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  Drupal could be a great answer for vibe coding

  When you vibe an application, the AI picks the stack, and both projects I've looked at came back with the same one. I know Drupal and I contribute to it, so weigh everything here against that bias. But what a vibe-coded application ends up needing, Drupal already has, and the piece still missing is one this community could build. There may be better fits out there. This one is mine.

  

  Carlos Ospina · 4 min read

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  The closest thing I have to an answer

  Connecting systems isn't hard anymore, so what matters is what you put in the middle. I think that separates into knowledge, decisions, and the terrain those decisions run on, and the thing you'd actually be building is whatever keeps all three true. I've built a version of it for my own tools, and there's good evidence it could make an AI agree with me more, which I don't have a full answer to.

  

  Carlos Ospina · 5 min read

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  A conversation in Cartagena

  I spent part of a trip talking with an architect and a facade specialist about how buildings behave, and then about when to service them. The systems hold the facts. A person holds the reasoning that turns those facts into a decision, and nobody writes that part down. Most of what follows is me wondering, and I say so where I'm guessing.

  

  Carlos Ospina · 4 min read

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  The answers we already tried

  This industry has already produced two answers to what developers and agencies sell now. I believed both of them at the time, and neither one held. What's left is finding something that stayed difficult, and I don't think we've done that yet.

  

  Carlos Ospina · 3 min read

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  Watching someone not need a developer

  A man who runs an insurance agency showed me software he built himself, after paying a development company for months and getting nothing. I sat there listing everything that could go wrong with it, and then realized nobody had asked me to. If building is no longer the hard part, I don't know what the rest of us still bring, and I'd rather work that out in the open than pretend I already have.

  

  Carlos Ospina · 3 min read

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  We used our own plugins and skills to rebuild our site, here is the story

  We pointed the plugins and skills we built ourselves at our own site, and rebuilt the whole thing, brand and all, in about a week of supervised time. Here is what that was actually like: what the tools did well, where they were confidently wrong, and where a human had to step in. These tools will hand you something that looks finished, and whether it is actually good is a separate question. Holding those two together turned out to be the part we could not hand off.

  

  

  Carlos Ospina & Ana Coto · 9 min read

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  Why I Believe in Agentic Recipes

  I built my AI tooling one layer at a time, each piece added because something was breaking when I did not have it: scope, atomic guides, the curl rule, validators, the playbook. Working on the biggest tool I am still building, I hit a wall I had to name. Use drush is a rule. Wire responsive images for this project is an orchestration. Both are opinions, but they are not the same artifact shape. This post walks that journey to the layer I think is missing, and asks whether other people building AI tooling on real projects feel the same gap.

  

  Carlos Ospina · 7 min read

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  My DrupalCon Chicago Retrospective

  A retrospective on DrupalCon Chicago 2026 covering the Driesnote AI demos, the push for the International Federation, Drupal for the little guy, the IXP Initiative, the AI community debate, and the path toward DrupalCon Latin America.

  

  Carlos Ospina · 6 min read

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  The Blueprint for Affordable Drupal Projects

  Drupal CMS 2.0, Canvas, Recipes, and Dripyard have changed the economics of Drupal for regional markets. This is the blueprint for building professional Drupal sites at $1,000 to $2,000 with real margin, for LATAM, Africa, Asia, and similar markets that Drupal could not serve before.

  

  Carlos Ospina · 3 min read

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  Why I Do Not Trust Independent AI Agents Without Strict Supervision

  A developer who uses AI coding tools daily shares real examples of why autonomous AI agents still need human supervision. From unnecessary technical debt to context pollution to confidently wrong outputs, AI works best when a human is asking the right questions.

  

  Carlos Ospina · 7 min read

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  I Wanted to Celebrate Drupal's 25th. So I Built Something for Our Moms.

  For Drupal's 25th anniversary, I built laollita.es—a multilingual recipe site—in 3 days using AI. Here's what modern Drupal can actually do today.

  

  Carlos Ospina · 4 min read

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  Why Web Development Simplicity Beats AI-Generated Complexity

  When AI generates unlimited code, value lies in choosing better over creating more. Why simplicity defines modern web development leadership.

  

  Ana Coto · 3 min read

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  From Job Rejection to Enterprise Kubernetes Platform in 6 Days

  After a job rejection for lacking hands-on experience with specific tools, I demonstrated that systematic "black box" learning methodology can produce enterprise-grade results. Built complete Kubernetes platform with monitoring, security, and real applications in 17 hours over 6 days, leading to community contribution.

  

  Carlos Ospina · 5 min read

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  Orchestrating Development Teams Like Kubernetes

  Applying Kubernetes orchestration principles to development teams. How technical architects coordinate talent based on what each task actually requires.

  

  Carlos Ospina · 2 min read

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  We're Still Too Expensive, and We Should Talk About It

  Drupal's pricing challenge isn't complexity—it's organization. We're charging commercial software rates for open source expertise, making routine maintenance unaffordable. How do we stay competitive while creating sustainable opportunities for both developers and clients?

  

  Carlos Ospina · 2 min read

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  Why Drupal's Global Community Needs More Than Good Intentions

  Community enthusiasm without systematic support fails to enable authentic global participation. The Federation initiative represents a historic opportunity to move beyond good intentions toward structures that actually enable regional representation and sustainable development in Drupal's global ecosystem.

  

  Carlos Ospina · 4 min read

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  Running for the Drupal Association Board Again Because the Work Isn't Finished

  oard nomination statement presenting Carlos Ospina's vision for global Drupal community representation, highlighting experience with International Federation development, cross-cultural business expertise, and sustainable talent pipeline creation through the IXP Initiative. Advocates for balanced community-business sustainability.

  

  Carlos Ospina · 5 min read

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  Community First, Business Second, Build Everything with Drupal

  After DrupalCon Atlanta's packed BOF on Drupal's economic future, it's time for community-led solutions. This post proposes three initiatives: regionalized business-focused DrupalCons, positioning Drupal.org as the expertise hub, and creating a community-driven certification system based on educational standards frameworks. The Drupal Association must focus on current revenue priorities while the community builds this foundation – putting community first, business second, to truly build everything with Drupal.

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  IXP Graduates from Initiative to Program: Companies Can Start Using It Now!

  The IXP Fellowship has officially evolved from an initiative to a functional program, creating structured pathways for companies to hire and mentor inexperienced Drupal developers. Companies completing engagements receive 250 contribution credits per hire, strengthening the Drupal ecosystem's sustainability. Seed EM, Bluefly, Digital Projex, and Digital Polygon are the first participating organizations. The program addresses the catch-22 of needing experience to get hired while broadening Drupal's talent base. Registration is now open at drupal-ixp.site.

  

  Carlos Ospina · 5 min read

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  Creating Real Business Value: Transforming Drupal.org into a Genuine Business Hub

  Drupal.org has untapped potential to become more than a technical platform—it could transform into a genuine business hub connecting clients with service providers worldwide. This post explores how we can create a system where contribution naturally leads to business opportunities through regionalized partnership programs, globally supported initiatives for new developers, and reimagined events. By acknowledging regional economic differences and embracing the full ecosystem pyramid, we can build a Drupal community where contribution and business growth naturally align.

  

  Carlos Ospina · 8 min read

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