Friday, February 28, 2025
We started with Drupal-related notes:
- Drupal releases 10.4.3; 11.1.3
- security notices SA-CORE-2025-001; SA-CORE-2025-002; SA-CORE-2025-003
- ability to preload frequently used cache tags coming
- float fields will no longer be addable via the field UI
- recipes will allow an "extra" section
- new hook_entity_duplicate() and hook_ENTITY_TYPE_duplicate() hooks coming
- why using current_route_match in access checks is problematic
- experience builder updates week 23; week 24; week 25; week 26; week 27
- long term support for CKEditor 4
- 12 free plugins for CKEditor 5
- progress in innovating and sustaining Drupal
- DDEV February 2025 newsletter
- Drupal 11 waiting wishlist getting smaller
- the expert-picked modules powering Drupal CMS
- how Drupal's Cron runs scheduled tasks
- hopelessly and inseparably entangled with Drupal
Next, general web (and other) notes:
- why not to run AI locally (yet)
- trusting AI with images
- say no to auto-updates
- Docker on MacOS still slow?
- learning to code with your voice
- developer philosophy
- integrating content strategy with your UX design process
- optimizing images for web performance
- taking responsive web design to the extreme
- CSS nesting: use with caution
- fixing faux bold
- bringing structure and clarity to design system components
- time to first byte - beyond server response time
- learning web extensions
- the art of calling out room dynamics
- running Pong in 240 browser tabs
At the end of the meeting, we recommended people watch the "Drupal AI – learn everything about Drupal AI module" video from The Modern Web Architect.
Recommended video
These "regular" Web Dev Rev meetings generally happen once every 3 weeks; the next session is scheduled for March 21st.