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Talking Drupal: Talking Drupal #551 - Drupal Recording Initiative

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Kevin Thull, who leads the Drupal Recording Initiative (DRI), joins us to discuss why DRI started, how it scaled from Kevin recording local camps to supporting many events, the hub-and-mentorship model for maintainers, differences between shipping kits vs onsite support, costs compared with traditional AV vendors, and challenges like aging capture hardware, audio/video troubleshooting, and sustainable funding.

For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/551

Topics
  • Module of the Week TFA
  • Why Recording Matters
  • Early Events and Growing Pains
  • Post Production and Gear Limits
  • Recording DrupalCon vs Camps
  • Costs and Value Breakdown
  • Pittsburgh Turning Point
  • Hubs and Mentoring New Recordists
  • Beyond Drupal Events
  • Hands Off Goals
  • Impact and Adoption
  • Workflow Pain Points
  • Content First Recording
  • Maintainers and Volunteers
  • Volunteer Stress Factors
  • Funding and Platforms
  • Drupal TV Origins
  • Roadmap and Growth
  • Wrap Up and Contacts
Resources

MOTW - Two-factor Authentication (TFA) - https://www.drupal.org/project/tfa TFA Email OTP Plugin - https://www.drupal.org/project/tfa_email_otp National Institute for Standards and Technology's Special Publication 800-63B section 3.1.1.2 "Password Verifiers" - https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-4/sp800-63b.html#passwordver Drupal Recording Initiative - https://www.drupal.org/project/dri DrupalCon Chicago Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpeDXSh4nHjQpb2cHv9rgQv4lvq1-ZkC3

Guests

Kevin Thull - Drupal Recording Initiative kthull

Guest Host

Bernardo Martinez - bernardm28

Hosts

Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan

Avi Schwab - froboy.org froboy

Module of the Week

with Avi Schwab- froboy.org froboy

Two Factor Authentication - Two-factor authentication for Drupal sites. Drupal provides authentication via something you know – a username and password while TFA module adds a second step of authentication with a check for something you have – such as a code sent to (or generated by) your mobile phone.

TFA is a base module for providing two-factor authentication for your Drupal site. As a base module, TFA handles the work of integrating with Drupal, providing flexible and well tested interfaces to enable your choice of various two-factor authentication solutions like Time-based One-Time Passwords (TOTP), SMS-delivered codes, pre-generated codes, or integrations with third-party services like Authy, Duo and others.

UI Suite Initiative website: Video series - #03 Display Builder for Drupal: Entity View Display Explained

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A walkthrough of how Display Builder (by UI Suite) takes control of your entity displays — and plays nicely with the tools you already use.The Display Builder module continues to mature, and in his latest video, Pierre walks us through one of its most practical features: Entity View Display. If you've been following the series, this third installment builds directly on the foundations laid in the first two videos (component-based layouts and the plugin system). If you haven't seen those yet, this post should still give you a clear picture of what's possible.You can watch the full demo here: Entity View Display — Display Builder Beta

The Drop Times: Who Will Inherit the Code?

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Dear readers,

There is a quiet crisis unfolding in the Drupal ecosystem, and the community has yet to fully reckon with it. Beginner training programs, once the pipeline through which new developers discovered and committed to Drupal, are drying up one by one. DrupalEasy has sunset its flagship 15-year-old Drupal Career Online program. Drupalize.me has had to let staff go. DrupalTutor reports his student count has collapsed to roughly a quarter of what it was three years ago. These are not isolated setbacks; they are symptoms of a structural problem that cuts to the heart of Drupal's long-term viability.

What makes this moment especially sobering is that no single villain is to blame. The increasing complexity of post-Drupal 8, the rise of AI-assisted learning that lets developers skip foundational training, and a community that has historically leaned on technical excellence over outreach have all converged at once. Meanwhile, DrupalCon survey data hints at another uncomfortable truth: the community's flagship gathering risks becoming an insider circuit, where veterans feel at home and newcomers feel invisible. A closed loop, no matter how vibrant, eventually runs out of energy.

The path forward demands more than awareness; it demands coordinated will. Nascent initiatives like Drupal Open University, the IXP hiring incentive, and the Promote Drupal campaign are promising, but they cannot succeed as isolated efforts. The Drupal Association, its Certified Partners, and community leaders at every level must align behind a single, urgent mission: making Drupal the place where the next generation of developers begins, not just where the current generation convenes. 

On a personal note,as I script my final newsletter as the sub-editor of The DropTimes, I extend my heartfelt gratitude to my teammates at TDT and the whole of Drupal Community for the amazing work they are doing and letting me be a part of it. Thank you!

Let's move on to the story highlights from past week. 
 

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Additional developments from across the Drupal ecosystem were published during the week. Readers can follow The Drop Times on LinkedIn, Twitter, Bluesky, and Facebook for ongoing updates. The publication is also active on Drupal Slack in the #thedroptimes channel.

Alka Elizabeth
Sub-editor
The Drop Times

Sitback Solutions: Helping NSW households and businesses unlock energy savings

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The NSW Government is focused on helping households and businesses reduce energy costs while accelerating the state’s transition to a more sustainable future. Through targeted rebates, programs and policy initiatives, the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) is working to make energy upgrades more accessible and more achievable for everyday people. ...

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