fidzu : php

Before the main conference kicks off, SymfonyLive Berlin 2026 offers two full days of hands-on workshops to help you sharpen your skills and dive deeper into the Symfony ecosystem. 📅 April 21-22, 2026 📍 Berlin, Germany All workshops will be conducted…

07 Apr 2026 4:00pm GMT

Drupal's config schema YAML supports dynamic expressions inside square brackets that resolve to values from the surrounding configuration data at runtime. Most developers have seen them - [%parent.type] in field formatter schema is a classic example - but few understand exactly how they work or when to use them.

I found a Todoist task from December 4th, 2024: \Drupal\Core\Config\TypedConfigManager::replaceVariable blog post. (Yeah, you do not want to see my "Overdue" list.) I have no memory of what I was working on that day or why I went deep on this. But past-me clearly thought it was worth documenting, so here we are. If you've ever stared at [%parent.type] in a schema file and just accepted it as magic - this one's for you.

07 Apr 2026 1:00pm GMT

Struggling with taxonomy cleanup in Drupal? Read this blog to learn how the Bulk Term Delete module helps remove multiple taxonomy terms at once and improve admin efficiency.

07 Apr 2026 9:24am GMT

In episode #547, guest JD Flynn joins us to discuss why developers don't choose Drupal, focusing on Drupal adoption, discoverability, and outdated perceptions from Drupal 6/7. JD cites survey data showing low interest among non-Drupal developers, arguing Drupal's biggest problem is invisibility and that developers often pre-filter it due to PHP stigma and friction getting started.

For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/547

Topics

• Welcome to Talking Drupal
• Meet JD Flynn
• Co Hosts Introductions
• Module of the Week: Native Observability
• Production Overhead Debate
• AI Patches and Etiquette
• Live Stream and Topic Setup
• Why Developers Skip Drupal
• Invisibility and Discovery
• Perception and Onboarding Friction
• Composer and Leaving the Island
• Perception Gap and PHP Stigma
• PHP Perception Versus Reality
• Why Developers Avoid Drupal
• Selling Drupal to Clients
• Instant Demos With Drupal Forge
• Discoverability in the AI Era
• Content Strategy Beyond Drupal
• PHP Stigma and Performance
• Community Effort and Live Streaming
• Marketing Drupal Out of the Box
• Wrap Up and Where to Connect

Resources

Why Developers Don't Choose Drupal (And What We Can Do About It) - https://www.fldrupal.camp/session/why-developers-dont-choose-drupal-and-what-we-can-do-about-it JD's stream - http://twitch.tv/jddoesdev Drupal is Great! Its Perception Might Not be. -https://picozzi.com/notebook/2025/jan/drupal-great-its-perception-might-not-be Drupal Forge - https://www.drupalforge.org/

Guests

JD Flynn - Crepdrop dorficus

Hosts

Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Rod Martin - DrupalHelps.com imrodmartin

Module of the Week Correspondent

Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu

Native Observability brings real observability into Drupal. Trace requests, inspect execution, analyze performance, and explore runtime behavior - directly inside your application.

No core patches. No external dependencies required to get started. Just install, enable, and start seeing what actually happens inside your system.

06 Apr 2026 6:00pm GMT

This week, Symfony maintenance versions 6.4.36, 7.4.8, and 8.0.8 were released. Meanwhile, development activity focused on fixing misc. bugs in maintained versions. Lastly, we called for volunteers for the SymfonyLive Berlin 2026 conference. Symfony development…

05 Apr 2026 7:19am GMT

Are you a student looking to gain hands-on experience, grow your network, and take part in an international tech event? 🎤 SymfonyLive Berlin 2026 is looking for motivated student volunteers to join the adventure! 📍Where: Berlin, Germany, at The…

01 Apr 2026 9:33am GMT