Dries Buytaert

Acquia will host a live webinar on 4 February 2026, spotlighting content trends in the AI era. Featuring insights from Dries Buytaert and Forrester’s Chuck Gahun, the session will explore how organizations can future-proof their content strategy and embrace autonomous content execution. ...more

Dries Buytaert documents a daily script that exports his Drupal site content to GitHub as Markdown, using SSH-based deployment and a custom Drush module. ...more

Dries Buytaert, creator of Drupal, calls on European governments to fix procurement systems that bypass open-source maintainers. He argues that real digital sovereignty depends not just on using open-source software, but funding those who build and sustain it. ...more

Dries Buytaert, founder of Drupal, shared 25 key lessons learned over the project’s 25‑year history — focusing on community, coordination, maintainability, and the evolution of open source beyond code. ...more

Dries Buytaert reflects on his early stance against backward compatibility in Drupal and how improved testing infrastructure turned it into one of the platform’s biggest advantages. ...more

Dries Buytaert reflects on Tailwind Labs' recent layoffs to explore how AI challenges traditional open source business models. He argues that value is shifting from specifications to operations, and successful businesses must adapt accordingly. ...more

Dries Buytaert has published a new dashboard that tracks Drupal Core’s code quality evolution from version 7 through 11. Using static analysis, it measures lines of code, complexity, maintainability, and more, offering a clear visual of improvements over time. ...more

Drupal founder Dries Buytaert marks 20 years of personal blogging with reflections on its role in shaping his thinking, community building, and the origins of the Drupal project. ...more

In his latest blog, Dries Buytaert reflects on a real-world failure in Salesforce’s AI workflow and argues for a layered approach to automation. He explains how deterministic tools and AI decision-making can work together through "outside-in" and "inside-out" architectures. ...more

Bert Boerland explores the evolving spirit of the Drupal community by extracting color palettes from over a decade of DriesNote recordings. Using scripting and curiosity, he reveals how DrupalCon keynotes have visually reflected the open web’s journey. ...more

Dries Buytaert shares a personal update about his solar-powered website facing potential downtime during a severe snowstorm in Boston. From an airport in Amsterdam, he reflects on uptime obsession, solar energy limitations, and why temporary outages can be okay. ...more

In a thoughtful reflection on AI and content management systems, Dries Buytaert argues that AI is reshaping CMSs by flattening user interfaces while making underlying foundations more critical than ever. As AI takes on most content creation, CMS platforms like Drupal must evolve into trusted systems that provide structure, context, and accountability for both humans and AI agents. ...more