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Is Open Source recession-proof?

The world is experiencing a scary time right now. People feel uncertain about the state of the world. Watching the impact on people's lives, including my own family, has been difficult.
People have asked me how this could impact Open Source. What is happening in the world is so unusual, it is hard to anticipate what exactly will happen. While the road ahead is unknown, the fact is that Open Source has successfully weathered multiple recessions.

Contributing to Drupal: A ‘someday’ hopeful makes his first Core commit with community help

Pekens' photo

Pekens Antoine (pekens, pictured here) was doing research on content management systems while running a digital marketing agency, and was exploring Drupal, which he viewed as a “well-thought-out system being developed by a lot of smart people,” and with that he “wasn’t sure if a contribution from myself could make a difference.”

Drupal Global Contribution Weekend 2020 is coming soon

John Cook and Andrew MacPherson at a previous Contribution Weekend event
John Cook and Andrew MacPherson at a previous Drupal Global Contribution Weekend event.

Since 2013, Drupal Global Contribution Weekend (DGCW) has been held on the last weekend of January.

Happy nineteenth birthday, Drupal

This blog has been re-posted and edited with permission from Dries Buytaert's blog.

Drupal 8.8.0 is available

The last normal feature release of Drupal 8 includes a stable Media Library as well as several improvements to workspaces and migrations. The new experimental Claro administration theme brings a fresh look to site management. This is also the first release to come with native Composer support.

State of Drupal presentation (October 2019)

This blog has been re-posted and edited with permission from Dries Buytaert's blog.

DrupalCon Amsterdam Driesnote presentation

Last week, many Drupalists came together for Drupalcon Amsterdam.

Who sponsors Drupal development? (2018-2019 edition)

An in-depth analysis of how Drupal's development was sponsored between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019.

WYSIWYG media embedding in Drupal 8.8

Drupal 8.8 should ship with complete media management, which is fantastic news for site builders and content authors.

Low-code and no-code tools continue to drive the web forward

Low-code and no-code tools for the web are on a decade-long rise; they enable self-service for marketers, and allow developers to focus on innovation.

Increasing Drupal speaker diversity

This blog has been re-posted and edited with permission from Dries Buytaert's blog.

A special bird flying in space has the spotlight while lots of identical birds sit on the ground (lack of diversity)

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