Drupal & Tech Articles by Metadrop

Engineering knowledge from real Drupal projects

Everything published here comes from production work: the contributed modules we maintain on drupal.org, the migrations, upgrades, and audits we deliver for enterprise clients, and the tooling we build to raise quality on every project. We document what we learn so your team can apply it.

Topics we write about regularly:

Drupal development — architecture, contributed modules, upgrades, migrations, and performance
AI and automation — practical AI integrations in Drupal, LLM tooling, and editorial workflows
Web accessibility — WCAG compliance and the European Accessibility Act
DevOps and infrastructure — hosting, CI/CD, local environments, and platform migrations
Software quality — testing strategy, Behat, PHPUnit, and QA tooling

11 March, 2025
How dark mode enhances usability, accessibility, and energy efficiency
Dark mode, or dark theme, is moving from being a niche preference to a widespread expectation, as it has native support in major operating systems and is experiencing exponential adoption on websites. More than just a visually appealing trend, dark...
- Fran Rouco
21 May, 2025
2025 is here: Keys to survive the European Accessibility Act
The European Accessibility Act (EAA) represents a paradigm shift in digital inclusion within the European Union. Passed in 2019 and with compliance deadlines starting in 2025, this regulation seeks to remove barriers for people with disabilities in essential products and...
- Olalla Rodicio
13 December, 2024
The new era of digital accessibility: legal obligations for the public and private sector from 2025 onwards
In recent years, the European Union (EU) and Member States have intensified their efforts to ensure that eAccessibility is a standard rather than an exception. Both the public and private sectors are under increasing regulatory scrutiny, with the aim of...
- Olalla Rodicio
18 March, 2025
Metadrop February 2025: Security reinforcements, dark mode expansion & Open Source innovation
A roundup of our latest work to help you build better Drupal sites, February, 2025.
- Jorge Tutor
- Ricardo Sanz
18 September, 2025
Aljibe: quality and testing for Drupal developments with DDEV
Aljibe is a set of testing tools and best practices built on top of DDEV to help you develop Drupal projects. Discover all its capabilities and enhance the quality of your projects with ease.
- Ricardo Sanz
11 February, 2025
Metadrop monthly update: new Drupal modules, improvements & contributions
A roundup of our latest work to help you build better Drupal sites
- Jorge Tutor
12 November, 2024
Drupal Camp 2024 in Benidorm
Summary and Highlights of Drupal Camp Spain 2024 in Benidorm.
- Ricardo Sanz
23 January, 2025
How to extend and improve Drupal's log system using Monolog
Find out why Drupal's log system can sometimes produce performance issues or be limited, and discover how Monolog can solve this problem.
- Eduardo Morales
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

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