Dries
@dries.bsky.social
Business logic is moving out of individual applications and into the orchestration layer. Your marketing stack is becoming a marketing network. I call this the Orchestration Shift, and I think it might reshape enterprise software architecture. dri.es/the-orchestr...
The Orchestration Shift
Your marketing stack is becoming a marketing network. Why the layer that connects your tools could be the next critical infrastructure.
dri.es
October 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Business logic is moving out of individual applications and into the orchestration layer. Your marketing stack is becoming a marketing network. I call this the Orchestration Shift, and I think it might reshape enterprise software architecture. dri.es/the-orchestr...
I just blogged my DrupalCon Vienna keynote at dri.es/state-of-dru... Many people don't realize how much Drupal has evolved or how much heart the community puts into it, so check it out! #drupal #drupalcon #php #openweb
State of Drupal presentation (October 2025)
In my DrupalCon Vienna keynote, I talk about how Drupal is adapting to an AI-driven web through AI-enabled visual editing, site templates, autonomous agents, and workflow orchestration.
dri.es
October 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I just blogged my DrupalCon Vienna keynote at dri.es/state-of-dru... Many people don't realize how much Drupal has evolved or how much heart the community puts into it, so check it out! #drupal #drupalcon #php #openweb
When I was ten, my uncle gave me a Kasparov chess computer. Last night I was lucky enough to have dinner with Kasparov. I also learned that Daniel Naroditsky, whose YouTube videos rekindled my love for chess, had passed away. I'll be thinking about them both for a long time.
dri.es/meeting-one-...
dri.es/meeting-one-...
Meeting one chess master, mourning another
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and CTO of Acquia.
dri.es
October 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
When I was ten, my uncle gave me a Kasparov chess computer. Last night I was lucky enough to have dinner with Kasparov. I also learned that Daniel Naroditsky, whose YouTube videos rekindled my love for chess, had passed away. I'll be thinking about them both for a long time.
dri.es/meeting-one-...
dri.es/meeting-one-...
To protect the digital foundation of essential government services, governments should invest in Open Source as public infrastructure and shift from consumption to contribution. dri.es/funding-open... #foss #opensource #sovereignty
Funding Open Source like public infrastructure
To protect the digital foundation of essential government services, governments should invest in Open Source as public infrastructure and shift from consumption to contribution.
dri.es
August 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
To protect the digital foundation of essential government services, governments should invest in Open Source as public infrastructure and shift from consumption to contribution. dri.es/funding-open... #foss #opensource #sovereignty
AI is changing the digital agency model. Here is how and why it matters: dri.es/ai-and-the-g...
AI and the great digital agency unbundling
AI is transforming digital agencies and web development at an accelerating pace. To stay relevant, agencies must evolve beyond commoditized technical work and reposition themselves around strategy, or...
dri.es
July 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
AI is changing the digital agency model. Here is how and why it matters: dri.es/ai-and-the-g...
The Open Web was built on a fair exchange: content in return for visitors. AI broke that deal. We need new systems to support creators, not leave them behind. My thoughts on the forward: dri.es/the-webs-bro... /cc @cloudflare.social #openweb #ai
The web's broken deal with AI companies
AI companies are breaking the web's economic model by extracting content without compensating creators, but new enforcement tools and content licensing marketplaces could restore fair compensation.
dri.es
July 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The Open Web was built on a fair exchange: content in return for visitors. AI broke that deal. We need new systems to support creators, not leave them behind. My thoughts on the forward: dri.es/the-webs-bro... /cc @cloudflare.social #openweb #ai
I just shared my State of Drupal presentation from DrupalCon Atlanta! Get an update on Drupal CMS 1.0's launch and what is next: Experience Builder, AI agents, Site Templates, and a potential marketplace. Watch the keynote or download my slides. dri.es/state-of-dru... #drupal #drupalcon #ai #xb
State of Drupal presentation (March 2025)
DrupalCon North America 2025 DriesNote presentation
dri.es
March 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I just shared my State of Drupal presentation from DrupalCon Atlanta! Get an update on Drupal CMS 1.0's launch and what is next: Experience Builder, AI agents, Site Templates, and a potential marketplace. Watch the keynote or download my slides. dri.es/state-of-dru... #drupal #drupalcon #ai #xb
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Y’all
No joke
Drupal Experience Builder is what the WP full site editor SHOULD be
#DrupalConAtlanta #Drupal #WordPress
No joke
Drupal Experience Builder is what the WP full site editor SHOULD be
#DrupalConAtlanta #Drupal #WordPress
March 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Y’all
No joke
Drupal Experience Builder is what the WP full site editor SHOULD be
#DrupalConAtlanta #Drupal #WordPress
No joke
Drupal Experience Builder is what the WP full site editor SHOULD be
#DrupalConAtlanta #Drupal #WordPress
A few weeks ago, I started exploring how AI can improve alt-text for images on my website. What seemed like a simple fix turned into a multi-step challenge. In my latest post, I share how I'm scaling this process to handle 9,000 images while keeping some control over quality. dri.es/automating-a...
Automating alt-text generation with AI
How I created an automated system that uses AI to generate alt-text for all the images on my website.
dri.es
February 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A few weeks ago, I started exploring how AI can improve alt-text for images on my website. What seemed like a simple fix turned into a multi-step challenge. In my latest post, I share how I'm scaling this process to handle 9,000 images while keeping some control over quality. dri.es/automating-a...
I tested 12 LLMs to generate alt-text for 9,000 images missing descriptions. Not surprisingly, cloud models performed best. For local options, Llama variants and MiniCPM-V were ok. Local models align with my values, but cloud models would serve visually impaired users better. dri.es/generating-i...
Generating image descriptions and alt-text with AI
I tested 12 LLMs — 10 running locally and 2 cloud-based — to assess their accuracy in generating alt-text for images.
dri.es
February 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I tested 12 LLMs to generate alt-text for 9,000 images missing descriptions. Not surprisingly, cloud models performed best. For local options, Llama variants and MiniCPM-V were ok. Local models align with my values, but cloud models would serve visually impaired users better. dri.es/generating-i...
Yes, it's mind-blowing to watch AI agents *use a browser* to seamlessly browse your site and edit content. 🤯 dri.es/i-gave-an-ai...
January 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Yes, it's mind-blowing to watch AI agents *use a browser* to seamlessly browse your site and edit content. 🤯 dri.es/i-gave-an-ai...
Blog post: An updated plan for Drupal 11, or how #Drupal aims to be the top choice for ambitious site builders through user-friendly site building tools, enhanced content editing, and simplified upgrades. https://dri.es/an-updated-plan-for-drupal-11
July 25, 2023 at 8:57 PM
Blog post: An updated plan for Drupal 11, or how #Drupal aims to be the top choice for ambitious site builders through user-friendly site building tools, enhanced content editing, and simplified upgrades. https://dri.es/an-updated-plan-for-drupal-11
80 KitKat websites switched to Drupal and Acquia in less than 18 months. The result: a massive 1,000% boost in traffic, a 50% drop in bounce rate, and 3 times the pageviews compared to their old sites. More details here: https://dri.es/kitkat-gets-a-break-with-drupal-and-acquia
July 20, 2023 at 8:55 PM
80 KitKat websites switched to Drupal and Acquia in less than 18 months. The result: a massive 1,000% boost in traffic, a 50% drop in bounce rate, and 3 times the pageviews compared to their old sites. More details here: https://dri.es/kitkat-gets-a-break-with-drupal-and-acquia
Last week, around 1,500 Drupal-ists gathered in Pittsburgh for DrupalCon. In good tradition, I gave my State of Drupal keynote (aka #DriesNote). Check out the video of my keynote or slides at https://dri.es/state-of-drupal-presentation-june-2023. Special, late-breaking bonus announcement included …
June 13, 2023 at 5:59 AM
Last week, around 1,500 Drupal-ists gathered in Pittsburgh for DrupalCon. In good tradition, I gave my State of Drupal keynote (aka #DriesNote). Check out the video of my keynote or slides at https://dri.es/state-of-drupal-presentation-june-2023. Special, late-breaking bonus announcement included …
I updated my website, https://dri.es/, to the latest version of Drupal, which is Drupal 10.0.9. It's incredible to see how much work goes into each release, even into a bug fix release. You can get a good sense by checking out the release notes: https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/10.0.9.
drupal 10.0.9
This is a patch (bugfix) release of Drupal 10 and is ready for use on production sites. Learn more about Drupal 10. Drupal 10.0.x will receive security coverage until December 2023. Important update information If you are updating from Drupal 9, refer to Preparing your site to upgrade to a newer major version for tools you can use to check the Drupal 10 compatibility of modules, themes and sites. Then, upgrade from Drupal 9 to 10. You should also check the Drupal 10.0.0 release notes.
www.drupal.org
May 4, 2023 at 12:17 PM
I updated my website, https://dri.es/, to the latest version of Drupal, which is Drupal 10.0.9. It's incredible to see how much work goes into each release, even into a bug fix release. You can get a good sense by checking out the release notes: https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/10.0.9.
I wrote an article for opensource.com about how Drupal helps preserve and promote the Open Web. https://opensource.com/article/23/4/preserving-open-web-drupal #drupal #openweb
opensource.com
April 17, 2023 at 7:54 PM
I wrote an article for opensource.com about how Drupal helps preserve and promote the Open Web. https://opensource.com/article/23/4/preserving-open-web-drupal #drupal #openweb