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Acquia rebrands around content and Drupal
Dri iconDriSep 15, 2026

Acquia rebrands around content and Drupal

Today Acquia launched a new brand, and my favorite part is the updated logo. Right under the Acquia name, it now says "Powered by Drupal". Drupal has always been at the core of Acquia, but for the past 5 years it was less visible in how we described ourselves. Now it's front and center again. But that is not the main r

The 60-second procurement test
Dri iconDriSep 9, 2026

The 60-second procurement test

I believe any Open Source project with a commercial or institutional funding ecosystem should publish an official contribution record: who contributes, how much and over what period, what kind of work they do, which parts of the project they work on, and, where disclosed, who paid for the work. The test for a good reco

Dri iconDriAug 26, 2026

Finding related posts with embeddings

I added a new feature to my blog: a list of related posts at the bottom of each post. I implemented it using embeddings, and this note documents how. I looked at how other content management systems identify related posts: most use shared tags, backlinks, manual curation, or embeddings. I chose embeddings, which compar

The software business after code scarcity
Dri iconDriAug 17, 2026

The software business after code scarcity

If AI can generate an application from a description, is software still worth anything? I have lived with a version of that question longer than most. I released Drupal for free more than twenty-five years ago, and later co-founded Acquia , which has grown into a large enterprise software company built around Drupal. G

Open Source is four kinds of economic goods
Dri iconDriSep 1, 2026

Open Source is four kinds of economic goods

An Open Source project contains several economic goods. Its code, infrastructure, services, maintainer time, and commercial ecosystem each behave differently. Treating all of them as a single commons hides who pays today, who controls access, and who needs to pay. Economists often classify goods along two dimensions. T

Open Source is a cost-allocation system
Dri iconDriAug 27, 2026

Open Source is a cost-allocation system

Open Source is usually described as a licensing model, a development model, or a production model. All three descriptions are useful, but they leave something out. Every Open Source ecosystem is also a cost-allocation system . Keeping software relevant and dependable requires people to write code, review contributions,

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