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https://dri.es/drupal-2020-product-survey
Take the Drupal product survey to help drive the strategic direction of the Drupal project over the next 3–5 years.
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https://dri.es/entertainment-tonight-using-drupal
How Entertainment Tonight relaunched its website on Drupal 8 to serve 19 million unique monthly visitors
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https://dri.es/why-drupal-is-built-for-the-ai-era
Drupal accidentally prepared for AI. The architectural decisions that made Drupal 8 painful to adopt now make it uniquely capable of deep AI integration.
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https://dri.es/a-fresh-look-for-dri-es
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and Executive Chair of Acquia.
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https://dri.es/acquia-blocks-500000-attack-attempts-for-sa-core-2018-002
A breakdown of how Drupal's SA-CORE-2018-002 security bug developed into a large-scale attack and how Acquia ensured its customers' safety.
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https://dri.es/national-geographic-brilliant-cover
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and Executive Chair of Acquia.
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https://dri.es/business-model-innovation-beats-technical-innovation
Business model innovation is usually more powerful than technical innovation; it is more disruptive and harder to copy than technical innovation.
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https://dri.es/acquia-appoints-chris-tranquill-as-ceo
Acquia CEO Steve Reny to step down after nearly seven years. Chris Tranquill appointed as Acquia’s new CEO.
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https://dri.es/acquia-product-strategy-and-vision
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and Executive Chair of Acquia.
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https://dri.es/drupal-is-for-ambitious-site-builders
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and CTO of Acquia.
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https://dri.es/state-of-drupal-presentation-october-2021
DrupalCon Europe 2021 Driesnote presentation
dries buytaertstatedrupalpresentationoctober
https://dri.es/drupal-11-released
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and CTO of Acquia.
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https://dri.es/christmas-lights
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and CTO of Acquia.
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https://dri.es/the-webs-broken-deal-with-ai-companies
AI companies are breaking the web's economic model by extracting content without compensating creators, but new enforcement tools and content licensing...
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https://dri.es/acquia-engage-keynote-2021
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and Executive Chair of Acquia.
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https://dri.es/gartner-puts-drupal-in-visionaries-quadrant
Gartner included Drupal into the Magic Quadrant for Social Software in the Workplace
dries buytaertgartnerputsdrupalvisionaries
https://dri.es/comparing-local-llms-for-alt-text-generation
I tested 12 LLMs – 10 running locally and 2 cloud-based – to assess their accuracy in generating alt-text for images.
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https://dri.es/building-my-own-co2-monitor
How I created a CO2 monitoring system for our bedroom and uncovered some surprising insights about air quality.
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https://dri.es/hiking-the-pemi-loop-an-unforgettable-adventure
Lessons learned from hiking the Pemi Loop in New Hampshire's White Mountains.
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https://dri.es/acquia-a-leader-in-the-2024-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-digital-experience-platforms
For the fifth time, Acquia was named a Leader in the Gartner MQ for Digital Experience Platforms.
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https://dri.es/
Dries Buytaert is the founder of Drupal and Acquia. Explore his blog, photography, and projects.
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https://dri.es/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 technical work and...
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https://dri.es/the-new-old-jamstack-and-mach-journey-towards-traditional-cms-concepts
How Jamstack, MACH, and traditional CMSes like Drupal are evolving by learning from one another. Also, debunking some myths in Jamstack and MACH marketing.
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https://dri.es/cooking-with-alexa-and-drupal
A demo of how you can integrate Drupal with Amazon Echo to build a voice-enabled cooking website.
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https://dri.es/drupal-cms-1-released
Drupal CMS 1.0 launches with AI agents, privacy tools, and pre-built recipes to help marketers build ambitious websites faster.
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https://dri.es/we-made-drupal-a-lot-easier-to-evaluate
Install Drupal in less than two minutes and experience a beautifully designed demo application
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https://dri.es/accelerating-ai-innovation-in-drupal
Drupal launches its AI Initiative with more than $100,000 in funding and a dedicated team to build AI tools for website creation and content management.
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https://dri.es/climbing-la-tournette-on-a-three-day-hike-near-lake-annecy
A three-day hike in the French Alps near Lake Annecy with my son.
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https://dri.es/drupal-open-web-manifesto
Drupal declares its commitment to actively shape a safer and inclusive web.
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https://dri.es/the-open-web-can-still-win
Three stars will align and the Open Web will win.
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https://dri.es/acquia-retrospective-2022
In my 2022 Acquia retrospective, I reflect on our business momentum and the evolution of the Acquia Experience Platform.
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https://dri.es/fosdem-2008-pictures
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and CTO of Acquia.
dries buytaertfosdempictures
https://dri.es/a-plan-for-drupal-and-composer
A plan how we can make Composer easier to use with Drupal
dries buytaertplandrupalcomposer
https://dri.es/state-of-drupal-presentation-april-2019
DrupalCon Seattle Driesnote presentation
dries buytaertstatedrupalpresentationapril
https://dri.es/arsenal-using-drupal
One of the most successful soccer teams, Arsenal, relaunched its website on Drupal 8.
dries buytaertarsenalusingdrupal
https://dri.es/springtime-in-tuscany
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and CTO of Acquia.
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https://dri.es/happy-nineteenth-birthday-drupal
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and Executive Chair of Acquia.
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https://dri.es/thirteen-recommendations-for-how-to-evolve-drupal-governance
After months of hard work, the Drupal Governance Task Force made thirteen recommendations for how to evolve Drupal's governance.
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https://dri.es/stock-options-and-employee-equity
How startups use stock options to attract and retain high-quality people.
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https://dri.es/drupal-10-released
Drupal 10.0.0 launches with various major improvements in user experience.
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https://dri.es/scrambling-in-snowdonia
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and CTO of Acquia.
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https://dri.es/balancing-makers-and-takers-to-scale-and-sustain-open-source
To scale and sustain Open Source ecosystems in a more efficient and fair manner, Open Source projects need to embrace new governance, coordination and...
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https://dri.es/a-composable-digital-experience-manifesto
An update on the evolution of Acquia's product strategy through the lens of a Composable Digital Experience Platform (DXP).
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https://dri.es/knokke-heist-2012
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and CTO of Acquia.
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https://dri.es/unlike-marketing-efforts-capex-does-not-lie
There are only three cloud infrastructure companies that are really growing: Amazon, Google and Microsoft
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https://dri.es/writing-for-longevity-versus-reach
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and CTO of Acquia.
dries buytaertwritinglongevityversusreach
https://dri.es/the-orchestration-shift
Your marketing stack is becoming a marketing network. Why the layer that connects your tools could be the next critical infrastructure.
dries buytaertorchestrationshift
https://dri.es/who-sponsors-drupal-development
An in-depth analysis of how Drupal's development was sponsored between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016.
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https://dri.es/drupal-long-term-growth-obstacles
Drupal's long-term growth obstacles and our strategy and current initiatives to overcome them.
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https://dri.es/life-update-september-2021
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and CTO of Acquia.
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https://dri.es/growing-drupal-in-latin-america
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and Executive Chair of Acquia.
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https://dri.es/acquia-a-leader-in-2019-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-web-content-management
For the sixth year in a row, Acquia has been recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management.
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https://dri.es/happy-tenth-birtday-drupal
Looking back at 10 years of Drupal
dries buytaerthappytenthbirthdaydrupal
https://dri.es/to-pesos-or-to-posse
Comparing two different approaches that help you take control back over your own data on the web.
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https://dri.es/acquia-takes-over-a-subway-station
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and CTO of Acquia.
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https://dri.es/evolving-acquia-com
We relaunched Acquia.com; it's more intuitive, more innovative and bolder.
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https://dri.es/state-of-drupal-presentation-april-2022
DrupalCon North America 2022 Driesnote presentation
dries buytaertstatedrupalpresentationapril
https://dri.es/our-wedding-in-tuscany
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and Executive Chair of Acquia.
dries buytaertweddingtuscany
https://dri.es/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.
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https://dri.es/the-power-of-ai-and-orange-cookies
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and Executive Chair of Acquia.
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https://dri.es/state-of-drupal-presentation-december-2024
DrupalCon Singapore 2024 DriesNote presentation
dries buytaertstatedrupalpresentationdecember
https://dri.es/how-to-decouple-drupal-in-2019
Do I build my website with Drupal's built-in templating layer or do I use Drupal's decoupled or headless capabilities in combination with a...
dries buytaertdrupal
https://dri.es/state-of-drupal-presentation-june-2023
DrupalCon North America 2023 DriesNote presentation
dries buytaertstatedrupalpresentationjune
https://dri.es/a-book-for-decoupled-drupal-practitioners
Why Preston So' new book on decoupled Drupal will give Drupal more reach and credibility among developers building decoupled architectures.
dries buytaertbookdrupalpractitioners
https://dri.es/state-of-drupal-presentation-october-2019
DrupalCon Amsterdam Driesnote presentation
dries buytaertstatedrupalpresentationoctober
https://dri.es/drupal-commitment-to-accessibility
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and CTO of Acquia.
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https://dri.es/introducing-drupal-starshot-product-strategy
Drupal Starshot aims to attract mid-market marketers by offering out-of-the-box marketing best practices, user-friendly tools, AI-driven site building...
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https://dri.es/increasing-drupal-speaker-diversity
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and Executive Chair of Acquia.
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https://dri.es/acquia-new-india-office
Acquia is growing its presence in the Asia-Pacific region with a new Pune, India office.
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https://dri.es/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 attract more...
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https://dri.es/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 from...
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https://dri.es/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.
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https://dri.es/into-the-glacier
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and CTO of Acquia.
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https://dri.es/state-of-drupal-presentation-september-2024
DrupalCon Barcelona 2024 DriesNote presentation
dries buytaertstatedrupalpresentationseptember
https://dri.es/seven-days-exploring-oregon-by-van
Van life: Pacific City beaches, Willamette Valley vineyards, Smith Rock hiking and Bend camping.
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https://dri.es/should-product-marketing-report-to-product-or-marketing
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and Executive Chair of Acquia.
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https://dri.es/mautic-to-become-an-independent-open-source-project
Acquia supports Mautic's transition into a fully autonomous Open Source project, allowing Mautic to thrive and evolve freely.
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https://dri.es/acquia-retrospective-2023
In my 2023 Acquia retrospective, I reflect on our business momentum, and the evolution of the Content Management and Digital Experience market.
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https://dri.es/state-of-drupal-presentation-may-2024
DrupalCon North America 2024 DriesNote presentation
dries buytaertstatedrupalpresentationmay
https://dri.es/artificial-intelligence-the-future-of-content-management-and-the-web
How AI can speed up the "Big Reverse of the Web", how content management systems like Drupal can integrate with AI tools, how to optimize your...
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https://dri.es/thank-you-drupal-security-team
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and CTO of Acquia.
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https://dri.es/my-drupal-deployment-workflow
In 20+ years of working on Drupal, this is my best Drupal development and deployment workflow.
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https://dri.es/drupal-helps-rescue-ultra-marathon-runner
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and Executive Chair of Acquia.
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https://dri.es/redesigning-a-website-using-css-grid-and-flexbox
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and CTO of Acquia.
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https://dri.es/state-of-drupal-presentation-october-2025
In my DrupalCon Vienna keynote, I talk about how Drupal is adapting to an AI-driven web through AI-enabled visual editing, site templates, autonomous agents,...
dries buytaertstatedrupalpresentationoctober
https://dri.es/photos
A photo stream with my most recent photos.
dries buytaertnewestphotos
https://dri.es/can-someone-add-some-more-html-tags-please
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and Executive Chair of Acquia.
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https://dri.es/defining-drupal-values-and-principles
We need to better document Drupal's values and principles, as it is at the core of everything we do.
dries buytaertdefiningdrupalvaluesprinciples
https://dri.es/state-of-drupal-presentation-september-2018
Drupal Europe Darmstadt Driesnote presentation
dries buytaertstatedrupalpresentationseptember
https://dri.es/state-of-drupal-presentation-march-2025
DrupalCon North America 2025 DriesNote presentation
dries buytaertstatedrupalpresentationmarch
https://dri.es/taking-control-of-my-data-and-social-media
Why it's time for me to take back control of my data and social media.
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https://dri.es/the-assembled-web
The opportunity that is the Assembled Web where you can snap a digital experience together with no or minimal coding.
dries buytaertassembledweb
https://dri.es/acquia-engage-2018-keynote
The slides and video recording of my Acquia Engage presentation.
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https://dri.es/a-history-of-javascript-across-the-stack
It took JavaScript 20 years, but now it is a well-established programming language for the web.
dries buytaerthistoryjavascriptacrossstack
https://dri.es/state-of-drupal-presentation-april-2017
DrupalCon Baltimore Driesnote presentation
dries buytaertstatedrupalpresentationapril
https://dri.es/acquia-a-leader-in-the-2023-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-digital-experience-platforms
For the fourth time, Acquia was named a Leader in the Gartner MQ for Digital Experience Platforms.
gartner magic quadrantacquialeader
https://dri.es/solving-the-maker-taker-problem?utm_source=danielmiessler.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=ul-no-453-a-deep-dive-on-cyber-jobs&_bhlid=813ee4ee6622b1db3beecc6a8a00e1a2413d4e7d
How open source projects can balance Makers and Takers: lessons from Drupal's contribution credit system and recommendations for WordPress and other open...
dries buytaertsolvingmakertakerproblem
https://dri.es/pulling-the-plug-on-facebook
I'm pulling the plug on Facebook because of their recent privacy violations — which got me thinking about what is next for the Open Web.
dries buytaertpullingplugfacebook
https://dri.es/two-internet-entrepreneurs-walk-into-an-old-publishing-house
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and CTO of Acquia.
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https://dri.es/drupal-collective-purpose
How Drupal is fueled by a collective sense of purpose that sets us apart from other open source software communities and organizations.
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