The Drop Times: DrupalCon Barcelona Day 2 - Drupal AI, Ethical hacking and Digital communities

Day 2 of DrupalCon Europe 2024 in Barcelona offered thrilling sessions, including insights into AI's role in web development and the inspiring mission of "Defend Iceland" to safeguard digital spaces. With discussions on enhancing digital ecosystems and vibrant community building, the day left attendees eager for more—before unwinding with beach parties and a night at Camp Nou.

The Drop Times: DrupalCon Barcelona 2024 Keynote: The Vision Behind 'Defend Iceland'

At DrupalCon Barcelona 2024, Theódór Ragnar Gíslason, CTO of Syndis, presented Defend Iceland, a pioneering initiative aimed at building safer digital communities through a nationwide bug bounty platform. This community-driven approach empowers citizens, ethical hackers, and organizations to collaborate on strengthening cybersecurity. In his keynote, Theódór shared how Iceland’s model for collective cyber resilience can be scaled globally, offering a fresh perspective on tackling digital threats in an increasingly interconnected world.

Metadrop: Optimizing Drupal Performance - Internal Page Cache

The Internal Page Cache is a core module in Drupal responsible for caching pages requested by anonymous users.

When a page is cached and an anonymous user makes a new request, Drupal does not need to perform any rendering or page-building processes. It simply retrieves the rendered page from the cache and sends it to the client.

The reason it only applies to anonymous users and not authenticated users is that the page returned to the client must have exactly the same content for all users.

In the case of authenticated users, although part of the content may be the same for everyone, there are always elements that can vary, such as the user block displaying the user's name or other user-specific information.

For these cases, there is the Dynamic Page Cache module, which handles caching for both anonymous and authenticated users.

Functionality

Cache Bin

For storing and managing cached pages, the Internal Page Cache defines its own cache bin called “Page,” meaning that cached objects are stored independently of other existing cache systems in Drupal.

Drupal Association blog: The Drupal Association Announces 2024 Board Election Winner and 2 Additional New Board Members 

The Drupal Association is saying goodbye to two board members and welcoming three new board members who will join the Drupal Association Board.

The Drupal Association extends a sincere thank you to Nikki Flores and Nick Veenhof for their service and dedication, not only to Drupal, but to the Drupal community. Thank you for everything you both have done while on the Drupal Association Board! Your time spent on the board made such a difference to the future of the Drupal project, and we thank you all for participating with grace, thoughtfulness, and insightful contributions.

The Drupal Association would now like to congratulate our newest board members, officially announced during the recent public board meeting at DrupalCon Barcelona:

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Sachiko Muto

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Stella Power

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Alejandro Moreno

An additional congratulations to Alejandro Moreno for winning the community-elected seat during our 2024 At-Large Board Election! We cannot wait to see what amazing things Alejandro will accomplish while on the Drupal Association Board. We invite you to get to know Alejandro and learn more about his background.

I'm deeply honored to have been elected to the Drupal Association Board. Thank you to everyone for your trust and support—I look forward to serving our incredible community! - Alejandro Moreno

We extend our gratitude to all the candidates who participated in the 2024 election. On behalf of all the staff and board of the Drupal Association, a heartfelt Drupal Thanks to all of you who stood for the election this year. It truly is a big commitment to contribution, the Drupal Association, and the community, and we are so grateful for all of your voices. Thank you for your willingness to serve, and we hope you’ll consider participating again in 2025!

Detailed Voting Results

There were 7 candidates in this year’s At-Large board member election.

707 voters cast their ballots out of a pool of 2741 eligible voters.

Under Approval Voting, each voter can give a vote to one or more candidates. The final total of votes was as follows.

Candidate

Votes

Albert Hughes 197 Will Huggins 154 Alejandro Moreno 282 Janna Malikova 234 Kevin Quillen 189 Matthew Saunders 188 Dominique De Cooman 208

1xINTERNET blog: Community survey analysis and revised implementation of search in Drupal CMS (formerly Starshot)

As track leads for search in Drupal CMS (formerly Starshot), we developed a concept and aligned it with the other leaders. To refine our approach, we conducted a survey to gather feedback and identify potential improvements. This article presents the survey results and the planned implementation.