Nota Bene
DevOps Edition #SolomonGrundy
DevOps Edition hashtag#SolomonGrundy
Deployed on Monday,
Configured on Tuesday,
Tested on Wednesday,
Patched on Thursday,
Scaled up on Friday,
Crashed on Saturday,
Rolled back on Sunday —
That was the sprint
Of Solomon Grundy.
Steve Persch, Dramaturg of website operations, Season 2025, CI episode
Embedding this post from LinkedIn. I keep watching it when I need to take a break from DevOps, CI, etc.
Learning new words in morning: Astute point
Usually in the morning after my first cup of coffee I learn new Spanish words using Duolingo app. Today I read a great funny article sent to me by a friend. I enjoyed all 16 min of reading, and learned two new words - astute point and yak-shaving. Will try to use them in a sentence today.
Astute point
“Astute point” and “good point” are similar, but not exact synonyms.
Enhancing Authentication: OpenID Connect Module for Backdrop CMS
Authentication is one of the cornerstones of modern web development—and getting it wrong can seriously hurt the user experience. Recently, our team was working on Single Sign On for the CMQCC website that was migrated from D7 to Backdrop CMS last year. CMQCC accounts server provides OpenID https://openid.net/ authentication, and this module was not ready for BackdropCMS.
New CSS toys
Highlights from the Backdrop Summit at BADCamp 2024
It's been a bit busy here at Fibonacci, but we didn't want to miss reflecting on BADCamp 2024 and the Backdrop Summit there.
We had a great time connecting with like-minded individuals and seeing new site-builders learn about Backdrop’s simpler installation process and streamlined architecture.
What does AI know about Backdrop and Drupal modules and recipes
In Backdrop CMS and in Drupal CMS, modules and recipes serve different purposes but both help extend and configure a site efficiently. Here's how they differ:
First Launch in 2025: Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience
This week we are celebrating launch of the new rebranded site for Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience. It was one of the best projects in my life. We were very lucky to work with design and dev team from Aten Design Group to implement vision for Knight Initiative and Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute websites.
Modern Drupal Feeds Module First Stable Release
The Feeds module enables importing data into the Drupal framework using either a web interface or APIs. Its pluggable architecture allows data imports from any source and in any format. Feeds is #66 on the list of Drupal modules and is used on over 10% of all Drupal sites.
This release represents over six years of work of a very small team of maintainers. First release of Feeds module for Drupal 8 was on April Fools’ Day 2018 8.x-3.0-alpha1. In the years after, work was done to port most features from the D7 version and as soon as all critical stuff was ported, in 2022 Feeds went into the beta phase and focus went to fixing bugs and optimization, though new features were still added too. In September 2024, after fixing a major bug and adding Drupal 11 support, the first release candidate was released.
And now, in January 2025, we’ll have the first stable release!