Issue 714 - January, 15th 2026
Happy 25th birthday Drupal!
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Drupal's 25th Birthday Celebration
Drupal turns 25 on 15 January 2026! That’s 25 years of open source, innovation, collaboration, and the incredible global community that keeps Drupal thriving. This is a celebration for everyone who’s ever contributed, shared, or built something with Drupal, and that means you!
The Drop Times: Celebrate Drupal’s 25th Anniversary: Host or Join a Local Event Starting January 8
News
Kanopi Acquires Chapter Three to Expand Drupal Services
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Articles
AI Is a Business Model Stress Test
ComputerMinds.co.uk: Drupal Turns 25: A Quarter-Century of Open-Source Innovation
ImageX: Smarter SEO with Drupal: Harnessing AI for Better Results
Measuring Drupal Core Code Complexity
Not All Traffic Is Good Traffic—And You’re Paying for All of It
AI crawlers, scrapers, and automated bots can generate massive Drupal traffic spikes with zero business value—yet still count against hosting entitlements. Promet Source delivers a turnkey Cloudflare implementation that filters bad traffic before it reaches Drupal, reducing overages and keeping performance predictable.
The Migrate Drupal Module Is Deprecated
When Backward Compatibility Became an Advantage
Tutorials
Have 5 Minutes to See How to Enhance Your Skills in Code Quality, Automated Testing and Sustainable Development Practices?
Watch a clip from DrupalEasy’s Professional Module Development course! Next session starts January 27th and fits nicely into the work week.