Issue 675 - March, 27th 2025

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Headlines

DrupalCon Atlanta 2025: Keynotes

From Our Sponsor

Core

node_mark() Is Deprecated

The Administration Theme Is Used by Default for Editing and Creating Node Content

DrupalCon

The Drop Times: A Quick Dive Into Driesnote 2025 from DrupalCon Atlanta

The Drop Times: This Might Be the Coolest Marketing Move at DrupalCon Atlanta 2025

Tuesday at Drupalcon Atlanta 2025: A Platform for Learning, Collaboration, and Innovation

Articles

Drunomics: Warum Verwenden Wir Nicht GraphQL?

Drupal's Future - the JAMStack Question - Josh Koenig

"Ever notice that there aren't many young people at DrupalCon? WordCamp has the same dynamic.There's a generation gap in web development." "Up and coming talent learns a JS-centric toolchain. This is a tectonic shift in our industry." "This isn't a fad, it's the future. And the reason it's the future is because the web stack (HTML/CSS/JS) is now the dominant technology for creating software user interfaces." "Software is eating the world, and the teeth are made of DOM elements."

Electric Citizen: AI and Alt Text

Experience the Power of Drupal AI for Free - amazee.io

Golems GABB: Drupal Integration with AWS, GCP, Azure

Metadrop: VLSuite: Web Pages in Record Time

Peoples Blog: Why Choose Drupal for Your Blogging Website in 2025?

Salsa Digital: Crafting a Successful AI Strategy for Digital Agencies

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The Drop Times: AI in CMS: Power Tool, Not Autopilot

The Drop Times: How Content Cloud Is Changing Headless Drupal Development

The Drop Times: Is It Time for DXP to Rest in Peace? Dominique De Cooman Thinks Otherwise

Why Drupal Is a Shark - Updated - Dropsolid Digital Experience Company

Wim Leers: XB at DrupalCon Atlanta 2025

Wim Leers: XB Week 30: HTML Comments

Tutorials

James Oakley: Adding Sidebars to the Radix Base Theme for Drupal

Specbee: SmartLinker AI for Drupal: An AI-Powered Internal Linking Tool for Smarter Content

Releases

custom_field 3.1.5

Lando v3.24.3

Podcasts

Talking Drupal: Talking Drupal #494 - AI in EDU