Dries Buytaert

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2021

State of Drupal presentation (October 2021) October 13th
State of Drupal presentation (April 2021) April 22nd
Acquia retrospective 2020 January 11th

2020

State of Drupal presentation (December 2020) December 17th
Who sponsors Drupal development? (2019-2020 edition) November 9th
Drupal 9.0.0 released June 3rd
The power of Open Source in the fight against COVID-19 May 15th
Is Open Source recession-proof? March 19th

2019

Balancing Makers and Takers to scale and sustain Open Source September 19th
Scrambling in Snowdonia June 25th
How to prepare for Drupal 9 April 11th
The privilege of free time in Open Source April 10th
The Open Web can still win March 12th
Optimizing site performance by "lazy loading" images February 21st
Headless CMS: REST vs JSON:API vs GraphQL February 11th
Pulling the plug on Facebook February 4th
How to decouple Drupal in 2019 January 24th

2018

Drupal's long-term growth obstacles December 21st
Relentlessly eliminating barriers to growth December 17th
Drupal's commitment to accessibility December 5th
My thoughts on IBM buying Red Hat for $34 billion October 28th
Redesigning a website using CSS Grid and Flexbox October 18th
We made Drupal a lot easier to evaluate September 14th
Our vacation at Acadia National Park August 28th
Why large organizations are choosing to contribute to Drupal July 3rd
Increasing Drupal contributions from underrepresented groups June 19th
My thoughts on Adobe buying Magento for $1.68 billion May 22nd
Mollom: The story of my first SaaS startup April 30th
Defining Drupal's values and principles April 10th
My POSSE plan for evolving my site February 16th
To PESOS or to POSSE? February 6th

2017

The evolution of Acquia's product strategy October 11th
Acquia's first decade: the founding story June 29th
Our quest to see the Northern Lights June 18th
Acquia's next phase May 23rd
Friduction: the internet's unstoppable drive to eliminate friction May 18th
Drupal is API-first, not API-only April 25th
Making Drupal upgrades easy forever March 8th
Distributions remain a growing opportunity for Drupal February 14th
How Nasdaq offers a Drupal distribution as-a-service February 13th

2016

Content and Commerce: a big opportunity for Drupal November 10th
Drupal's collective purpose October 3rd
The transformation of Drupal 8 for continuous innovation September 28th
Traveling through Tuscany September 18th
Drupal is for ambitious digital experiences June 29th
The long path to being understood June 21st
Cross-channel user experiences with Drupal May 16th
Applaud the Drupal maintainers April 20th
A history of JavaScript across the stack February 22nd
Dries meets the King and Queen of Belgium February 2nd
Fast tracking life-saving innovations January 25th
Drupal: 15 years old and still gaining momentum January 15th

2015

Algorithms rule our lives, so who should rule them? December 4th
Loosen control the Open Source way November 18th
From B2C to B2One November 12th
Reaching the next billion with Drupal October 8th
The coming era of data and software transparency October 6th
The future of decoupled Drupal September 24th
How Acquia is addressing the explosion of sites September 15th
Giving back and making money August 31st
Winning back the Open Web June 23rd
The post-browser era of the web is coming June 9th
The Big Reverse of the Web March 10th

2014

Business model innovation beats technical innovation December 1st
Scaling Open Source communities September 30th
Open Source and social capital August 26th
The business behind Open Source July 24th
Fostering inclusivity and diversity July 2nd
The investment case for employing a Drupal core contributor May 7th
Entrepreneurship is 80% sales and marketing March 28th
Do well and do good March 26th
From content management to digital experience management January 15th

2013

The Assembled Web December 9th
Three important start-up lessons I learned September 11th
Why the big architectural changes in Drupal 8 September 9th
Announcing Acquia Cloud Site Factory July 30th

2012

How does it feel to sell your company? September 20th
White House contributes to Drupal August 24th
Acquia fastest growing software company in US August 21st
Mollom acquired by Acquia August 14th
The future is a RESTful Drupal February 16th

2011

Mobile for Drupal 8 October 24th
The Drupal mood cycle June 9th
Hopes and beliefs for Open Source web projects April 21st
Drupal rap song: Monster March 3rd
Acquia product strategy and vision January 24th

2010

Drupal benefits from venture capital December 13th
One Drupal to rule them all December 10th
Stock options and employee equity November 16th
The commercialization of a volunteer-driven Open Source project October 25th
Ten ugly comment spam techniques September 20th
Drupal 7, the cocoon and the butterfly July 8th
On business models for Drupal distributions May 19th
Open Source in the Enterprise and in the Cloud March 2nd

2009

Whitehouse.gov using Drupal October 24th
Drupal graffiti June 3rd
Structured data is the new search engine optimization May 14th
"I Got Drupal" by Ian Rhett April 14th
Faster is better January 6th

2008

Contributing back to Drupal December 17th
Open Source and Free Puppies December 4th
The freemium business model: giving away pays November 13th
Drupal in the cloud April 16th
Mollom, my content monitoring startup March 31st
From infinite extensibility to infinite interoperability February 8th

2007

Growing pains June 27th
On being able to be the best June 11th
PHP is dead ... long live PHP! May 8th
Drupal and eliminating middlemen April 11th
Drupal learning curve March 10th
Drupal Association launched February 26th

2006

Every second December 19th
Drupal distributions October 30th
Responsible maintainers August 22nd
The pain before the pay-off July 27th
Drupal road trip to San Francisco June 17th
Backward compatibility May 17th
Custom content types May 3rd
Complexity is a disease May 3rd
Why PHP (and not Java)? April 28th
Drupal mentors needed January 23rd