The relentless AI focus and tone-deafness of the Drupal Association continuing to organize Drupalcon North America in the US - and in Florida of all states - have broken something inside me.
I love the tech. I loved the scene. I looked up to the leadership.
But we've grown so much apart in so many ways I'm not sure this village is for me anymore.
I never was a prolific contributor and I wouldn't be missed, but I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one drifting away.
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@jpoesen I certainly feel this way. I'll continue with using Drupal in the ways I always have, and continue to do my work with my clients as I have, but that's primarily down to needing to make a living instead of wanting to be a part of the community.
This is what happens when the primary directional push of the project is coming from the perspective of the BDFL's VC funded marketing agency.
@jpoesen I’ve been feeling similarly for several months now… for me, the most grating things:
- the assumption that heavily using LLMs in one’s workflow is already a default for everyone (it’s not, and it’s for various reasons)
- *a lot* more people willing to “set ethical issues aside” than I would’ve expected from this community
Granted, I do think *comparatively* to other sizable tech/tech-adjacent communities, Drupal has been better. But the bar is incredibly low rn…
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