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Tag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastCentralized vs. Decentralized Data Teams: The Insights Supply Chain Framework Pt. 2 - Tag1 TeamTalksIn this second Tag1 Team Talk episode about the Insights Supply Chain Framework, we examine this structured approach designed to provide a clear strategy for organizing your data teams, eliminating ad hoc collaboration, and ensuring insights flow seamlessly.Discover the fundamental decision every organization must make: whether to keep all data experts in one centralized team or spread them across the business in a decentralized model. Learn how organizational context, not size, is the critical factor for success and why this framework is essential for building robust career paths that attract and retain top data talent.
2026-02-0429 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastBeyond Pretty: The Real Work of UX/UI - Tag1 TeamTalkHost Michael Meyers interviews UX/UI experts Andrew Glassett and Pilar Belhumeur on Tag1 Team Talks to challenge the myth that design is only about aesthetics. They move past surface-level looks to discuss strategic design elements like research, user interviews, and testing.Learn how effective design is a collaborative process—involving stakeholder engagement, competitive analysis, and iterative problem-solving—and why balancing constraints and managing team collaboration are essential to achieving both business and user goals. Discover what effective design truly is and how it drives long-term success.00:00 Introduction to the Importance of Design01:48 Meet...
2026-01-0638 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastTag1's Complete Drupal 7 to 10/11 Data Migration Series : Expert Tips & Free E-BookWelcome to Tag1 Team Talks, the podcast of Tag1 Consulting. In this episode, we are excited to announce the launch of a game-changing resource: 'Migrating Your Data from Drupal 7 Site to Drupal 10 or 11' by Mauricio Dinarte. This comprehensive 31-part data migration blog series has now been packaged into a free eBook available for download. Co-host Michael Meyers discusses the importance of this guide with migration experts Mauricio Dinarte and Lucas Hedding. The episode dives into the details of data migration, from planning and preparation to automated tools, source site audits, and migrating content and configuration. Tune...
2025-07-1636 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastNavigating SOC 2:: Tag1's Journey to AttestaionMore than a buzzword, security transparency is a business imperative. At Tag1, we embraced that drive to achieve SOC 2 compliance in record time. Our new Trust Center lets anyone verify our security controls on demand.In our latest Tag1 Team Talk, we share how modern tools, expert partnerships, and a commitment to excellence can dramatically accelerate your security certification journey. Learn how services and tools from Vanta and expert guidance from BD Emerson made this complex process efficient and manageable. Whether you're thinking about starting your own SOC 2 journey or simply want to understand its impact, this...
2025-05-1445 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastImproving Drupal CMS Performance with Gander: Real-World Wins and LessonsDeep Dive into Drupal Performance Testing with Gander | Tag1 Team TalksWelcome to Tag1 Team Talks! In this episode, Michael Meyers, Managing Director at Tag1 Consulting, interviews Nathaniel 'Catch' Catchpole, a prolific contributor to the Drupal platform and Gander Project Lead. Together, they explore Tag1's incorporation of Gander as a foundational element in the next-gen content management systems, developed in collaboration with the Google Chrome team. Learn about Gander's role as Drupal's official performance testing framework and its impact on Drupal core development. Catch shares real-world success stories, dives into the technical workings of Gander, and...
2025-04-1635 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastTag1 Drupal 7 Extended Support: Security Updates Post-EOL :: Tag1 Team TalkJoin Michael Meyers, Managing Director at Tag1 Consulting, as he discusses the end of life for Drupal 7 and Tag1 Drupal 7 Extended Support (D7ES) with Jeremy Andrews (Founder & CEO) and Steve Zipfel (Director of Strategy and Innovation). Learn about the latest security updates, the seamless upgrade path to CKEditor 5, our SOC 2 attestation, and our strategic partnership with Pantheon. Dive deep into how Tag1 plans to keep Drupal 7 sites secure and reliable despite the official discontinuation. For more details and updates, be sure to visit d7es.tag1.com.
2025-02-1017 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastTag1 D7ES: Extending Drupal 7: CKEditor 5 Integration to Secure D7 Sites and Add FunctionalityIn this episode of Tag1 Team Talks, Michael Meyers, Managing Director at Tag1 Consulting, is joined by Francesco Pesenti and Marco Molinari to discuss an essential update for Drupal 7 users: the integration of CKEditor 5 as part of the Drupal 7 Extended Support (D7ES) service.Topics Covered:Drupal 7 End-of-Life (EOL) in January 2025 and what it means for your website.How CKEditor 4’s end-of-life creates security risks and how CKEditor 5 addresses them.FREE CKEditor 5 support is offered by Tag1 to all Tag1 D7ES users.A seamless migration process that takes minutes with zero content disruption.Benefits of CK...
2024-12-1925 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastLearn more about: D7ES from Tag1 - Extended Support for Drupal 7 after EOLWith Drupal 7 reaching end-of-life in January 2025, many site owners and developers face a tough decision: migrate to a new version of Drupal or to a new platform, or risk running an unsupported site. But what if there was a third option? In this team talk, we introduce Tag1's Drupal 7 Extended Support service, a solution that allows you to keep your Drupal 7 site secure and up-to-date beyond 2025. Listen as Jeremy Andrews, Founder and CEO of Tag1, discusses this crucial service with Michael Meyers. With Tag1's deep involvement in Drupal development since version 3 and their successful track r...
2024-08-2225 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastIntroducing: A Step-by-Step Guide for Migrating Data from D7 to D10 with Mauricio Dinarte:: Tag1 Team TalkJoin Tag1 Team Talks for the launch of our detailed blog series dedicated to guiding users through the Drupal 7 to Drupal 10 Data Migration process. Created by migration expert Mauricio Dinarte, our series caters to developers and site owners alike by covering theory, practical examples, and a breadth of topics ranging from data conflicts and content model changes to debugging migrations. The series is a step-by-step guide addressing complex and costly aspects of the data migration process, supported by a local DDEV environment setup. Furthermore, it addresses common challenges and provides insights into lesser-known options and techniques for...
2024-04-1836 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastShifting from FID to INP: Google’s New Metric for Improving Web Performance - Tag1 TeamTalkHosted by Mariano Crivello, join us as Adam Silverstein, from Google and Janez Urevc of Tag1 discuss Google's new metric, Interaction to Next Paint(INP), which is part of the Core Web Vitals being introduced in March 2024 to foster user experience on the web.Adam gives a comprehensive overview. INP focuses on measuring the responsiveness of web pages to user inputs, aiming to capture the quality of interactions beyond just loading times. A good INP score is defined as 200 milliseconds or less, with a particular emphasis on mobile performance due to the variability in device capabilities and ne...
2024-02-1430 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastTag1 Team Talk: Gander Automated Performance Testing - Video Demo with Nat CatchpoleAre you constantly seeking ways to improve your Drupal site's performance? Look no further! In our latest Tag1 Team Talks episode, we dive into Gander, an innovative tool developed with the Google Chrome team. Gander is not just another performance tool; it's a game-changer. With insights from Drupal expert Nathaniel Catchpole (aka. Catch), you'll discover how Gander creates visibility into Drupal's performance from both a front and back-end perspective, making it an invaluable asset for site builders and developers.Don't miss this opportunity to see Gander in action and learn how easy it is to extend and...
2024-02-0746 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastMoving from Drupal 7 to Drupal 10: Managing Complex File and Media Migrations - Tag1 Team TalksJoin us for a dynamic and timely discussion in the latest episode of Tag1 Team Talks, where our Drupal migration experts, including Janez Urevc, Strategic Growth and Innovation Manager at Tag1, alongside Drupal mavens Lucas Hedding and Mauricio Dinarte, dive into the nuances of media and file migration from Drupal 7 to Drupal 10. This conversation is crucial as Drupal 7 approaches its end of life and Drupal 10 emerges.This episode offers a rich exploration of the evolving media landscape in Drupal, addressing key challenges in migrating both local and remote media, as well as inline embedded content. Our guests...
2024-01-311h 00Tag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastThe Sustainable Web: Exploring Drupal’s Sustainability Project, Gander's Ability to Help, and How You Can Too. - Tag1 Team TalkAre you ready to explore the exciting intersection of sustainability and the future of the web? Tune into our latest episode of Tag1 Team Talks, where we delve deep into the growing consciousness about environmental sustainability and its connection to Drupal and other web technologies.Dive into the core of the Drupal community's Sustainability Initiative. Learn how to become an integral part of this movement, contribute to the conversation, and how to effectively use the new #sustainability tag in the Drupal issue queue. In this episode, we also discuss Gander, Tag1's innovative automated performance testing tool...
2024-01-1744 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastUnraveling the ETL Data Migration Process - Understanding Transform - Tag1 Team TalkNavigating the complex waters of Drupal migration can be daunting, but the latest episode of Tag1 Team Talks demystifies the process, offering invaluable insights for developers and IT professionals. Drupal experts from Tag1 Consulting, including Mike Ryan and Benji Fisher, delve into the transform transformation phase of the ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) process. They compare the unique, row-by-row approach of Drupal's Migrate system with traditional bulk processing, highlighting the flexibility and customization it offers for various data sources.This podcast series is a deep dive into the mechanics and challenges of Drupal migration, and this episode addresses...
2024-01-0938 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastUnraveling the ETL Data Migration Process - Understanding Extract - Drupal Migration Series - Tag1 Team TalksOur latest episode of Tag1 Team Talks is an insightful guide through the Extract phase of the ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) process in Drupal migrations. Hosted by Janez Urevc, the episode features experts Mike Ryan and Benji Fisher, who offer a deep understanding of data extraction relevant to migrations from older versions of Drupal (6,7,8) or other CMS platforms.Beyond just insights, the episode dives in with practical experiences and unique scenarios in data migration. It also delves into the historical context of ETL, providing a comprehensive perspective. This series covers various topics for those interested in learning...
2023-12-1933 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastGander: Performance Testing Made Easy - Tag1 Team TalkMeet Gander, the innovative automated performance testing framework that is now part of Drupal Core, bringing efficiency and speed to web development. Developed by Tag1 Consulting and the Google Chrome team, Gander is designed to simplify the complex world of performance testing.In this two-part series, Mariano Crivello chats with Nat Catchpole and Michael Meyers to uncover the project's history, key benefits, and its role in making the internet faster. Whether you're a seasoned developer or new to performance testing, Gander aims to make the testing process more accessible and impactful. Join us as we explore the...
2023-12-1333 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastDrupal Updates, Upgrades & Migrations: Getting Started - Drupal Migration Series - Tag1 TeamTalkWelcome to the inaugural episode of the "Drupal Migration Series" on "Tag1 Team Talks"! Your hosts, Michael Meyers and Janez Urevc, along with a stellar panel of Drupal experts, including Benji Fisher, Lucas Hedding, Mauricio Dinarte, and Mike Ryan, are here to unravel the complex world of Drupal migrations for you. As Drupal 7 and 9 approach their end-of-life, it's the perfect time to get cozy with the ins and outs of migration. This friendly chat promises to be a beacon demystifying migration jargon and sharing some golden nuggets on best practices to arm you for the deeper dives...
2023-11-0733 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastScary Drupal Migrations with Janez Urevc - Tag1 Team Talk miniseriesIn this episode of Tag1 Team Talk, co-host Janez Urevc discusses a challenging migration project from his past. Janez shares his experience of migrating a media organization from a proprietary internally developed CMS to Drupal. The organization faced resistance from its existing development team, who were emotionally attached to their custom CMS.His migration story serves as a valuable lesson on the importance of not only executing technical migrations successfully but also managing user adoption and handling challenges related to team dynamics and leadership.The episode highlights the significance of planning, communication, and a well-structured...
2023-10-3122 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastScary Drupal Migrations with Benji Fisher - Tag1 Team TalksIn the Halloween-themed episode of Tag1 TeamTalks, Benji Fisher, a top contributor to Drupal, shared two chilling platform migration stories. Both stories exemplify the unpredictability and challenges of platform and data migration. They also underscore the importance of selecting the right tools and techniques. These experiences, though harrowing at the time, now serve as reminders of successful problem-solving and resilience in the tech world. Stay tuned for more thrilling tech tales in our Tag1 Team Talks Halloween series!
2023-10-2524 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastMatthew Saunders on 20 Years of Drupal - a Tag1 TeamTalk miniseriesIn this installment, join us for our talk with prolific contributor Matthew Saunders. Currently at Pfizer, Matthew shares his journey into technology through the Arts, where he discovered his passion for technology after becoming a Webmaster for an experimental dance company in 1995. With over 15 years of continuous involvement in the Drupal Community, a former board member of the Drupal Association, and current long-time organizer and contributor to Drupalcamp Colorado, we hope you will enjoy this trip down memory lane.As part of our 20 years of Drupal series, Tag1 Consulting's Managing Director, Michael Meyers, interviews leaders from the Dru...
2023-05-3051 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastBehind the code: Luca Lusso on Performance Tuning with Drupal Web Profiler - Tag1 Team TalkWhy was Web Profiler spun out of the Devel module? Will there be differences between the D9 and D10 versions? What new features will the Web Profiler module have in Drupal 10? Listen to a fascinating chat between our Michael Meyers, Fabian Franz, and Luca Lusso, Lead Developer at SparkFabrik, as they dive into one of Luca's latest module contributions.Luca is a maintainer of both modules, Web Profiler, Devel, and 32 others. In this Tag1 Team Talk, Luca demonstrates how Web Profiler is currently working in the latest D10 beta and discusses some new features, like th...
2022-11-1642 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastAlex Ross on Drupal, module maintenance, and NYC DrupalCamp -20 Years of Drupal - Tag1 Team TalkFind us online at: https://www.tag1consulting.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/tag1consultingFacebook: https://facebook.com/tag1consultingReddit: https://reddit.com/u/tag1_consultingTag1’s 20 years of Drupal series continues with Alex Ross (bleen | Drupal.org), Sr. Director of Software Engineering at NBC Universal. Alex’s long experience with Drupal starts like many others - where he fell into it almost by accident. From his beginnings as a ‘dumpster diver’ in the issue queue, to becoming an organizer for Drupal Camp NYC, Alex has contributed to Drupal and the commu...
2022-08-1648 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastJody Hamilton on founding an agency, and life beyond Drupal - 20 Years Series - Tag1 Team TalkAs Drupal adoption significantly increased in the mid-2000s, a number of agencies formed to professionally support client needs around the creation of Drupal websites. One of these agencies was Zivtech, co-founded by Jody Hamilton and AlexUA. Before Zivtech, Jody was a freelance developer in the early days of Drupal, and as a company founder, helped grow Zivtech into the dominant Drupal development company in the Philadelphia area. As part of our 20 years of Drupal series of Tag1 Team Talks, Managing Director Michael Meyers talks with Jody about her long experience from an intern, to developer, then t...
2022-02-0248 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastMichael Anello on 20 Years of Drupal, DrupalEasy and more! - Tag1 Team Talk SeriesTag1 Consulting continues its series of Drupal History talks with Michael Anello, co-founder of DrupalEasy. His work with his company and as a longtime facilitator of Florida DrupalCamp make him a large factor in the success of Drupal.Anello is a driver of the DrupalEasy podcast, one of the longest-running and most prolific podcasts in the Drupal community. He’s also been a core system maintainer for the Migrate module and has vast experience throughout the project. Join us today to learn more.
2021-12-0849 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastWhy Hello Pretty is Sticking with Drupal 7 with Extended Support - Tag1 Team TalkDrupal 7’s end of life is on the way. November 2022 seems like it’s a long way off, but when you’re upgrading enterprise software, it’s closer than you think. As Drupal 7’s long life comes to the end of official community support, businesses are faced with the question of what to do next - upgrade, migrate, or maintain their existing sites. Each of these options comes with its own expenses and considerations.In this Tag1 Team Talk, Tag1 Managing Director Michael Meyers talks with Senior Engineer and Project Lead Scott Hadfield. Learn about the business Scott laun...
2021-12-0627 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastMichael Schmid on 20 Years of Drupal - a Tag1 Team Talk miniseriesMichael Schmid is another long-term Drupal community member and major contributor to multiple facets of the community. As a Drupal core contributor and Group CTO of Amazee, Michael is no stranger to all of the things that have made Drupal successful in its 20 years. Michael joined Amazee in 2009, and went to DrupalCon Copenhagen in 2010. His first contributions made a major impact on the project at the time.Tag1's Michael Meyers interviews ‘schnitzel’ in this latest edition of our special series of Tag1 Team Talks reviewing 20 years of Drupal. Michael Schmid’s contributions, from code to advancements in site...
2021-12-0148 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastOn 20 Years of Drupal with Angie 'WebChick' Byron - Tag1 Team Talk mini seriesIf you know anything about Drupal, you know Angie Byron (webchick). Angie has been at the center of the community nearly since her first contribution to the project, over a decade and a half ago. Between her ‘friendly helpful lioness’ persona, her mentorship, her development skills, and her commitment to hearing needs and finding solutions with consensus, she has been a cornerstone of ‘what the Drupal community is about’. This session of our 20 years of Drupal series features Angie, as she talks with Tag1 's Michael Meyers. Angie’s career spans from college where she was a Google Summ...
2021-11-1746 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastReducing complexity with Preact and HTM with Fabian Franz - Pt. 2 - Tag1 Team TalkIn part 1 of our talk with Tag1 Consulting’s VP of Software Engineering Fabian Franz, he and Managing Director Michael Meyers discussed the increasing complexity of software and website development. In this second part, Fabian demonstrates how to reduce some of that complexity using Preact and HTM.Using a standard Drupal 9 Umami installation, Fabian shows how these packages can make it faster and easier for developers to make changes, without using JavaScript. He’ll explain why he chooses Preact and HTM, along with Tailwind, and how they’re faster for his purposes than other systems.
2021-11-1517 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastFred Plais Talks Commerce in Drupal - 20 Years of Drupal miniseries - Tag1 Team TalkFred Plais is a long-standing, well-known member of the Drupal community. From AF83, to a founder and CEO of Commerce Guys (now Centarro) and Platform.sh, Fred is no stranger to the business side of what makes Drupal a successful platform, how businesses use Drupal, and the critical nature of commerce infrastructure.In this edition of our 20 Years of Drupal series, Fred talks with Tag1 Managing Director Michael Meyers. They’ll discuss Drupal, commerce, and Fred’s journey of discovering Drupal around DrupalCon Paris, to today - with two flourishing companies under his leadership. You’ll also learn...
2021-11-1037 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastHas app development become too complex? A discussion with Fabian Franz - Tag1 TeamTalkOver time, web development has gotten more complex in some ways, and less in others. As technology develops, some of the requirements for coding that had been necessary for the past have shifted to a need to understand tooling. While changing some parts of a website has become easy due to advancements in CSS tools and other helpers, those changes may be harder to deploy due to build processes. Instead of making a quick and simple change, you may need a full CI/CD process - trading speed for stability and repeatability.Join us for this Tag1...
2021-11-0814 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastDavid Strauss on Drupal Performance and Development - 20 Years of Drupal Series - Tag1 Team TalkDavid Strauss is a long time Drupal community member, attending his first DrupalCon in Boston in 2008. Since then, he has been a regular contributor to Drupal performance enhancements, the Bakery Single Sign-On System, and a major Drupal distribution - Pressflow. During his time, he also was a co-founder of Four Kitchens and later, also a co-founder of Pantheon. His focus has been, and continues to be on ensuring the performance and scalability of websites - especially Drupal websites.In this installment of our 20 years of Drupal series, David joins Tag1 Managing Director Michael Meyers to talk about his ex...
2021-11-0351 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastOn 20 Years of Drupal - An interview with Robert Douglass - Tag1 Team TalkRobert Douglass has been in the Drupal community for nearly as long as the project has been in existence. He wrote one of the first Drupal books, and has been a part of a number of significant Drupal companies, including Acquia, Commerce Guys, and now Platform.sh. Robert’s experience in Drupal is extensive, with contributions to over 50 modules, along with his work in establishing the Drupal Association.Robert’s mentoring and leadership have been a crucial part of the continuing success of Drupal. In this Tag1 Team Talk in our 20 years of Drupal series, Robert joins Tag1...
2021-10-2744 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastJames Rutherford on 20 Years of Drupal - a Tag1 TeamTalk miniseriesTag1 continues its series celebrating 20 years of Drupal in this Tag1 Team Talk with Pantheon’s Senior Manager of Strategic Partnerships, James Rutherford. Before moving to Pantheon, James was a long-time member of Mediacurrent, one of the largest agencies working with and creating Drupal websites.James joins Tag1 Managing Director Michael Meyers for another walk down the halls of Drupal history, from early versions of Drupal to today’s highly experienced agencies. James’ initial Drupal experience was with Georgia Public Broadcasting. Over the years, James has worked with many clients - some of whom moved to Drupal from th...
2021-10-1836 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastUsing the Goose load testing framework to troubleshoot Quick Edit - Tag1 Team TalkIn a previous Tag1 Team Talk, we discussed How to analyze Goose load testing results using New Relic. During testing, a bug was discovered! This team talk goes into detail about what the bug was, how they narrowed down the scope of the problem, and how to fix it. In this test, Goose found a problem with Drupal’s Quick Edit feature. Quick Edit is a staple of content creators, enabling them to make changes directly in content, even if that content is wrapped in blocks or other Drupal layout features.Once again, join Goose cre...
2021-09-2932 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastLearn about Serenity Notes: The end-to-end Encrypted Collaborative Notes: with Nik Graf- Tag1 Team TalkSerenity Notes is a new application that enables you to collaborate on Notes across devices, with multiple users, in real-time, using end-to-end encryption to keep all your data and info private and secure. It has a game-changing SDK enabling the addition of e2e real-time collaboration to your applications, without the complicated underlying complexities. In this Tag1 Team Talk, Managing Director Michael Meyers interviews Nik Graf, the founder of Serenity Notes. Nik has worked for and with Tag1 on many occasions, and is a regular guest on our Tag1 Team Talks program. He’s also a regular con...
2021-09-1547 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastDigging into a D9 Migration with APQC - Approach, challenges, & what’s next : Part 2- Tag1 TeamTalkPlanning and executing a major software upgrade can be as easy as running some software, to as complicated as a major migration. For the American Productivity and Quality Center, it was definitely the latter. With hundreds of thousands of users, and many thousands of pieces of content, a migration is a detailed and time intensive process that requires careful planning. In part 2 of our Tag1 Team Talk with the APQC, Tag1 Managing Director Michael Meyers talks with John Tesmer, the Executive Director of Information Technology, and Jim Gillilan, Senior Architect and Lead of the Technology team at...
2021-08-2524 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastAbout APQC (American Productivity & Quality Center): Background & Why they chose Drupal - Pt. 1 - Tag1 TeamTalkAPQC, the American Productivity and Quality Center, is a nonprofit organization with a mission to help organizations with best practices and methods around increasing productivity and quality. APQC provides management expertise in knowledge, process and performance, finances, human capital, and supply chain management and processesIn this Tag1 Team Talk, John Tesmer, the Executive Director of Information Technology, and Jim Gillilan, Senior Architect and Lead of the Technology team at APQC, join Tag1 Managing Director Michael Meyers to talk about what the APQC does, and how technology plays a critical role in their mission. They’ll also ta...
2021-08-1814 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastHow to analyze Goose load testing results using New Relic - Tag1 TeamTalkIn today’s Tag1 Team Talk, Managing Director Michael Meyers sits down with VP of Software Engineering Fabian Franz, and CEO Jeremy Andrews for a coordinated demonstration of Goose and New Relic. Goose is the highly performant load testing framework written in Rust, and New Relic is one of the most highly regarded performance analysis tools in use today. Jeremy is the creator of Goose and Fabian is a major contributor to the project. In this demonstration, Jeremy and Fabian run a Goose test simulating 1200 users using the Umami profile for Drupal 9, on a R5N 8x lar...
2021-08-1234 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastFunding your open source projects - a chat with Matt Glaman - Tag1 Team TalkIt’s no surprise to anyone in the open-source software world, or any business, that funding is the center of how things get done. While some parts of projects are funded by their foundations (when these exist), most projects are maintained by independent developers or teams working in their spare time. In this Tag1 Team Talk, Managing Director Michael Meyers is joined by Matt Glaman, maintainer of Drupal-check. Drupal-check, based on PHPstan, is a static analysis tool for checking Drupal code for bugs and deprecations. Matt has been working on Generating sustainable development funding for phpstan-drupal, and in...
2021-08-0342 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastHow to load test with Goose- Part 3: Bigger instances - Tag1 Team TalkGoose, the open source load testing framework created by Tag1 CEO Jeremy Andrews, continues to show its performance and scalability capabilities. In this Tag1 Team Talk, Managing Director Michael Meyers joins Vp of Software Engineering Fabian Franz for a demonstration of Goose’s rapid ramp-up and scaling by COO Narayan Newton.In this final talk in our series of live demonstrations of Goose, Narayan and Fabian break down how some of the methods used in part 2 weren’t ideal, and some ways to make spinning up load tests more efficient and fast.For m...
2021-07-1920 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastStatic Site Generators at VA.gov: Metalsmith, Gatsby, and the Future of Static Sites - Tag1 TeamTalkThe VA.gov website serves critical functions for those who serve our country.Built on #DecoupledDrupal and #Metalsmith as a #StaticSiteGenerator, the Department of Veterans' Affairs website is one of the most compelling and robust examples of a powerful decoupled #Drupal architecture serving #StaticSites and #Jamstack-driven deployment. Plus it uses #GraphQL to mediate the back-and-forth communication between Drupal and the VA.gov static site.In this Tag1 Team Talks episode with Preston So (Editor in Chief at Tag1 Consulting), Michael Meyers (Managing Director at Tag1 Consulting), and special guest Neil Hastings (Tech Lead for the...
2021-07-1438 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastHow to Load Test with Goose - Part 1: Drupal 9 Umami on Pantheon with Fastly - Tag1 Team TalkGoose is the highly scalable load testing framework preferred by Tag1. In this series of Team Talks on Goose, we’ll take a look at how Goose scales on a single server, while distributed, and CEO Jeremy Andrews - the creator of Goose, VP of Software Engineering Fabian Franz, and Managing Director Michael Meyers walk through a demonstration of Goose load testing. In this team talk, our load test runs in AWS and we're testing against Drupal 9 with the default Unami install against a Tag1 Kubernetes cluster fronted by the Fastly CDN. These tests start with a limi...
2021-07-0830 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastHow Ask GeorgiaGov's content speaks for itself - a chat with Preston So, author of Voice Content & Usability - Tag1 Team TalkFor thousands of years, much of the content that fills our books and today lines our websites has been rooted in the written word. But in recent decades, voice interfaces have grown in both performance and popularity as users begin to seek novel ways to access information, especially through the uniquely human medium of spoken content. Services such as Alexa, Apple’s Siri, Google Home, Cortana, and so on drive more transactions and interactions every day. What was once the realm of Dick Tracy is now everywhere.As voice interfaces become more ubiquitous, it’s necessary to cont...
2021-06-3016 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastDoes your content speak for itself? A fireside chat with Preston So, author of Voice Content and Usability - Tag1 TeamTalkFor thousands of years, much of the content that fills our books and today lines our websites has been rooted in the written word. But in recent decades, voice interfaces have grown in both performance and popularity as users begin to seek novel ways to access information, especially through the uniquely human medium of spoken content. How do we adjust to the new paradigm of voice content—copy and media conveyed through sound—when our content strategy and design approaches remain moored in visual experiences? How do our content architectures and technical paradigms need to evolve to embrace the grow...
2021-06-2229 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastIntegrating DevOps into Your Organization: DevOps is a culture, not a Technology - Tag1 Team TalkDevOps is a word or phrase that’s getting more and more attention as organizations move more towards delivering applications and infrastructure services through automated IT processes. Rather than automate IT staff out of a job, DevOps aims to reduce time spent on repetitive processes, and enable personnel to focus on bigger problems as well as developing technologies. DevOps, at its core, aims to build tools to help developers do their work, and deploy it more easily and efficiently.In this Tag1 Team Talk, Managing Director Michael Meyers talks with Karyn Cassio, a long time Drupal community me...
2021-06-1733 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastInside the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) with Emma Jane Hogbin - Tag1 TeamTalkDisaster response is a critical humanitarian effort, requiring collaboration and organization - sometimes on a massive scale. From earthquakes in Nepal and Haiti to hurricanes in the Bahamas and other massive disasters, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) is a resource for relief efforts.Emma Jane Hogbin of OCHA joins Managing Director Michael Meyers in this Tag1 Team Talk on OCHA, what it does, and how OCHA works to ensure humanitarian groups have the information they need to quickly respond to disaster. Emma Jane is a long-time Drupal community member and...
2021-05-2640 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastOn 20 Years of Drupal - An interview with Emma Jane Hogbin - Tag1 TeamTalkMany of Tag1’s team members have worked in various other companies and organizations during the 20 years Drupal has existed. In those many years, we have worked for and collaborated with other Drupal users and developers all over the world. This Tag1 Team Talk highlights one of those people.In this special edition of our 20 years of Drupal series, we are pleased to welcome Emma Jane Hogbin. Emma Jane was a very early user of Drupal and has written or contributed to documentation on Drupal.org and in her multiple books on Drupal and related subjects. Tag1's...
2021-05-1229 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastAutomating Infrastructure with EKS and Pulumi to Deploy New Enterprise Web Applications in Minutes - Part 2 - Tag1 TeamTalkAutomated deployment of software - whether it’s new packages, patches, or configuration changes - is a fact of life in modern software development and management. Automated infrastructure, however, is a newer set of tools and processes. With Amazon EKS and Pulumi, Tag1 is tackling these challenges to meet the needs of Fortune 500 customers. In this second part of our series on automating infrastructure, Managing Director Michael Meyers is joined by CIO Jeff Sheltren and Senior Infrastructure Engineer Travis Whitehead. They discuss how Tag1 is using these tools to create and deploy entire websites, ready for use, in...
2021-04-2625 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastAutomating Infrastructure with EKS and Pulumi to Deploy New Enterprise Web Applications in Minutes - Part 1- Tag1 TeamTalkToday’s business reality is nearly every company needs at least one website in order to be successful in their business. As organizations get larger, the number of websites companies need also increases. From Human Resources, to sales support, to customer service and support, different groups in your organization may have some similar needs, but different access levels. Making these websites turnkey can reduce the amount of time your IT or devops teams need to spend standing up resources. It can also significantly reduce development costs when you have a deployable website instance that can be used to...
2021-04-2113 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastA Deep Dive Into End To End Encryption (E2EE) in Yjs - Part 2 - Tag1 TeamTalkThere are significant challenges in implementation of E2EE protocols, from who handles the security, to ensuring all participants can access the same data. E2e encryption introduced lots of challenges for history snapshots and what it means for Tombstones. Multiple types of encryption: local, using keys, and end to end all have different implementations and implications when using a collaborative app - especially a decentralized one. In this second part of our two part talk, dive into the technical details of end to end encryption and how Yjs incorporates it in Serenity Notes. Tag1 Managing Director M...
2021-04-1936 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastA Deep Dive into End-to-End Encryption (E2EE) in Yjs - Part 1 - Tag1 TeamTalkIn today’s electronically driven communication world, data security is no small matter. What’s safe? Who do you trust? Who else can access your data, and do you even know who those people or companies are selling it to?A critical part of data security is encryption. It protects everything from our personal information, helping prevent identity theft, financial information like your bank account and credit card from being accessed, to company secrets. According to a 2019 CNBC article, cyberattacks cost businesses an average of $200,000, with 43% of attacks being aimed at small businesses. What can your...
2021-04-0523 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastA Deep Dive on Decoupling Applications: Decoupled Drupal- Past, Present & Future - Part 2 - Tag1 TeamTalkDecoupled Drupal is now a fixture of the Drupal community and ecosystem, but it has roots in key software concepts like the separation of concerns. Today, decoupled Drupal is commonplace across the Drupal world, not only at the highest echelons of enterprise implementations of Drupal, but also among smaller consultancies beginning to get their feet wet with headless CMS architecture.From the early days of Drupal's remarkably prescient web services, to the adoption of the JSON:API specification in Drupal core, to the ongoing innovation surrounding GraphQL in Drupal and the Decoupled Menu Initiative, how far have...
2021-03-2918 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastAFT's Share My Lesson Part 3 - Building on Success, and What’s Next - Tag1 TeamTalkIn our final episode with the American Federation of Teachers Director of Share My Lesson and eLearning, Kelly Booz, you’ll find out the goals that the Share My Lesson team aimed for with the updated version of their website. Many of these goals have the intention of helping SML users find what they need, or in some cases, who they need. Accessibility is a key factor for SML, from mobile support to responsive theming, to better usability for everyone. Other improvements like better curation and search capabilities aim to improve the user experience for everyone - fr...
2021-03-2411 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastA Deep Dive on Decoupling Applications: An Overview of Decoupled Applications & Systems - Part 1 - Tag1 TeamTalkFrom the early days of #Drupal's remarkably prescient web services to the adoption of the #JSONAPI standard in Drupal core, to the innovation surrounding #GraphQL and the Decoupled Menus Initiative in Drupal, how has #DecoupledDrupal evolved over the years and why is it still in vogue?Learn from Preston So, the author of the bible on #HeadlessDrupal, co-originator of the term progressive decoupling, and Tag1 Consulting's Editor in Chief in this wide-ranging conversation with Michael Meyers about the past, present, and future of decoupled architectures and decoupled Drupal's role in shaping the paradigm.
2021-03-2236 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastAFT's Share My Lesson: Part 2 - Rapid Growth and Challenges Faced - Tag1 TeamTalkDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, education looks as different as everything else. Teachers and other educators are working hard to help their students learn, and lesson plans are often key to that learning experience. People are most familiar with collaboration in person - but the current situation means more of us, educators included, are working and sharing resources online.Share My Lesson provides free resources for teachers, parents, and other educators. The American Federation of Teachers created Share My Lesson to help educators address their needs, and share lessons with colleagues. In this part of our Tag1 Team...
2021-03-1626 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastOn 20 Years of Drupal - An interview with Narayan Newton - Tag1 TeamTalk miniseriesWhen you think about Drupal.org’s infrastructure - what it takes to keep the website running, one of the first names that come to our mind is Tag1's CTO Narayan Newton. Narayan has long been the head of the team that keeps Drupal.org secure and available to everyone.In this Tag1 Team Talk, Managing Director Michael Meyers talks with Narayan about how he got started, some of the work that goes into maintaining Drupal’s websites and repositories, and the things he’s learned over the years.
2021-03-1214 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastAFT's Share My Lesson - Building the Largest Online Repository for Lesson Plans - Tag1 TeamTalkThe American Federation of Teachers is one of the largest unions in the United States, representing 1.7 million members, including educators of all types - from teachers to nurses to support staff, and others. In their roles as educators and staff, their mission is to provide opportunities and education for everyone.Share My Lesson is the AFT’s website for sharing lessons, lesson plans, and other resources for educators of all types. These free resources provide a platform for teachers, homeschoolers, or anyone working with children as an educator. From preschool to adult education, Share My Lesson provides a...
2021-03-0911 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastOn 20 Years of Drupal - An interview with Fabian Franz - Tag1 TeamTalk miniseriesVice President of Software Engineering Fabian Franz, is another of Tag1 Consulting’s long time contributors to Drupal. Fabian is a core committer, helped bring Twig into Drupal Core, and helped develop and is a maintainer of Drupal’s caching system.In this Tag1 Team Talk, Managing Director Michael Meyers caught up with Fabian to talk about Fabian’s time in the community, what he’s most passionate about and proud of, and how he got to where he is today, as we celebrate 20 years of Drupal.
2021-03-0323 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastOn 20 Years of Drupal - An interview with Nat Catchpole - Tag1 TeamTalk miniseriesIn our ongoing series of Tag1 Team Talks commemorating the 20th anniversary of Drupal, Tag1 Senior Architect and long-time Drupal contributor Nat Catchpole joins Managing Director Michael Meyers to talk about Catch’s time in the Drupal community.Catch has nearly 8500 commits in his 15 years working with Drupal. He’s worked on a wide variety of modules, as well as holding the dual positions of Drupal core release manager and the Framework manager. His focus on performance and scalability has helped build Drupal into what it is today.
2021-03-0118 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastOn 20 Years of Drupal - An interview with Francesco Placella - Tag1 TeamTalk miniseriesTag1’s 20 years of Drupal series continues with an interview with Senior Architect Francesco (aka: Plach) Placella. Francesco has had a Drupal.org account for over thirteen years and in that time has made his own significant contributions.In this Tag1 Team Talk, Managing Director Michael Meyers talks with Plach about his years in the community, what he’s done in that time, and some of his favorite things. Francesco, a native Italian, has been a major contributor to his area of focus: multilingual translations.
2021-02-2622 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastOn (almost) 20 Years of Drupal - An interview with Moshe Weitzman - Tag1 TeamTalk miniseriesMoshe Weitzman is one of the most long-standing contributors to Drupal, with one of the lowest user IDs around. His many additions to the project include the long-term maintenance of Drush, to his most recent addition: Drupal Test Traits. In this edition of our Tag1 Team Talks, Moshe takes time out of his schedule to talk with Michael Meyers, Managing Director of Tag1 to talk about the ups and downs and all of their experiences over the past 19 years and 10 months - just a couple of months short of the actual beginning of the Drupal project’s rel...
2021-02-2422 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastOn 20 Years of Drupal - An interview with Marco Molinari - Tag1 TeamTalk miniseriesIn this installment of our 20 years of Drupal series of Tag1 Team Talks, Managing DIrector Michael Meyers talks with another of the earliest Drupalers, Marco Molinari. Marco has been a part of the Drupal community for nearly 20 years, joining the project at about the same time as Tag1 team member Moshe Weitzman. As the creator of the taxonomy, forum, and image modules, Marco contributed some of the most widely used features in Drupal. Marco’s contributions have shaped a significant portion of what and where the Drupal project is today.
2021-02-2231 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastOn 20 Years of Drupal - An interview with Michael Meyers - Tag1 TeamTalk miniseriesTag1 Managing Director Michael Meyers has been a face in front of the Drupal community for over 16 years. His enthusiasm, willingness to talk with everyone in the community about the challenges they face, and readiness to meet those challenges - from his own companies or the companies he works for, have been a force in Drupal.In this installment of our 20 years of Drupal series, Tag1 Principal Technical Writer Lynette Miles gives Michael the opportunity to talk about his experiences from the early days of Drupal, and today.
2021-02-1935 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastOn 20 Years of Drupal - An interview with Doug Green - Tag1 TeamTalk MiniSeriesIn our 20 years of Drupal series, Tag1 Consulting team members talk about their experiences and memories as part of the community. In this installment, Managing Director Michael Meyers talks with Senior Architect Doug Green.Doug is the creator of the Coder module. He has been a Drupal.org member for over 16 years and has contributed to dozens of modules as well as maintaining the modules he has created for the community.
2021-02-1823 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastOn 20 Years of Drupal - An interview with Jeremy Andrews - Tag1 TeamTalk MiniSeriesTag1 Founder and CEO Jeremy Andrews has been in the Drupal community for nearly all of its existence. From one of the earliest Drupal websites to Editor-in-Chief to the first and only paper publication focused on Drupal (still available at drupalwatchdog.net), to the success of Tag1 Consulting itself, Jeremy’s experience is nearly unmatched.To kick off our ongoing series of Team Talks covering 20 years of Drupal, Jeremy joins Managing Director Michael Meyers for a short discussion about those years, what’s changed, and what it’s been like as a business owner and a developer in the...
2021-02-1713 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastAn Update on Automatic Updates - Tag1 TeamTalk - #030The Automatic Updates initiative in Drupal has made significant progress since we first discussed it in our third-ever Tag1 Team Talk. Bringing automatic updates into Drupal core is a significant step in helping small to medium-sized Drupal installations be able to keep running, with less time dedicated to maintenance.In this talk, Tag1 Managing Director Michael Meyers sits down with Senior Back End Engineer and Migration Lead Lucas Hedding to discuss the progress of the Auto Update system intended for Drupal Core, how it’s different from the Auto Updater module, how it should help you keep yo...
2021-02-1046 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastLessons Learned: Contributing to Open Source Projects (Part 2) - Tag1 TeamTalk - #029.2The true heart of any open source project is the community behind it. The continued success of a project depends on that community, its activity, and continued adoption and contributions. When you contribute back to a project, you not only help the project, you help the community, the next generation, and yourself. In this Tag1 Team Talk, Michael Meyers (Managing Director of Tag1 Consulting) talks with Lucas Hedding (migrate, auto update, new module reviews/mentorship of new contributors), Janez Urevc (media initiative owner, MongoDB), and Doug Green (Senior architect and technical lead at Tag1) about why...
2021-01-1141 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastLessons Learned: Contributing to Open Source Projects (Part 1) Tag1 TeamTalk - #029.1Open source doesn’t get very far without a community behind it. Many contributors to open source projects are members or leaders of other projects. While new projects and new communities are constantly being created, there are many lessons to be learned from older projectsIn this Tag1 Team Talk, Michael Meyers (Managing Director of Tag1 Consulting) talks with Lucas Hedding (migrate, auto-update, new module reviews/mentorship of new contributors), Janez Urevc (media initiative owner, MongoDB), and Doug Green (Senior architect and technical lead at Tag1) to talk about what they’ve learned in their years...
2021-01-0439 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastDrupal Extended Support Pt. 3: What is the plan for Drupal 8 Extended Support? - Tag1 TeamTalk #028.3 Drupal 8’s end of life is only a year away (Nov 2021), and that date is unchangeable. Are you ready? Do you need to know more about why you should get started upgrading? Do you want to know if there’s going to be a Drupal 8 Extended Support program (spoiler: there isn’t). In the final session of this special three-part series of @Tag1 Consulting's Tag1 Team Talks, join @Jeremy Andrews (Founder and CEO at Tag1), @Michael Meyers (Managing Director at Tag1), and your host @Preston So (Editor in Chief at Tag1) for an episode full of information about wh...
2020-11-1815 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastDrupal 7 Extended Support Pt. 2: How the Tag1 Quo Drupal 7 program works - Tag1 TeamTalk #028.2Drupal 7 was supposed to go end-of-life in June of this year when Drupal 9 was released, but owing to the coronavirus pandemic, Drupal maintainers have extended the Drupal 7 end-of-life to November 2021 due to the significant proportion of Drupal site owners who are still on that version. Tag1 Quo, Tag1's extended support service for Drupal, offers you peace of mind when it comes to receiving all of the important security updates that Drupal 7 Extended Support (D7ES) vendors maintain. But Tag1 Quo goes well beyond the minimum requirements of the D7ES program because we cover all of your contributed...
2020-11-1124 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastDrupal 7 extended support: What you need to know and how Tag1 can help - Tag1 TeamTalk #028.1Drupal has undergone a huge amount of innovation as of late, and the latest versions of Drupal portend an amazing future ahead for our community and ecosystem. But what happens when official community support for older versions, especially Drupal 7, ends? After all, Drupal 7 is among the most widely adopted versions of Drupal in the CMS's entire history, and it continues to have enduring staying power in the Drupal universe. Fortunately, Tag1 Consulting is among the vendors who will provide Drupal 7 extended support even past its end-of-life date.Drupal 7 was supposed to go end-of-life in June of this...
2020-11-0419 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastDocumentation as code: Part 3: A Linting How To - The Vale Linter In Action (Demo) - Tag1 TeamTalk #027.3In part 3 of our Tag 1 Team talks about documentation as code: linting for prose, we demonstrate the Vale linter in action. This open source linter for prose is highly customizable, making it possible for writers with little coding experience or developers with little writing experience to start testing their work.In this Tag1 Team Talk, Michael Meyers (Managing Editor at Tag1) and Lynette Miles (Principal Technical Writer at Tag1) talk about integrating Vale into your workflow on the command line, or as part of an IDE, show a few tests, and demonstrate how quickly you can make...
2020-10-2633 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastDocumentation as code: Part 1: A Linting How To - What, Why, and How? - Tag1 TeamTalk #027.1PART 1 - WHAT IS IT, WHY USE IT, HOW DOES IT WORK?Documentation is a critical part of any customer-facing product or service. Without it, your customers need hand holding, your support staff struggles to help your users, and your company spends money on unhappy customers instead of creating new products. One of the biggest challenges is creating quality documentation. Treating your documentation as part of your product leads the entire production team towards thinking of users first. Treating your documentation as part of your code lowers the barriers for your development teams to contribute.
2020-10-1312 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastManaging Diverse Remote Teams: Tools, Practices and Lessons Learned - Part 4 -Tag1 TeamTalk #026In the last of our 4 part series, Michael Meyers (Managing Director, Tag1 Consulting) and your host Preston So (Editor in Chief, Tag1 Consulting) had an opportunity to join Janie Ledet (Project Manager & Scrum Master, Tag1 Consulting) for miniseries about the human side of managing projects in agile software. We'll dive into the most important considerations when resourcing and conducting discovery for a new build, Janie's CARE philosophy for high-functioning remote teams, and best practices, convenient tools, and lessons learned over many years when it comes to elite software projects.
2020-09-1621 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastHow to manage diverse remote teams : Tips for managing high functioning remote teams - Part 3 - Tag1 TeamTalk #025As the coronavirus pandemic continues to render most workforces remote for the foreseeable future, crafting inclusive, high-functioning distributed teams isn't an easy matter. At Tag1, we've worked as a remote-first team since the beginning, thanks to deft project management like Janie Ledet's. These days more than ever, it's essential to have an experienced project manager on challenging projects, to manage remote teams with deep care, and to leverage best-of-class tools and best practices to shepherd the work of an agile development team.In a special miniseries in four parts, Michael Meyers (Managing Director, Tag1 Consulting) and your...
2020-09-1617 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastAgile at human scale: Managing diverse remote teams - Part 2 - Tag1 TeamTalk #024 PART 2 - HAVING AN EXPERIENCED PM ON A PROJECT IS WORTH THE COSTAmong other things, the ongoing pandemic has ripped open the former fabric of our work lives, decentralizing and distributing our collaboration in newfound ways. Project management for agile software development teams is a mission that serves the dual purpose of efficiently producing good software and empowering the humans behind any product. As Project Manager and Scrum Master at Tag1 Consulting, and with over a decade of software development and program and project management experience, Janie Ledet lent the Tag1 Team Talks show her subject mat...
2020-09-0811 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastAgile at human scale: Managing diverse remote teams - Part 1 - Tag1 TeamTalk #023PART 1 - GETTING TO KNOW JANIEAmong other things, the ongoing pandemic has ripped open the former fabric of our work lives, decentralizing and distributing our collaboration in newfound ways. Project management for agile software development teams is a mission that serves the dual purpose of efficiently producing good software and empowering the humans behind any product. As Project Manager and Scrum Master at Tag1 Consulting, and with over a decade of software development and program and project management experience, Janie Ledet lent the Tag1 Team Talks show her subject matter expertise to share some of the...
2020-09-0811 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastThe inside story on Drupal.org's coming support for merge requests and issue forks - Tag1 TeamTalk #022Throughout Drupal's history, contributors have rallied around Drupal.org as the single source of truth for both the code running Drupal and the infrastructure powering Drupal's issue queues, source control, and automated testing. As the Drupal Association continues on its journey to integrate GitLab features with Drupal.org, we're beginning to see the first glimpses of how Drupal contribution and issue management will evolve thanks to cutting-edge functionality like merge requests and issue forks in GitLab. But what happens with all of the surrounding tooling for Drupal.org, including DrupalCI and the longstanding issue queues themselves?Soon...
2020-08-1238 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastModernizing Drupal’s UI and Improving Accessibility with The Olivero & Claro Themes - Tag1 TeamTalk - #021Last month at DrupalCon Global, Dries Buytaert, the founder of Drupal, announced that a major focus of Drupal 9 will be improving the user interface and user experience of the platform - for all personas. Two of the five D9 Strategic Initiatives have been dedicated to making this happen. The “New Front-End Theme Initiative” or user interface (UI) for Drupal, also known as the Olivero Theme, covers the end-user experience. The “Admin UI & JavaScript Modernisation Initiative”, also known as the Claro Admin theme covers site builders, managers, and administrators.A critical component of improving the experience for all users is...
2020-08-0643 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastFalse Economy of Low Cost Contractors - the common misconception that less expensive resources save you money - Tag1 Team Talk #020Too often, organizations believe that contracting more affordable and less expensive resources for a project will lead to better savings. Here at Tag1 Consulting, we've in fact discovered that the opposite is true: Hiring cheaper often leads to worse results. Though it's often convenient to look at the hourly rate, or the provided quote for the project, this can often lead to less attention on questions and issues that should go into any project calculus. At Tag1, we often hear this come up from both our new and existing clients. But it's a siren song: Though many organizations want...
2020-07-2229 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastEnabling Declarative Components Everywhere: Drupal + Web Components Out of the Box - Tag1TeamTalk #019Many front-end technologies, especially React, now consider the notion of declarative components to be table stakes. Why haven't they arrived in environments like the Drupal CMS's own front end? Many native CMS presentation layers tend to obsolesce quickly and present a scattered or suboptimal developer experience, particularly against the backdrop of today's rapidly evolving front-end development workflows. But according to Fabian Franz, there is a solution that allows for that pleasant front-end developer experience within Drupal itself without jettisoning Drupal as a rendering layer.The solution is a combination of Web Components support within Drupal and intelligent...
2020-07-0150 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastThe story of Drupal 9's release from the inside with the Drupal Association - Tag1 TeamTalk #018After four-and-a-half years of development, Drupal 9 was just released, a milestone in the evolution of the Drupal content management system. The Drupal Association has long played a critical role not only in supporting the advancement and releases of one of the world's largest and most active open-source software projects; it also contributes to the Drupal roadmap and drives its forward momentum in other important ways. In addition to maintenance releases for Drupal 7 and Drupal 8, the Drupal 9 release not only promises an easy upgrade for Drupal 8 users but also ushers in a new period of innovation for Drupal....
2020-06-2448 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastIntroduction to DrupalSpoons, a new developer workflow for Drupal contributors - Tag1 TeamTalk #017Maintaining Drupal projects and managing Drupal modules can be challenging for even contributors who have unlimited time. For decades now, Drupal's ecosystem has cultivated a wide array of tools for contributors to create patches, report issues, collaborate on code, and perform continuous integration. But as many source control providers begin to release shiny new features like web IDEs and issue workspaces that aim to make open-source contributors' lives even easier, many are doubtlessly wondering how Drupal's own developer workflows figure in an emerging world of innovation in the space.DrupalSpoons, created by Moshe Weitzman and recently released...
2020-06-2231 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastIntroducing Goose, a highly scalable load testing framework written in Rust - Tag1 TeamTalk #016Research shows that if your application introduces latency of even a few milliseconds, your business revenue can suffer immensely. At Tag1, we often have clients approach us with concerns about high traffic. Load testing and performance tuning often elicit groans from architects and developers more interested in building features, but it is a critical step in the process to ensuring your web application can operate at scale under heavy load. Though other load testing ecosystems exist, most notably Locust, these suffer from certain disadvantages that make them less appealing for those concerned about scalability.Goose is a...
2020-06-1542 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastCore Confidential #2 :: What you need to know about Drupal 9 (and more)Though the biggest news this month is the release of Drupal 9, that doesn't mean big releases aren't happening on other versions of Drupal too. The milestone represented by Drupal 9 also welcomes new versions of both Drupal 7 and Drupal 8 to the Drupal ecosystem. It's been four-and-a-half years since Drupal 8 was released, and 54 months of development from scores of contributors around the world went into Drupal 9. And thanks to the indefatigable efforts of open-source contributors in the module ecosystem, there are already over 2,000 contributed modules ready to go, compatible with Drupal 9 out of the box.Drupal 9 is a massive...
2020-06-0721 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastA Deep Dive into ReasonML - Building resilient apps with high stability - Tag1 TeamTalk #015ReasonML is a functional programming language that has built-in React support, JavaScript-like syntax, and a highly efficient toolchain optimized for code management and compilation. With seamless interoperability with existing JavaScript and originally written by Facebook, ReasonML is quickly becoming a language of choice not only for functional programming enthusiasts well-versed in OCaml but also for React architects and developers who need better state handling and more robust typing.Already leveraged by mission-critical applications at organizations as diverse as Sotheby's, McKinsey, and the Coda blockchain, ReasonML is an optimal choice for developers who need typed data integrity at...
2020-05-2746 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastCore Confidential #1: Day in the life of a Core Maintainer & notes on Drupal 9 readinessWhat is the day-to-day life of a Drupal core committer like? Besides squashing bugs and shepherding the Drupal project, the maintainers responsible for Drupal core are also constantly thinking of ways to improve the developer experience and upgrade process for novice and veteran Drupal users alike. With Drupal 9 coming just around the corner, and with no extended support planned for Drupal 8 thanks to a more seamless transition to the next major release, Drupal's core developers are hard at work building tools, approving patches, and readying Drupal 9 for its day in the spotlight. But Drupal 9 isn't the only version that...
2020-05-1325 minTag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting PodcastThe Drupal Association is the Drupal DNA giving Life to our Code & Community - Tag1 TeamTalk #014Drupal is one of the largest and most active open-source projects in the world, and the Drupal Association is responsible for enabling it to thrive by creating and maintaining tooling and other projects that keep Drupal humming. Though many in the Drupal community and outside it see the Drupal Association only as the organizer of the global DrupalCon conferences each year, the Drupal Association is, in fact, responsible for some of the most critical elements that sustain Drupal as a software product, including localizations, updates, security advisories, metadata, and infrastructure. All of the "cloud services" that we work with...
2020-05-0549 min