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14 Aug 2026 7:29am GMT

Today we are talking about Open Source sustainability, becoming your own content creation machine, and how drupal influenced some of that with guest Jeff Geerling. We'll also cover AI Metering as our module of the week.

For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/565

Topics

• Jeff's Timekeeping Icebreaker
• Jeff's Drupal Origin Story
• From Drupal to Hardware Tinkering
• Staying Motivated on YouTube
• What Conferences Are Really About
• DrupalCon Memories and Community
• Why Jeff Moved to Hugo
• PSA Tornado Warning Detour
• Keeping Up with Drupal CMS
• PHP Perception Shift
• Fast Drupal Setup
• COVID Streaming Boom
• Picking Video Projects
• Decommissioning Builds
• YouTube Algorithm Risk
• Vintage Time Server
• Creator Starter Tips
• Supporting Maintainers
• Books and Crohns
• Local Control Trends
• AI Workflow Boundaries
• Timing Obsession
• Kind Drupal Culture

Guests

Jeff Geerling - jeffgeerling.com geerlingguy

Hosts

Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan Mike Anello - drupaleasy.com ultimike JD Flynn - dorficus

MOTW Correspondent

Mike Anello - drupaleasy.com ultimike

• Brief description:
  • AI Metering module - helps keep track of your users' AI token usage on the site. Includes cost estimation, token limits, and local LLM fallback options.
• Module name/project name:
  • AI Metering
• Brief history
  • How old: created in June 1 2026 by Jérôme Tchania (codeitwisely)
  • Versions available: 1.0.1
• Maintainership
  • Actively maintained - yes
  • Co-maintained by Carlos Ospina (camoa)
  • Security coverage - yes
  • Test coverage - yes
  • Documentation - yes
  • Number of open issues: 9 open issues, 4 of which are bugs against the current branch
• Usage stats:
  • Sites: 78
• Module features and usage
  • Obtains token costs for all modules from LiteLLM
  • Can be configured to send email when the token limit is being approached.
  • Per user and per role reports.
  • LLM fallback to Ollama

13 Aug 2026 6:00pm GMT

Open-source software still depends on infrastructure and human maintenance that carry real costs. Farriss argues that institutions should plan for those costs before contracts are awarded.

13 Aug 2026 3:13pm GMT

When we announced the Symfony AI initiative in July 2025, the goal was to bring powerful, well-integrated AI capabilities to PHP applications and to build them in the open with the community. A little over a year later, Symfony AI has grown far beyond those…

13 Aug 2026 7:04am GMT

We are counting down to SymfonyCon Warsaw 2026, taking place on November 26-27, 2026, in Warsaw (Poland)! Get ready for a week full of workshops, sessions, and community magic. 🎤 Speaker announcements Make sure not to miss Ramona Schwering, Developer…

11 Aug 2026 1:00pm GMT

This week, Symfony 7.4.16 and 8.1.4 maintenance versions were released, alongside Symfony UX 3.4.0 and Symfony Polyfill 1.41.0. In addition, we highlighted Twig 4.0's new macro system and first-class sandbox. Finally, we announced that SymfonyLive Germany…

09 Aug 2026 7:46am GMT

Last week I helped the folks at ezSystems debug some APC problems they were having. The problems ended up being a 64bit architecture problem (they have uber-fast Opterons) and the bug is now fixed in 2.0.3.

Today I received Python & XML from them (off my Amazon wishlist). Thanks guys!

On a side note, my wishlist seems borked. The list I get when I search on my email address or name is not the same one I can edit when I log into the site.

01 Apr 2004 6:53pm GMT

1st of April 2004 get's to it's end and I guess it's time, to summarize the recent April fools a bit. Not that I think anyone in the world believes in them, but some were quite funny:

1. Changes to case sensitivity in PHP.
Alan Knowles announced that PHP will change to the studlyCase API and therefor will get everything broken by changing established functions.

2. IBM takes over Zend.
Myself hacked a little article about IBM taking over Zend to make PHP a compete of Java.

3. The first PHP virus has been seen.
Wasn't there one last year, too?

4. PHP has been overtaken by Micro$oft.
Mhhh... a little bit unreliable, if they had been taken over by IBM this morning... Maybe one should first look, what others wrote...

5. And finally, PHP4 and 5 showed their real faces...
Take a look at a phpinfo() output!

I guess I missed some, so feel free to comment on this entry, if you found another!

01 Apr 2004 5:49pm GMT

Symantec have a report of the virus here. I've yet to see any of the PHP news sites picking up on it but, using a virtual host account, managed to deliberately expose some PHP scripts to it. From examining the infected scripts, what's disturbing is once infected, every tim...

01 Apr 2004 12:19pm GMT