Blog Posts - Author: Mohammed Hani Shaik

Drupal 10 had a pretty good run.  In December 2022, the tenth version of Dries Buytaert’s brainchild marked another major milestone for Drupal. And it wasn’t just a shiny new number slapped onto the admin toolbar. Drupal 10 brought some major structural upgrades that laid much of the groundwork for how we build today.  But, as is tradition in web development, just when everything starts feeling comfortable, someone taps you on the shoulder and reminds you it’s time to upgrade aga

From “First Time” to “Okay, I Know Where the Coffee Is” Last year, DrupalCon introduced me to the chaos, community, and caffeine-fueled magic of tech conferences. This time around, I walked into Chicago like a slightly upgraded character. Same developer, but with better stats: +10 confidence +5 networking +1 sense of direction (still buggy) Chicago greeted us with towering buildings, icy-cold streets, and a venue that felt both massive and welcoming. And once again, I wasn’t alo

spoiler: it changed everything, including my taste in Southern fried chicken Big Rooms, Big Talks, Bigger Feelings Before this, I had never been to a tech conference. Or on a work trip. Or… really, anything that involved packing more than one set of business casual. So, when I landed in Atlanta for DrupalCon 2025, I was carrying equal parts curiosity, excitement, and a healthy pinch of “please-don’t-let-me-get-lost-in-the-venue.” Spoiler: the venue was stunning. I didn’t get lost (much

Last May I graduated with a Computer Science degree. YAY! I was so ready to tackle the world's problems by inverting binary trees and reversing linked lists. Little did I know, the world runs on much more complex systems and problems. Dependency Missing: Self-Worth Module Unavailable I started my new job thinking I was ready – I thought that university had equipped me with all I needed to succeed as a developer. However, I found myself in a whirlwind of new information when I landed my first r