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AI does not replace system engineering. Stories abound about AI running amok, deleting production databases, exposing private data, failing to deliver on promises.

Starting next month (October 2025), Washington businesses and residents will be paying sales tax on a slew of new services -- including custom web development, IT services, digital advertising, and even temporary workers.

Last December I wrote up 24 specific things we've automated on Drupal, and published them as an Advent Calender -- one little nugget each day.

Last year I gave a presentation at DrupalCon about automating things using the powerful ECA Module. Here's the recording!

How do you get a website back up, when it goes down?

Call me a radical, but I don't think a handful of billionaires controlling the majority of a country's wealth is a good thing. I don't think the ultra-wealthy need more benefits at the expense of everyone else.

The recording of my talk from DrupalCon this year is now available!

This is perhaps my most technical talk, meant for developers and tinkerers who would like an easy way to get started with Drupal.

Craig asks,

At Freelock, we're starting to use Nix to manage different PHP environments, and be able to incrementally update websites.

Kevin asks,

Is there a Drupal Add On or Widget that would allow users to sort tables as they're displayed on the website?

Hi, Kevin,

Several options here:

In the past couple days I've gotten two different questions regarding building functionality out in WordPress. This seems a bit...weird with timing, given that Drupal CMS just launched three days ago!