Dries

Founder and Project Lead of Drupal

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2025-08-13 15:44:46 UTC

To protect the digital foundation of essential government services, governments should invest in Open Source as public infrastructure and shift from consumption to contribution. https://dri.es/funding-open-source-like-public-infrastructure #foss #opensource #sovereignty

2025-07-24 14:43:54 UTC

AI is changing the digital agency model. Here is how and why it matters: https://dri.es/ai-and-the-great-digital-agency-unbundling

2025-06-24 11:45:03 UTC

How I use Obsidian to build a knowledge base that helps me think better, connect ideas in writing, and pursue projects.
https://dri.es/how-i-collect-and-connect-ideas

2025-01-22 23:34:12 UTC

It's mind-blowing to watch AI agents *use a browser* to seamlessly browse your site and edit content. 🤯 https://dri.es/i-gave-an-ai-agent-edit-access-to-my-website

2024-11-29 16:41:31 UTC

Black Friday Deal: Drupal 100% Off!
This Black Friday, we’re going all out: Drupal is 100% yours for $0. Just download and enjoy. Offer never ends.

2024-10-18 01:57:43 UTC

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As mentioned in the write up, they were a big inspiration.

2024-10-16 22:22:14 UTC

I'm excited to share an experiment I've been working on: a solar-powered, self-hosted website running on a Raspberry Pi. The goal was to use the smallest, most energy-efficient setup possible, even if it means the website goes offline sometimes. Yes, this site may go down on cloudy or cold days. But don't worry! When the sun comes out, the website will be back up, powered by sunshine. https://dri.es/my-solar-powered-and-self-hosted-website

2024-08-16 23:19:26 UTC

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Thank you! 🙏🏻

2024-08-04 13:47:23 UTC

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Looks great now! 🙏🏻

2024-07-25 10:00:36 UTC

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That works! The feed is missing a description though. Enjoy your vacation! Thank you! https://image.nostr.build/47dd9ea6a17b852b7071bf9e3080e512d6177fb8abd76f9a9e7816a3a7ffd916.jpg

2024-07-21 10:54:13 UTC

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Looks great! The purple UI is a nice touch. 👍🏻 Can I subscribe to updates using RSS? I find it easier than following on Nostr itself. Social media tends to get noisy, and content often gets lost. RSS is better at ensuring I don’t miss anything.

2024-06-22 06:49:32 UTC

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Yes, all my content is currently stored as HTML. I assume Nostr requires plain text content?

2024-06-10 08:25:54 UTC

I spent 30 minutes verifying that https://dri.es/ is ready for the upgrade to Drupal 11. It's ready, and I'm excited about it. I then spent another 30 minutes documenting the tools and workflow I use to update my custom Drupal code. https://dri.es/major-version-upgrades-in-drupal-tools-and-workflow #drupal #digitalgarden

2024-02-29 17:20:14 UTC

After two years of neglecting my Web3 site, does it still work? Plus, insights in Web3's progress for website hosting. https://dri.es/two-years-later-is-my-web3-website-still-standing #web3 #ipfs #ens

2024-02-25 21:37:04 UTC

@npub1g53…drvk's old email conversations with Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto unveil their joint efforts on launching Bitcoin's website using Drupal. Cool! https://dri.es/satoshi-nakamoto-drupal-adventure

2023-07-25 20:57:25 UTC

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

2023-07-20 20:54:28 UTC

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

2023-05-31 23:13:10 UTC

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Good question, and glad to see you here!

2023-05-04 12:14:39 UTC

I've updated my personal website, https://dri.es/, to the latest version of #Drupal, which is Drupal 10.0.9. It's incredible to see how much hard work and dedication goes into each release of Drupal, even into a bug fix release like Drupal 10.0.9. You can get a good idea of all the work that was done by checking out the release notes at https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/10.0.9. I'm grateful to everyone who contributed to Drupal 10.0.9!

2023-04-27 06:19:48 UTC

Some exciting news! Drupal has been designated as a "Digital Public Good"! If you're interested in learning more about why this is great news for Drupal, check out my blog post: https://dri.es/drupal-recognized-as-a-digital-public-good #drupal #publicgood #dpg

2023-04-18 14:43:45 UTC

Exciting news from the Mautic Community and Acquia today: Acquia is supporting Mautic's transition into a fully autonomous Open Source project. Having been involved with Mautic from its early days, I'm thrilled to see where this takes Mautic next. Congratulations to the Mautic community and Ruth Cheesley! For more information, I invite you to read my blog post: https://dri.es/mautic-to-become-an-independent-open-source-project. #opensource

2023-04-17 19:50:55 UTC

I wrote an article for opensource.com about how Drupal helps preserve and promote the Open Web. Check it out below! https://opensource.com/article/23/4/preserving-open-web-drupal #drupal #openweb

2023-04-04 18:29:28 UTC

Blog post: The evolution of Drupal's composability: from the command line to the browser https://dri.es/the-evolution-of-drupal-composability-from-the-command-line-to-the-browser <- How Automatic Updates and Project Browser will empower ambitious site builders with a no-code composable platform and modern development practices.

2023-03-21 07:36:44 UTC

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For the benchmarks, I just went with the most popular SSGs. Happy to add others to the list! I’m not sure which ones use a CDN. Even if they use a CDN, my site is likely to be faster still.

2023-03-09 21:29:40 UTC

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2023-03-07 21:19:40 UTC

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I have a Nikon and a Leica, and pick my Leica 9 out of 10 times. 📷

2023-03-05 08:28:25 UTC

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While static sites can offer better performance and security in theory, they don't always do in practice.
My Drupal-powered site, https://dri.es/, is fast and secure. In fact, it is 3x faster than https://gohugo.io/ and https://jekyllrb.com/ -- the official websites of two leading static site generators.
The speed and performance of a website depends more on the quality of the generated HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code than the underlying technology used (e.g. CMS vs SSG).
Drupal allows you to use various input formats, such as Markdown. So, if you prefer using Markdown, you can easily use it in Drupal.
Drupal has a module called Tome (https://youtu.be/uqmq5FBP_T0) that enables it to generate static sites. Moreover, Drupal is frequently used as the content repository/backend for Gastby (https://www.drupal.org/project/gatsby), NextJS sites (https://next-drupal.org/) and others. Check it out!

2023-03-04 22:15:05 UTC

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Thank you for being a long-term subscriber. 🙏🏼. This probably deserves a longer answer that could make for a good blog post, but in short: Drupal’s publishing workflow is a lot easier and faster than those of SSGs. I don’t see why they are so much better …

2023-03-03 15:10:42 UTC

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I’ll investigate that browser extension. I appreciate it, anty! I might report back after I learned more.

2023-03-03 15:09:59 UTC

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I’ll investigate that browser extension and the NIP. Thank you, Kwinten!

2023-03-03 08:05:43 UTC

One thing that has raised a red flag for me about #Nostr is the fact that several applications require users to provide their private key. Needless to say, this is not in line with security best practices, and could put a users data at risk. Am I wrong? Thoughts on that?

2023-03-02 09:15:22 UTC

It's very interesting that both habla.news and blogstack.io use the Nostr protocol as its foundation for a long-form blogging platform.
In over-simplified terms, the Nostr protocol allows habla.news and blogstack.io to share a content database. The Nostr relays essentially provide a decentralized "content hub", and the Nostr protocol defines the content type schemas.
This means habla.news, blogstack.io and others can display the same content, but with a distinct appearance and user experience.
A first use case is a blog for one person. Just show the content from one Nostr user on a website in the traditional blog format. What is interesting is that Nostr automatically provides such blog a commenting system and social media integration.
A second use case is the equivalent of an RSS feed aggregator. It gathers posts from different bloggers on specific topics/hashtags and puts them together on one page or in one new RSS feed.
At a very large scale, that would look a lot like Medium (multi-user blog), except it wouldn't be owned or controlled by a single organizations, and with built-in micro-payments that actually benefit the content creators.
@verbiricha, @MAHcodes, @fiatjaf, did I get that right? Am I missing something? And in your mind, what are the end user benefits of this approach?

2023-03-02 07:23:13 UTC

I just updated my personal website to Drupal 10.0.4 (https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/10.0.4), and it was a breeze! Super grateful for the care and effort that so many people and organizations put into maintaining Drupal. It's impressive. Stay amazing, #Drupal! 💙

2023-03-01 16:46:20 UTC

@jack Is there any connection between Nostr and Bluesky’s AT Protocol?

2023-03-01 14:49:56 UTC

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I’ll check it out, @mates!

2023-03-01 14:47:30 UTC

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Thank you!

2023-02-28 15:56:02 UTC

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Thank you for bringing that to my attention. I will correct that in my post. I appreciate the feedback. :)

2023-02-28 09:23:57 UTC

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I completely agree, but Nostr is still in its early stages.
Although I believe the Nostr protocol is superior to ActivityPub (as noted in https://dri.es/nostr-love-at-first-sight), protocol superiority is not enough for Nostr to win.
In order for Nostr to become a viable alternative to Twitter and Mastodon, the overall end user experience needs to improve dramatically.
And the ultimate user experience for Nostr is this: engaging, thought-provocing, cutting-edge conversations across a diverse range of interesting topics.
Currently, these types of conversations have been infrequent on Nostr.
To improve the overall end-user experience, two things are necessary: (1) we need significant improvements to Nostr clients to make them more polished and user-friendly, and (2) we need to attract more interesting people that can bring along a more diverse user base and community.
It is impressive to witness the rapid progress that @jb55 is making with the Damus client. I'd shift more investment to Damus. Specifically, I'd love to see @jb55 surrounded with more UX testers and UX researchers. Clients like Damus are the gateway to Nostr.
Over the past few years, a significant number of leaders in web development and the Indieweb community have migrated to Mastodon. This shift was largely driven by the alignment of their values with the open and decentralized nature of Mastodon. As a result, Mastodon has become the primary hub for the most engaging web development conversations today.
In my opinion, the web development community would be an excellent early adopter for Nostr. The same reasons that prompted their adoption of Mastodon could apply to Nostr as well.
Furthermore, the web development community played a key role in Twitter's early success, as @jack may recall. I personally became a Twitter user in 2007, when the platform was less than a year old, after a conversation with Ev Williams and Larry Page.
The web development community could be a valuable target audience for Nostr. Not only are they technically savvy and able to navigate through difficult-ish user interfaces, they can also brings some more diverse and engaging conversations. Additionally, web developers have the ability to create integrations that can enhance the reach of Nostr. Since I blogged about Nostr on my site, two Nostr integrations have been created for Drupal already.
Furthermore, the web development community has a strong presence online, which can lead to increased visibility and promotion of Nostr through their blog posts, website links, and social media. Overall, targeting the web development community seems to be an opportunity for Nostr.

2023-02-28 06:38:13 UTC

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I just had a quick look at the code. Amazing how straightforward it is. As you are one of few people who implemented both an ActivityPub and Nostr client, it might worth writing up your thoughts.

2023-02-28 05:14:07 UTC

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Interesting how you beat me to it, again. 🤙🏻

2023-02-27 20:16:29 UTC

Wrote a long blog post on how AI can speed up the "Big Reverse of the Web", how content management systems like #Drupal can integrate with AI tools, how to optimize your websites for AI bots, and the short and long term impact of AI bots on digital marketing. Check it out at https://dri.es/artificial-intelligence-the-future-of-content-management-and-the-web.

2023-02-23 18:01:13 UTC

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Introduction to Towns: https://www.towns.com/introduction/

2023-02-23 17:56:29 UTC

Ben Rubin announces Towns, a protocol and a web-based chat app, and raised a $25.5M Series A led by a16z: https://a16zcrypto.com/investing-in-towns/. How does it compare to Nostr? Anyone look at it? @jack @jb55 @derekross @fiatjaf #nostr

2023-02-22 20:52:14 UTC

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Thank you! 🙏🏼 I got two zaps already. It is not clear who they came from. My wallet just shows addresses instead of usernames, and Damus doesn’t show not give me a clue either. 🤔

2023-02-22 20:44:03 UTC

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Better now? Thank you for helping.

2023-02-22 20:43:46 UTC

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Better now?

2023-02-22 10:17:07 UTC

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Welcome, Wim!

2023-02-22 02:20:57 UTC

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How about now? Just updated the setting. Would be nice if Damus would do some verification (if possible).

2023-02-22 02:13:07 UTC

I *think* I set up zaps in my profile, but I’m not sure …⚡️

2023-02-16 20:17:30 UTC

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I don’t believe I have Zap integration set up yet.

2023-02-16 17:03:10 UTC

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Thank you! I appreciate the kind words. 🙏🏼🤙🏻

2023-02-16 14:15:04 UTC

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Just promoted my Nostr blog post on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dries/status/1626222882874593280 Not sure how that makes me feel …

2023-02-16 11:29:55 UTC

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🤙🏻 🙏🏼

2023-02-15 23:13:46 UTC

I just published a blog post about #Nostr, where I discuss my first impressions, compare it with ActivityPub, and explore the possibilities of Zaps. I'm absolutely loving it so far! https://dri.es/nostr-love-at-first-sight Feedback welcome!

2023-02-15 20:50:13 UTC

Writing a blog post on #Nostr. Are there openly-licensed Nostr images that one can use?

2023-02-14 23:30:35 UTC

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If your name is GANDALF, try using GANDALF@btcgandalf.com (case sensitive).

2023-02-13 20:51:28 UTC

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I'll copy-paste my draft here as well:
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To start, I would like to emphasize that Nostr and ActivityPub are commendable for their efforts in addressing the problems encountered by traditional centralized social media platforms.
* Nostr employs hash-based identification for users, while ActivityPub utilizes a more conventional user account system. ActivityPub user accounts are based on domain names, which can be controlled by third-party entities. Nostr's hash-based identification system is more decentralized, as it does not rely on domain names controlled by outside parties.
* Migrating to a different Mastodon server can be challenging as your username is tied to the domain name of the current Mastodon instance. However, this is not a problem in Nostr as users are identified using a unique hash.
* The Nostr protocol is easier to implement than the ActivityPub protocol, and appears more extensible. What I like about Nostr is what I like about RSS: it's simple and extensible.
* ActivityPub protocal has some artchitectural challenges; when you post a link to a site, that sites gets hammered with requests. (Any other architectural challenges?)
Depending on your views on censorship, the following could be good or bad:
* In ActivityPub, Mastodon server owners have the power to ban users. In Nostr, users can't be banned. Conversely, in Nostr, users cannot be banned, but either Nostr clients or Nostr relays may opt to block specific users or messages. This is a distinct approach compared to a network-wide ban.
--8<---

2023-02-13 20:50:12 UTC

I'm new to Nostr, but working on a blog post about it. Given my reach in the web community, I'd like to include a basic comparison with ActivityPub. I want my comparison to be fair and balanced and would appreciate any feedback that you may have. 🙏🏼 Screenshot with my current draft: https://void.cat/d/Y8pohSxZEv16Y6BLGVPv5G.webp. #nostr #activitypub /cc #[2] #[3]

2023-02-12 16:15:26 UTC

#[0] Verifying My Public Key: "Dries"

2023-02-12 12:23:37 UTC

First post!