Talking Drupal

Today we chat with our friend Jacob Rockowitz about the sustainability of the webform module and module maintainership sustainability in general.

www.talkingdrupal.com/299

• Jacob's 5th appearance
• John got a new job!
• Jason launching 6 sites this week
• Nic went to the drive-in
• Jacob no more bike rides, just walks in the park
• Stephen finding Ansible useful

Story: Recording episode 300 - get your recordings into [email protected]

• Elevator pitch for webform
• When did Jacob begin maintaining Webform
• What is sustainability?
• Open collective
• How to make Drupal more sustainable
• Ways to contribute
• Donations vs time contribution
• Why open collective?
• Is there an exit plan

https://www.jrockowitz.com/blog/webform-open-collective-funds-spent

Open Collective Promotion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtlFTwZLKpc&t=1s

jrockowitz.com

Jacob Rockowitz www.jrockowitz.com @jrockowitz

Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Jason Pamental - rwt.io @jpamental

Today we are chatting with Matthieu Scarset about two modules he created to solve common Drupal problems.

www.talkingdrupal.com/298

• Stephen - Moonlander Keyboard
• John - 300th Show call for videos
• Nic - Seeing friends again
• Jason - Launching 4 sites tomorrow for RI eCMS
• Matthieu - Moving back to Spain from France
• Menu Manipulator
• Solves language issue in core
• Hides non translated content
• Entity Media Usage
• No DB tables
• Essentially a view to show media or other entities on content type
• Can easily be disabled
• Approach to creating small modules that overlap with larger modules
• Prolific module creator
• • User Info Block
  • Twitter API Block Flag Rating
• Drupal version tag

https://www.zsa.io/moonlander

https://drupal.org/project/menu_manipulator

https://drupal.org/project/entity_media_usage

https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/2466553

https://www.drupal.org/project/entity_usage

Matthieu Scarset @MatthieuScarset

Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Jason Pamental - rwt.io @jpamental

Today we are talking about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the workplace.

www.talkingdrupal.com/297

• Guest host Fatima Sarah Khalid
• Guest Tara King
• Tech Companies put extra focus on DEI this past year
• Performative allyship
• How can leaders build culture of transparency
• Diversity in the workplace not just pipeline issue, but also retention issue
• What do you look for in an organization
• Drupal Diversity & Inclusion Working Group
• Learning from mistakes
• Holding employees and managers accountable
• Agency requirements when responding to proposals
• Your actions as a leader matter. If we hold ourselves and others accountable, our team will too.

Tech Leavers Study

"The Only" Study

https://talkingdrupal.com/217

https://www.drupaldiversity.com

https://www.diversifytech.co

Tara King @sparklingrobots

Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Fatima Sarah Khalid - @sugaroverflow

Today joining us is Jason Evangelho to talk about his journey to Linux and the community he is building.

www.talkingdrupal.com/296

• Guest Host Fatima joining us
• Guest Jason Evangelho
• Fatima thanks to vaccines was able to visit a friend she had not seen in a while
• John back from vacation
• Nic is painting his basement
• Stephen first week did not produce the show
• Jason bought tickets to see the Foo Fighters live... in 2022
• Now known as a "Linux guy", what triggered your switch to Linux
• What is Linux for Everyone all about
• Proton
• Linux for Everyone podcast, youtube, and community
• Where do you stand on the scale of FOSS always and using proprietary software
• Nic and Stephen Advocate for Linux on Talking Drupal
• What holds the Linux market share back
• EDU and Gov in Linux
• Best benefit of using Linux
• Top tips for switching to Linux

Ditching Windows: 2 Weeks With Ubuntu Linux On The Dell XPS 13 Linux for Everyone Proton Voice.com Make it Linux Lenovo Hardware Video Gnu Health

Jason Evangelho linux4everyone.com @Linux4Everyone

Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Fatima Sarah Khalid - @sugaroverflow

Today joining us we have Mauricio Dinarte joining us to talk about 31 days of migration.

www.talkingdrupal.com/295

• Nic Irises looking great
• Stephen Juice Cleanse
• Mauricio Configured Vale and Markdown for Version 2 of 31 days of migration
• Migrations it covers 7/8/9/10…
• Updated series
• You also have video training courses, how do they differ from the blog series?
• Key things for people planning a migration
• The difference between a migration and an update?
• Blog post process
• Tell us about UnderstandDrupal.com

Understand Drupal

31 Days of Migration online

31 Days of Migration ebook

Drupal Migrations Video Course

Support the project

Agaric.coop

Find It Cambridge

Github

Migration repo

Drutopia

Ebook website?

Alex

Vale

Re-mark

Mauricio Dinarte www.understanddrupal.com

Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

Today we are joined by Josh Waihi to learn about Drutiny, a command line Drupal audit tool he created.

www.talkingdrupal.com/294

• Elevator pitch for Drutiny
• Why, when, who created it?
• Key features
• Type of checks that can be done
• Best use cases.
• When to introduce Drutiny into the development process
• How it is used for ongoing monitoring after website launch
• How Drutiny is typically used within Acquia?
• How to get started

Link to 2017 Video

Github

Documentation

Content Plugin

Josh Waihi www.joshwaihi.com

Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

Today we talk with Drupal Association CTO Tim Lehnen and Acquia Principal Software Engineer Ted Bowman about the Automatic Updates Initiative.

www.talkingdrupal.com/293

• Nic - new mic
• John - Drupal Event Organizers Group
• Stephen - Drutiny
• Tim - Track days
• Ted - Old sheet music cabinet into stereo/turntable cabinet
• Mike - Developer Programs Engineer at Pantheon
• What is the initiative about
• The Update Framework (TUF)
• Roles and key contributors
• Who are automatic updates for
• What gets updated
• Key Challenges
• Project roadmap

Strategic Initiatives: Automated Updates

Drutiny

Tim's Youtube Page

The Updating Framework

Project messaging in core initiative

Project Announce

Project messaging channel in core

Tim Lehnen @TimLehnen www.drupal.org/u/hestenet

Ted Bowman @tedbow tedbow.com

Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

Mike MIles www.mike-miles.com @mikemiles86

Today we are joined by David Needham to learn the basics of New Relic.

www.talkingdrupal.com/292

• Nic - Netlify
• Mike - Water computer
• David - Spring cleaning
• John - UPC
• What is New Relic?
• Where New Relic fits with other tools
• New Relic tools
• What information is provided
• Data points and insight
• Common issues to help resolve

David's .d.o

Pantheon

Steve Mould Water Computer

UPC codes and SKUs

New Relic's learning portal

New Relic FutureStack conference

David Needham @davidneedham davidneedham.me

Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

Mike MIles www.mike-miles.com @mikemiles86

Today we talk about the benefits of automation and how to get started.

www.talkingdrupal.com/291

• Stephen - this and that
• Mike - DDEV
• John - Pantheon D9
• Nic - User Testing
• What is automation
• Things to auotmate
• Toold and services
• Skills required

Researchers Secretly Tried To Add Vulnerabilities to Linux Kernel, Ended Up Getting Banned

Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

Mike MIles www.mike-miles.com @mikemiles86

This week we have a new guest host with us and today they will join us to discuss Building A Drupal Team. What goes into selecting the right people, what makes a Drupal team successful, and how do you know when you got it right. Stay tuned for all those answers and more.

www.talkingdrupal.com/290

• Mike - Cloudflare Pages
• Nic - Garden
• Stephen - Neo Trinkey
• John - Drupal 9 on Pantheon
• DrupalCon
• Drupal Roles and Skills
• Resources vs Roles/Skills
• Development vs Maintenance
• Agency vs Corporate/Organizational Team
• Outsourcing
• Challenges
• Barebones Team
• Do you have it right?

Pantheon Drupal 8 to 9

Cloudflare Pages

Neo Trinkey

Stormin Norman

Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing

Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

Mike MIles www.mike-miles.com @mikemiles86