In defense of small Drupal

dsnopek

In Dries' keynote at Drupalcon Baltimore, he said "Drupal is for ambitious digital experiences" and maybe it's not for the smaller, less ambitious sites that people used it for in the past. The implication is that maybe SaaS-based solutions like Wix or Squarespace or Wordpress.com would be better solutions in those cases.

Dries articulated (in a particularly diplomatic way ;-)) something that others have been saying or feeling for a while now, in a couple of different (and sometimes contradictory ways): "Drupal is for bigger sites. For the enterprise. Not for the little guy. Not for me anymore."

However, I'd like to argue in defense of small Drupal!

There isn't anything really inherent in the technology that makes Drupal 8, that prevents it from being used for less ambitious sites like it was in the past. But there are some needless technological hurdles that we'd need to solve.

But I believe the benefits of solving those issues would help to revitalize Drupal 8 with the same energy that got Drupal here in the first place!

In this core conversation, I'd like to talk about why I think this is important, describe some of the problems, and then open up discussion on the premise, as well as dig into solving some of those problems with the community.

Session Track

Core Conversations

Experience Level

Advanced

Drupal Version

When & Where

Time: 
Wednesday, 11 April, 2018 - 17:00 to 18:00
Room: 
204 | Mediacurrent