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Everything published here comes from production work: the open source projects we maintain on drupal.org and github.com, the migrations, upgrades, and audits we deliver for top clients, and regular successes and failures.

19 June, 2017
Ensuring software quality: Static code analysers
Static code analysers allow us to audit/measure the state of the project's code in an objective manner.
- Jorge Tutor
29 April, 2025
Metadrop March 2025: content-first publishing, docker speedups, and Drupal evolution
Highlights from a productive month at Metadrop—featuring DevOps tools, new Drupal modules, and a exploring content-centered workflows
- Jorge Tutor
- Ricardo Sanz
25 July, 2017
Maintaining Drupal: when to update core and modules
Quick guide for identifying when should the Drupal core and its modules be updated.
- Jorge Tutor
17 October, 2022
Updating Drupal to PHP 8
Almost 2 years ago PHP 7.4 reached its end-of-life, and in a little less than 2 months it will no longer have security support as well. Consequently, in recent months a large number of clients and providers have felt the...
- Alberto Ortega
- Eduardo Morales
4 July, 2023
Successful QA testing and issue reporting
Within the web development workflow we follow at Metadrop, one of the crucial steps is the review of the implemented task's quality. This process aims to detect possible errors or bugs in order to correct them before the work reaches...
1 September, 2025
Migrating Drupal from MySQL 5.7 to MySQL 8
Notes on migrating a Drupal site from to MySQL 8, things to focus on, different hosting providers and what errors may happen.
- Ricardo Sanz
18 September, 2024
Safe browsing the Internet and the birthday party analogy
HTTP security headers are a security measure that almost nobody uses but they are extremely powerful (and annoying to configure).
- Ricardo Sanz