Mike Anello (ultimike)

@ultimike@drupal.community
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Florida-based Drupal developer and trainer.
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The ability to unpack #drupal recipes is the most useful feature (IMHO) in Drupal 11.2.0 πŸ§©πŸš€. Here’s a primer from @joshuami:

https://joshuami.com/blog/2025/recipe-unpack-blog-no-longer-drupal-cms-and-thats-good-thing/

β€œUnpacking” means moving a recipe’s direct dependencies to the project’s composer.json file πŸ“¦πŸ“.

I suspect that AI wrote (or at least co-authored) this blog post about object-orientation basics and #drupal πŸ€–πŸ“˜:

https://drupal.com.ua/152/mastering-oop-and-solid-principles-php-drupal-examples-complete-guide

I’m not opposed to articles like this showing up on Drupal Planet β€” but I do feel strongly that one of the criteria for inclusion should be an AI disclosure policy πŸ›‘πŸ“.

More context here: https://www.drupal.org/project/content/issues/3475624

Mastering OOP and SOLID Principles in PHP with Drupal Examples: A Complete Guide | Drupal life hacks

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm based on the concept of "objects", which can contain data (fields, often called attributes or properties) and code (methods, which are functions associated with the object).There are 4 main principles of OOP, often remembered by the acronym "PIES":πŸ”  What is PIES?PIES stands for the four core OOP principles:

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I have to admit, I’m a little disappointed that SDC Variants are part of #drupal core 11.2.0, but without any meaningful documentation and examples (yet?)… πŸ˜•πŸ“„

https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/3390712

I thought new functionality in Drupal core required docs before merging? πŸ€”πŸ“˜

The #drupal marketplace MVP proposal is now available for public review:

https://www.drupal.org/about/starshot/blog/marketplace-share-out-7-the-mvp-proposal-is-here-what-were-testing-and-how-to-shape-it

* Limited to 15 site templates from Drupal Certified Partners
* 90/10 revenue split with DA (+ submission fee)
* Baseline template standards
* Automated + manual reviews

SEO 101 for #drupal site-builders πŸ§±πŸ”. Share this with your marketing team πŸ“£πŸ’Ό.

https://drupalize.me/blog/seo-drupal-users-what-you-need-know

Blog post from @ambermatz ✍️

SEO for Drupal Users: What You Need to Know

When I was writing documentation for Drupal CMS’s SEO Tools recommended add-on (aka β€œrecipe”), I realized that not all Drupal site users may be up-to-date on the essentials of SEO and how Drupal can help you make your site discoverable by your target audiences. While Drupal has long been a solid foundation for building search-friendly websites β€” that doesn’t mean every Drupal user knows where to start with SEO. In this post, I’ll define essential SEO concepts and highlight best practices direct from the documentation I wrote about promoting your site with SEO for the Drupal CMS User Guide. Whether you're configuring a custom Drupal 11 site or using Drupal CMS, these tips apply to you. All of the tools mentioned below may be installed on any Drupal 11 site or installed via the SEO Tools recommended add-on in Drupal CMS.

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On this day of independence (at least in πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ), I really do appreciate the level of effort going into the #drupal AI initiative πŸ€– to ensure humans remain in control πŸ™Œ.

https://salsa.digital/insights/inside-drupal-ai-strategy

Blog post from Kurt Foster from Salsa Digital πŸ§ πŸ’»

Inside the Drupal AI Strategy | Salsa Digital

Human-first, government-ready AI: Drupal’s new strategy delivers transparency, flexibility, and real-world compliance.

The new #Drupal Modeler API is really interesting πŸ€”πŸ’‘ β€” and one of the sneakier things mentioned in this article is its potential use with migrations πŸ”„.

I’m imagining defining a migration pipeline visually… πŸ‘€πŸ§©

https://www.lakedrops.com/en/blog/drupal-modeler-api-ready-testing

Blog post from @jurgenhaas

Drupal Modeler API ready for testing | LakeDrops

The Modeler API is a new

Wow – I certainly missed an issue in the queue for #drupal core 11.2.0 – module, theme, and site-install is sooooo much faster! βš‘πŸš€πŸ§©

https://www.drupal.org/blog/drupal-11-2-0

A+ quality-of-life improvement! βœ…πŸ‘

Blog post from @gaborhojtsy