Behind the Screens

Drupal relies on Symfony, and Symfony relies on Nicolas Grekas. Nicolas takes us behind the scenes of the project, tells us how Drupal and Symfony work together, and explains why he loves DrupalCon.

Elli Ludwigson fills us in on how a DrupalCon sprint day comes together and how you can participate, either as a mentor, sprinter, or planner. And, always put up some flowers to appease the neighbors.

Lingotek's Director of Integrations, Joshua Solomon, tells us how Lingotek can translate your site into any language using real people, how to get it running in Drupal 8, plus bees and chickens.

Bikino Ildephonse came to DrupalCon Nashville to soak up as much Drupal knowledge as possible to take back to his community in Rwanda, from translating to Kinyarwanda to running Drupal 8 locally.

Marcos and Agustin from 42Mate discuss how a small Argentinian company got a booth at DrupalCon, what Drupal can learn from other tech communities and vice versa, plus motorcycles and fish.

Elevated Third's Director of Development, Nick Switzer, talks transitioning from coding to conversation, why you should support your local Drupal camp, and his lost career as a smoke jumper.

Four Kitchens' Director of Support & Continuous Improvement Trasi Judd breaks down the support side of web development, how she manages her team and clients, why Drupal, and her passion for painting.

We caught up with Wordpress Security Team Lead Aaron Campbell at DrupalCon Nashville to learn about the Open Web Lounge, what's happening with Wordpress Security, and how these communities get along.

WeKnow's Head of Products, @jmolivas, takes a few minutes to tell about the technologies his distributed company uses, the current state of Drupal Console, and the latest in Drupal Latin America.

Senior Technical Solutions Manager at Genuine and Developing Up podcast host, Mike Miles tells us how websites are like sandcastles, how he's brought that strategy to his team, and spice racks.

Jeffrey A. "Jam" McGuire describes how he's blending open source with business in his new company, the history of the DrupalCon Prenote, why he's keynoting a Joomla conference, and French horns.

First time DrupalCon attendee Kat Armstrong tells us about her first DrupalCon experience, how she's managing multiple web properties for Maricopa Community Colleges, and why she became a vegan.

Lullabot's Senior Developer Angus Mak stepped away from Drupal to take on Roku, iOS, and tvOS for clients. He tells us what it's like switching platforms, how he got there, and fishing.

Nate Lampton spent his 12 year tenure at Lullabot working on Webform, Backdrop, and numerous client project, the most recent being grammy.com. We sit down to talk about all these things and plumbing.

Lullabot's newest Development Manager Jerad Bitner talks transitioning from developer to manager, what's the story with VR in the web, and be on the lookout for Sirkitree P.I.

Lullabot's Senior Front End Developer, Helena McCabe talks React, working for The Grammy's, Accessibility, and what the heck happened to the Brontosaurus?

Commerce Guys CEO, Ryan Szrama opens up about what happens at the office, how they've opened up the Drupal island to exporting, his most meaningful trips, and of course, coffee and beer.

Kaleem Clarkson goes in depth on how to organize a Drupal Camp, how DrupalCamp Atlanta is run, and how to work with the community. We go back to his metal roots, and as always share some gratitude.

Pantheon's Agency and Community Training Manager, David Needham tells us what's new with Pantheon's deployment workflow, how he gets by without a car, and his go-to board games when traveling.

Kalamuna's Senior Architect Derek "Hawkeye" DeRaps dives into cutting edge styleguide and prototyping frameworks and how to plug them into Drupal. Plus, dancing and Pagan rituals!