Drupal Module Upgrader (DMU) was created by Angie Byron and Adam Hoenich way back in 2014 at Acquia to help folks upgrade custom Drupal 7 modules to modern Drupal. It was magic. Cameron Zemek at PreviousNext built the crucial underlying library, Pharborist, which abstracted PHP manipulation into a generic dependency. Many relied on DMU to upgrade custom code, and it was even updated for Drupal 9; however, keeping it current over time proved challenging.
08 Mar 2026
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#! code: DrupalCamp England 2026
The weekend of 28th February to the 1st March saw the second DrupalCamp England event with around 100 people attending the University of Salford, not far from Manchester, for the two day event.
I had submitted a talk and the camp organisers had accepted it and also decided to make me a featured speaker, which was an incredible honour. As such I was part of the communications being sent out in the weeks before the event.
Since this is more or less a local event for me I decided to travel in on both days rather than get a hotel or anything. The rain and wind of the previous week had abated and the Saturday morning saw some of the warmest (and driest) weather we had seen in the north west for a few months.
Saturday
The keynote on Saturday morning was The Augmented Future: Winning with AI with Dr. Phininder Balaghan, founder of Traversally. This was an look through the current state of AI, which Dr. Balaghan said changes every time he gives the talk.
Most companies these days have adopted an agile methodology, which has taken about 20 years to become widespread. Since the introduction of LLM AI systems a few years ago we have seen massive adoption across all industries.
Dr. Balaghan joked that we have reached the age of AI-gile, the new agile methodology.
At the moment we are using a collection of LLM agents that work together in a so-called "agentic" system to provide a coherent service. The next true advancement in AI systems will be thinking AI systems that are able to properly think about the input and respond. I think we are quite a long way from that yet and no amount of processing power or RAM is going to solve the problem that LLMs are just statistical word engines.
08 Mar 2026 6:57pm GMT
07 Mar 2026
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Gábor Hojtsy: My experiment in bringing Drupal Module Upgrader back from the dead in less than 24 hours
My experiment in bringing Drupal Module Upgrader back from the dead in less than 24 hours
07 Mar 2026 7:13am GMT
06 Mar 2026
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The Drop Times: Managing Multisite Configuration with Config Split at DrupalCon Chicago 2026
Managing multiple Drupal sites from a single codebase can deliver significant efficiencies, but configuration management quickly becomes complex as sites, features, and environments diverge. In his upcoming DrupalCon Chicago 2026 session, Jordan Thompson will demonstrate how Config Split can be used to structure multisite configuration in a predictable and maintainable way. The talk presents practical patterns, reusable templates, and workflow techniques designed to simplify configuration management across large Drupal multisite deployments.
06 Mar 2026 5:35pm GMT