Issue 720 - February, 26th 2026

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Headlines

DrupalCon News & Updates: DrupalCon Chicago 2026: Must‑See Sessions for Seasoned Developers

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Core

AutowireTrait Supports Setter Injection with the #[Required] Attribute

Select Query Objects Now Provide getRange() Method

The Ban Module Is Removed

The Shortcut Module Has Been Removed from the Standard Profile and Recipe

Articles

A Drupal Couple: The Blueprint for Affordable Drupal Projects

Good article making the point that maybe Drupal can be viable for small budget web sites. Take that Wordpress!

DDEV February 2026: v1.25.0 Ships, 72% Market Share, and New Training Posts | DDEV

Dries Buytaert: A Better Way to Follow Drupal Development

"...built a small tool I'm calling Drupal Digests. It watches the Drupal.org issue queues for Drupal Core, Drupal CMS, Drupal Canvas, and the Drupal AI initiative. When something noteworthy gets committed, it feeds the discussion and diff to AI, which writes me a summary: what changed, why it matters, and whether you need to do anything."

Drupal AI Initiative: SearXNG - Privacy-First Web Search for Drupal AI Assistants

Your Drupal Site Is Working Overtime—For Bots

If hosting costs are climbing, your Drupal site may be serving more bots than people. AI scrapers consume bandwidth and compute—driving up infrastructure bills. Promet Source's edge-based Cloudflare solution blocks unwanted traffic in real time, reducing server strain and cutting hosting costs by up to 40%.

Jacob Rockowitz: Coding Drupal with AI

Mike Herchel's Blog: Fun, Dancing, and Contribution at Florida DrupalCamp (Photos Included)!

Start Lean, Scale Smart: A Practical Guide to Scoping Design Systems

Tag1 Insights: Building the Document Summarizer Tooltip Module with AI-Assisted Coding

The Drop Times: Drupal Core AGENTS.md Proposal Triggers Broader Debate on AI Guardrails

The Drop Times: The Work Behind the Workflow: Stas Zhuk and the Future of DDEV

Très Bien Blog: Dig for Gold in Drupal Contrib Code

Using WarpBuild to Speed Up DDEV in CI | DDEV

Tutorials

ComputerMinds.co.uk: Drupal 11 Upgrade Gotchas - Slick Carousel

Releases

Cms 2.0.1

custom_field 4.0.5

Ddev v1.25.1

Registration 3.4.8

Podcasts

Live Show - Display Builder Demo on Talk on My Machine (TOMM) | UI Suite Initiative Website

Stephen Appears on TD Cafe: What to Expect at the Nonprofit Summit at DrupalCon Chicago | Capellic

Talking Drupal: Talking Drupal #541 - Mautic

Talking Drupal: TD Cafe #015 - Karen & Stephen - Non-Profit Summit at DrupalCon