DrupalCon fashion lineup (aka swag shirts)! I met up with both my new company and old companies including many friends at Lullabot. Jacob is an amazing backend developer, and it was really gratifying (and surprising) to hear his excitement! Monday: The first day of the ‘Con One particular conversation that I remember is Webform maintainer Jacob Rockowitz’s enthusiasm for Single Directory Components (which I recently worked really hard to help get introduced to Drupal core). They work extremely hard at so many things, and this provides a great way for the board to express gratitude to them.įollowing the board/staff mixer, I met up with Mike Anello and a few other friends for a few extra drinks and conversations. It’s always great to hang with the staff of the DA.

Sunday evening, the DA board and staff got together to meet and greet, and get to know one another (and introduce new employees and board members). The DA board exploring PPG Place in downtown Pittsburgh.

Directly afterwards, we had a wonderful meal at an Italian restaurant to continue the conversations. We took an impromptu walking tour of the city center, and also took the incline to the top of Mt Washington, where we were able to relax, cool off, and get some drinks. Late Saturday afternoon, we took off a bit early to do a bit of sightseeing within Pittsburgh. More information about our strategies will be published shortly on the Drupal Assocation’s blog. I would love the Drupal Association to be able to bring something like this to Drupal. GitLab currently employs contributor coaches to help new contributors work through their issues, and then will raise the issues to GitLab’s core committers when they feel it’s ready for final review. One of the most interesting ideas (from fellow board member Nick Veenhof) is the GitLab's idea of “contribution coaches”. We’ve also been looking at other ways to empower innovation. While this seems like a dramatic departure from the DA’s previous stance, in reality we’ve been contributing to Drupal core through projects like the announcements module and collaboration with project browser. During the meeting, we showed screenshots of the new homepage, with a hopeful timeline to get this launched by the end of the year.Īs far as innovation, the DA hopes to secure funding to directly employ developers (and core committers) to work on the Drupal project.

’s homepage hasn’t changed in many years, and we all agree it shows its age. I’m particularly excited about the focus on both marketing and innovation. The DA board discussing strategies during our retreat in on the weekend prior to DrupalCon. The board seems fairly aligned on what needs to improve, and we were able to solidify and vote on a formal strategy (note the vote came during a public meeting Tuesday afternoon). These meetings left me feeling hopeful in the direction of both Drupal and the DA. I arrived in Pittsburgh early for a Drupal Association (DA) Board of Directors meeting, which was held on the preceding Saturday and Sunday. In addition, I had very recently started working at Agileana, and this was going to be my first time meeting the owners and my coworkers in person! Drupal Association retreat, sightseeing and more My goal was to get people excited about making use of it, and also to onboard folks to the process of using it. This year was special for me because Mateu Aguiló Bosch and I had just pushed Single Directory Components into Drupal core, and we were giving a session on that. Talking with friends on the way home, we all agreed that this year felt more natural and “drupal” than last year in Portland (which was the first after the pandemic shutdown).

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