Issue 679 - April, 24th 2025

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Headlines

Drupal Association Blog: DrupalCon Atlanta 2025: A Celebration of Community, Innovation, and Impact

Drupal Core News: Announcing Four New Drupal Core Leaders and a Strategy Update in the Works

Drupal Starshot Blog: Marketplace: Call for Input and Volunteers

Drupal.org Blog: 2025 Global Drupal Developer Survey

From Our Sponsor

Core

DrupalmigrateAttributeMigrateSource Does Not Include the source_module Property

ExtensionMimeTypeGuesser Extension and Mimetype Maps Are Split Off Into a New MimeTypeMapInterface and Service

New AtLeastOneOf Constaint for Config Validation

New config.schema_checker Service to Check Configuration Schema in a Development Setting

New Filters 'Is Empty (NULL)' and 'Is Not Empty (NOT NULL)' Added to Views Field Filter Operators

Articles

A Drupal Couple: Community First, Business Second, Build Everything with Drupal

A Drupal Couple: IXP Graduates from Initiative to Program: Companies Can Start Using It Now!

Dries Buytaert: Drupal Called Me

How Safe Is Your Website? Get a FREE Drupal 7 Audit from OPTASY

Still on Drupal 7? That’s like leaving the front door open. Grab a FREE site audit from OPTASY to assess your risks and start planning a smooth migration—before threats find their way

Enhanced Drupal Integration for Content Publisher | Pantheon.io

Evolving Web: Content Editor UX: Why CMS Usability Is Tough

Future-Proofing Your Design System

Golems GABB: How AI and Machine Learning Help Drupal in 2025

My Drupal, AI, and Schema.org Manifesto

Solving Intel-Only AMD64/X64 Problems on macOS with Apple Silicon - DDEV

The Drop Times: Drupal Open University Initiative Expands with "Drupal in a Day" Workshop at Drupaljam 2025

Tutorials

Gizra.com: Bare-Bones Theming in Drupal with PEVB

ImageX: Drupal Image Optimization, Part 1: Modules for Better Visual Presentation

What Did amazee.io Reveal at DrupalCon Atlanta This Year?

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LakeDrops Drupal Consulting, Development and Hosting: Detect Upstream Changes: Weekly Module Testing with GitLab CI

Nextide Blog: Agentic AI with the Maestro Workflow Engine AI Task

Specbee: Top 9 Drupal Modules for a Top-Notch Content Editing Experience

Tag1 Consulting: Improving Drupal CMS Performance with Gander: Real-World Wins and Lessons

Releases

stage_file_proxy 3.1.5

Workflow 2.0.0

Podcasts

Talking Drupal: Talking Drupal #498 - DOJ Accessibility Ruling