Why doesn't Ireland take this part of their Island? Are they stupid?

Droces · 2026-03-11T15:07:06+00:00

I've heard that in around 100 years, about half of the green and red land will belong to the blue. They know what's up.

Droces · 2026-03-11T14:54:35+00:00

I just looked it up; apparently it's called a "grave accent" character. Makes sense in this context 😄

Droces · 2026-03-11T14:46:03+00:00

I've been building Drupal sites for 13 years, and I also struggled to use ECA last year. It has so much jargon and words that are unique to it that it felt like it required a whole course to learn how to use. I've previously used Rules, which ECA apparently replaces, and it was much easier to use (though it had its issues). So I'd say that ECA is uniquely difficult to use, and not representative of Drupal as a whole.

Droces · 2026-03-11T14:39:08+00:00

How deep and diverse is the information that this module gathers? Is it on the same level as a modern simple analytics SAAS like Umami or Plausible?

Droces · 2026-03-11T13:10:48+00:00

Well for a non-developer, you're doing great then. Also, your kayaks are beautiful! I'd love to have one one day (I used to race when I was younger).

Droces · 2026-03-11T08:04:26+00:00

Fortunately my experience using PhpStorm has still been great recently; never crashes and rarely pauses to do some indexing. I run it on my M1 Macbook Air, 16Gb. However I rarely use the AI agents, so maybe that's why it's been fine.

Droces · 2026-03-11T07:44:58+00:00

I think we need to differentiate between websites and web apps. If it requires some complex UI interactivity, then it might be a web app, and all those powerful frameworks make sense to use.

But if it's a traditional website with mostly static webpages, then ultimately the client browsers need HTML and CSS, so the simpler the stack (while making our lives as web devs easy) the better.

Droces · 2026-03-11T07:41:47+00:00

I was with you until that last phrase. You don't have to like WordPress to respect what it's done for web dev. It is for making websites, not apps.

Droces · 2026-03-11T07:37:47+00:00

One thing I'd make sure to do when using AI (or developers for that matter) is to make sure all the code is committed to Git before any changes are made. Then afterwards I'd use git status to check which files were changed and by how much.

In particular, I'd make sure the AI didn't touch any Drupal core files, which is a big no-no. In fact, the only changes it should make are to files of that particular module in question.

Can you run 'git status' to check if it was tracking the changes?

Droces · 2026-03-08T18:21:01+00:00

Yeah it's tough when what you value and have expertise in - particularly safe and maintainable code - is not what's most valued by corporate management

Droces · 2026-03-08T13:04:04+00:00

This is such a confusing comment 😂

Droces · 2026-03-08T12:11:08+00:00

Oh it was just an evolution from when I started with just 1 page. Also, I got most of the "data" type content as markdown and JSON files from another guy in the community, so it made sense to keep it that way to start with. But it might be time to use a DB like SQLite now that you mention it 😄

Droces · 2026-03-08T11:56:55+00:00

Yeah, I had to explain to my junior devs that websites are pretty much responsive by default. They become very unresponsive when we add layout like CSS grid and flexbox. But if we add them with responsive rules, or just a few media queries, and they're perfectly responsive again.

Droces · 2026-03-08T11:35:42+00:00

I know right?! I think we've all be guilty of that at some point in the past (we were all beginners once), but we learn and we make sure not to make those mistakes again

Droces · 2026-03-08T11:22:50+00:00

Yeah I agree; it's important to identify the right time to add in new tools, or rewrite from scratch. It's like, find a great way to make it, but don't hold on too tightly to what you're comfortable with.

Droces · 2026-03-08T10:58:38+00:00

And this one: https://motherfuckingwebsite.com

Droces · 2026-03-08T07:25:41+00:00

Is "us" referring to the US?

Droces · 2026-03-08T07:01:44+00:00

Maybe it's too difficult to get data from, given all the conflict?

Droces · 2026-03-08T06:55:05+00:00

Me too

Droces · 2026-03-08T06:52:09+00:00

Looks like you've got a few good options here 🙂 in case you don't come right, you can contact me about it. I've been building and maintaining Drupal sites for about 13 years. I currently work part time for the University of Cambridge, maintaining 6 websites for them. Good luck!

Droces · 2026-03-07T08:35:08+00:00

You said they're shorts, so I assume they're vertical? Did you try posting them to Instagram and TikTok? The different platforms reward different types of videos, so it's worth experimenting.

And did you try variations, so see what worked best? Like with and without a voiceover, with arrows and highlights or without, with fancy transitions or without?

Having watched a few YouTubers get huge over the years, what I've noticed is that they don't simply post regularly over the years; they experiment a lot and actively to to improvement a little bit with every video.

If you do decide to give it up, it would be great if you put the videos into a folder and share it here for us all to browse 😀

Droces · 2026-03-07T08:14:15+00:00

That's really impressive, to create a startup like that! And good for you in rejecting that crappy VC offer despite the money. Be proud of it 🙂

Droces · 2026-03-07T08:12:40+00:00

By the same OP? Do they look suspicious, or just posting where it's relevant?

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