Friday, September 26, 2025
We started with Drupal-related notes:
- PSA on third-party libraries and supply chains
- Package Manager's path to Composer no longer configurable
- node_type_get_names is deprecated
- most methods on NodeStorage deprecated
- Ajax subsystem now includes HTMX
- inline blocks are no longer editable via the block UI
- wrapper format to use HtmxRenderer added
- Twig tag for translation can contain rendered expressions returning render arrays and MarkupInterface objects
- form description now correctly displayed before the field prefix
- Drupal 11 compatibility for Features module
- why Dripyard Themes was started
- the most commonly used ARIA attributes on Drupal sites
- 10 Twig tricks for better Drupal theming
- embracing an AI coding starter kit for Drupal
- All the deep dives about Drupal's future at DrupalCon Vienna
- Drupal Association and CrowdSec team up to protect the open web
- Drupal SEO in the age of AI
- new ways of writing hooks in Drupal 11 explained
- 23 essential AI modules for content creation and authoring in Drupal
- embrace ECA: the future beyond classic module development
- Drupal SDC vs Storybook: component library showdown
- the EAA and its implications for Drupal
- CKEditor Drupal Modules: merge fields and export with inline styles
- Drupal AI development progress week 36-37
- Aljibe: quality and testing for Drupal development with DDEV
- how Drupal plans to beat commercial CMS platforms with AI-first approach
- premium Drupal themes with no dependencies beyond Drupal Core
- Lady Gaga's site no longer on Drupal
Next, general web (and other) notes:
- Google Chrome at 17 - a history
- Vimeo enters into agreement to be acquired by Bending Spoons for $1.39 billion
- "first of its kind" AI settlement: Anthropic to pay authors $1.5 billion
- a cynical read on Anthropic's book settlement
- on dashes, AI, and screen readers
- getting started with Cursor
- how automated code review tools reduce pull request bottlenecks
- writing effective tools for AI agents, using AI agents
- are people's bosses really making them use AI tools?
- how AI enhanced load testing and documentation
- preparing your website for the future of AI search with llms.txt
- the Opquest web quality assurance checklist
- transitioning from being a developer to a manager
- Chris Coyier on "America by Design"
- Composer patches advanced usage
- React won by default
- is it time to un-Sass?
- what can we actually do with corner-shape?
- integrating CSS cascade layers to an existing project
- alternative text for CSS-generated content
- little bits of CSS
- what you need to know about modern CSS (2025 edition)
- fixing Sass @import deprecation warnings
- a (more) modern CSS reset
- the Coyier CSS starter
- in the future all food will be cooked in a microwave, and if you can't deal with that then you need to get out of the kitchen
- follow up to "microwaves"
At the end of the meeting, we recommended people watch "TD Cafe #010 - Steve Wirt & John Jameson" from Talking Drupal.
Recommended video
These "regular" Web Dev Rev meetings generally happen once every 3 weeks; the next session is scheduled for October 17th.