Drupal Decoupled Now Supports Drupal 11
By Omar Aguirre, January 26, 2026Drupal Decoupled now supports Drupal 11 with updated modules, streamlined recipes, and a clear path forward for Canvas integration in the near future.
State of Modern Web Development in 2025
Learn everything about the current landscape of modern web development in our guide. This guide covers front-end and back-end development, web and mobile apps, design, security, accessibility, and quality assurance (QA) to help you navigate this crucial industry for companies, organizations and professionals alike.
Beyond the AI Bubble: Separating Real Technology Value from Investment Hype
By Flavio Juárez, January 13, 2026The AI investment bubble may burst, but the technology underneath is real and useful. Learn how to prepare for the "boring AI" phase when the hype fades and practical implementation becomes the focus.
Our Human-Assisted AI Development Framework for Production Systems
By Jesus Manuel Olivas, January 6, 2026How we structure AI-assisted development for production systems. A methodology built from real project work that treats AI as a capable colleague who needs guidance, not a slot machine to pull until something works.
The AI Security Blind Spot in Front-End Development Enterprises Keep Missing
By Ezequiel Olivas, December 30, 2025Traditional encryption doesn't work with LLMs. Learn why your current data protection strategy has critical gaps, what client data exposure really looks like, and how to develop strict AI usage guidelines for enterprise environments.
Pattern Machines vs Reasoning Systems: A Perspective on AI Development
By Flavio Juárez, December 23, 2025AI tools excel at pattern matching but struggle with complex reasoning. Learn where AI actually helps in development (front-end components, boilerplate) and where human expertise remains essential (system architecture, cross-service dependencies).
Astro vs Next.js vs Remix (React Router): Static Site Generators Comparison in 2026
By Ezequiel Olivas, December 19, 2025Compare Astro, Next.js, and React Router (formerly Remix) across performance, rendering strategies, and enterprise requirements. Learn which framework fits your team's capabilities and content architecture.
The Enterprise Decision Framework: When to Migrate from Static Site Generators
By Flavio Juárez, December 13, 2025Not every static site needs migration. Learn when to optimize versus when to migrate, how to assess edge cases, and make data-driven decisions about your SSG architecture.
Headless CMS vs Static Site Generators in 2026
By Jesus Manuel Olivas, December 5, 2025Learn when a headless CMS or a static site generator delivers the most value for enterprise teams. Discover their differences and features in 2026 to help you choose an alternative aligned with your long-term business goals.
Our 5 Anti-Hype AI Principles for Web Development Teams
By Jesus Manuel Olivas, November 7, 2025These are guidelines we've found useful when integrating artificial intelligence in our web development operations. They help us navigate the gap between AI hype and practical implementation, and we hope this can be useful for other teams using this technology today.
The Future of Web Accessibility: AI Agents, Voice Interfaces, and Changing User Behaviors
By Flavio Juárez, October 29, 2025Web accessibility is evolving beyond human users to include AI agents and voice interfaces. Learn how to prepare your digital experiences for multi-modal interactions that serve both current assistive technologies and tomorrow's AI-powered web.
From Contentful to WordPress: How We Delivered Zero-Downtime Migration for a High-Growth B2B SaaS Company
By Flavio Juárez, September 30, 2025PhantomBuster, a technology leader in lead generation automation, needed to migrate the content of their blog from Contentful to WordPress to better support their editorial team's workflow. We executed an exhaustive ETL migration pipeline that transformed 227 blog posts and over 3,000 internal links, taking only 30 minutes to complete.
How We Use AI to Accelerate Web Accessibility Auditing: From Weeks to Minutes
By Flavio Juárez, September 25, 2025Artificial intelligence is transforming web accessibility auditing. Learn our web accessibility approach that combines Playwright automation and AI-powered contextual analysis, reducing audit time from weeks to minutes while maintaining human oversight for real-world accuracy.
Beyond Basic Compliance: Our Web Accessibility Audit Approach and Metrics
By Rosa López, August 15, 2025Learn about our comprehensive framework using 80+ audit metrics, AI-powered tools, and hybrid testing approaches that reduce audit time from weeks to minutes while ensuring truly accessible experiences.
The Modern Content Editor's Experience in Decoupled Drupal
By Flavio Juárez, August 1, 2025The belief that decoupled Drupal creates poor editorial experiences is outdated. Thanks to visual editing improvements and real-time preview capabilities, today’s content teams can work faster and more independently than ever.
Maintaining Drupal's Power Features in a Decoupled World: Forms, Workflows, and More
By Flavio Juárez, July 28, 2025Are you thinking about going decoupled with Drupal but hesitant because you think doing so means losing Drupal's powerful features like webforms, moderation, and access control? Don’t be. Modern decoupled Drupal lets you keep everything that makes Drupal great, just with more flexibility.
Real-Time Content Preview in Decoupled Drupal: A Game Changer for Editorial Teams
By Flavio Juárez, July 18, 2025Think decoupled Drupal can't offer robust content previews? Think again. With iframe integration, revision support, and real-time rendering, Drupal Decoupled now gives editors and reviewers full visibility before content goes live.
Beyond Drupalisms: How GraphQL Transforms the Drupal API Experience
By Flavio Juárez, July 11, 2025Working with Drupal’s APIs used to mean you had to learn a lot of Drupal-specific jargon and structures. But thanks to GraphQL v4, front-end developers can now interact with Drupal in a much simpler, standardized way, accelerating development and reducing onboarding time.
How Drupal Decoupled Simplifies Content Types
By Flavio Juárez, July 3, 2025Creating content types in Drupal used to be repetitive and time-consuming. But with AI integration, improved UI, and clearer workflows, content modeling is now faster and more efficient, especially with Drupal Decoupled.
How Drupal Decoupled Uses Tugboat for Instant Demo Environments
By Omar Aguirre, June 30, 2025Learn how we use Tugboat's testing infrastructure to create instant Drupal Decoupled demos. See the technical implementation that removes setup friction and lets developers experience modern headless Drupal in seconds, not hours.
Demystifying Drupal Decoupled: How Easy Installation Has Become a Reality
By Flavio Juárez, June 23, 2025Installing Drupal in a decoupled architecture used to be intimidating. Today, it’s faster and easier than ever, with tools like Recipes, Project Browser, and even one-click deployment options. Here’s how modern Drupal is simplifying decoupled setups.
Beyond the Official Narrative: Building Drupal's (Alternative) Future
By Jesus Manuel Olivas, June 3, 2025An honest look at the current state of Drupal in 2025: what we saw at DrupalCon Atlanta earlier this year, what’s missing from the official narrative, and why we believe a flexible, API-first approach can truly serve enterprise organizations today.
How to Move from Drupal 7 to a Decoupled Architecture?
By Jesus Manuel Olivas, May 20, 2025With Drupal 7 now at End-Of-Life, many organizations planning their D7 exit are rethinking their overall web architecture, given the complexities involved in moving to today’s Drupal. This guide explores decoupled architecture as a powerful alternative, breaking down its business value and strategic advantages.
Migrating from Drupal 7 to Backdrop CMS: A Strategic Guide
By Jesus Manuel Olivas, May 15, 2025With Drupal 7 now at end-of-life, many small to mid-sized organizations face tough decisions about migration. This guide explores why Backdrop CMS offers a practical, budget-friendly alternative, especially for teams with deep D7 expertise and limited development resources.
The (Non-Technical and Technical) History of Drupal Up to 2025
By Jesus Manuel Olivas, May 1, 2025Discover Drupal’s journey from its humble beginnings to 2025, exploring the platform's evolution from both a developer and editorial perspective. Learn how key innovations like Drupal Console and Drupal Decoupled have shaped code workflows and content delivery, transforming digital experiences across industries.
From Drupal Console to Drupal Decoupled: Contributing to Making Drupal Community Stronger
By Jesus Manuel Olivas, April 25, 2025Explore our journey from Drupal Console to Drupal Decoupled and how these projects reflect Octahedroid’s practical approach to open-source contributions, aiming to solve real developer and enterprise challenges.
The Future of Web Application Development Beyond 2025
By Jorge Valdez, January 8, 2025Web applications have experienced many changes throughout the years, from static websites to AI-driven tools, PWAs, IoT integration, and more. Discover key trends shaping web application development’s future and learn why traditional websites remain relevant in a hybrid digital ecosystem.
Web Applications Types and Examples To Know in 2025
By Jorge Valdez, December 11, 2024In 2025, web apps have various types and examples, but you don’t need to know them all. Our latest article focuses on the most important ones for developers. Learn what really matters in the world of web applications in this article!
Drupal 7's End of Life (EOL): What Are the Alternatives for Your Business?
By Gerardo Cadau, November 28, 2024With Drupal 7’s End of Life (EOL) fast approaching, this guide outlines the top options for organizations planning their next move. Discover CMS alternatives like Drupal 11, decoupled setups, and Backdrop to ensure a smooth and secure migration.
How to Tackle Web Accessibility Requirements? Approaches to 8 Common Issues
By Rosa López, October 17, 2024This blog post aims to highlight the most frequent accessibility (A11y) issues and show alternatives to avoid them in our projects. Additionally, it serves as a brief and practical guide that offers strategies for designing accessible components from the start.
Is Custom Web Development the Right Choice For Your Business?
By Jorge Valdez, September 30, 2024Custom web development involves creating a complete web solution from scratch, tailored to the specific goals and needs of a business. In this article, we will explore what does it entail, its benefits for organizations, and more.
Drupal CMS: Transforming the Drupal Experience for All Users
By Jesus Manuel Olivas, September 24, 2024Discover how Drupal CMS, developed by the Drupal Starshot Initiative, transforms the CMS experience with features like Recipes, AI tools, and an enhanced Page Builder called Experience Builder, making site building easier and more accessible for all users.
Hybrid CMS: The Best of Both Worlds?
By Jorge Valdez, September 16, 2024Discover how a hybrid CMS bridges the gap between traditional and headless systems, offering the flexibility of APIs with the ease of front-end management, making it the best of both worlds for modern content delivery.
Drupal Decoupled: Pushing Drupal Further Than Ever
By Jesus Manuel Olivas, September 10, 2024Leverage the power of Drupal, one of the most robust open-source CMS platforms, with our unique decoupled approach: Drupal Decoupled. Discover how Drupal Decoupled can help you enhance your website and benefit your business in this decoupled environment.
Playwright vs Cypress: Our Experience with Automation Testing Frameworks
By Michelle Aguilar, August 28, 2024The ongoing debate between Playwright and Cypress frameworks has always been a matter of experience. On one side, the user experience, a customer tailored automation could anticipate problems in different environments and situations. On the other, the developer experience improves as some testing web applications to detect failures may ease the workflow, improving execution speed.
To Decouple or Not to Decouple: The Scoop on Decoupled CMS
By Jesus Manuel Olivas, August 7, 2024Decoupled CMS is increasingly becoming the gold standard for large companies and organizations — anyone who needs a robust multisite environment. This article will outline what it is, including its subtle differences from headless CMS, and help you decide whether this structure is right for you.
How to Connect Multiple CMS APIs Using a Supergraph?
By Jesus Manuel Olivas, July 30, 2024Discover how to connect multiple CMSs using a Supergraph and Composabase, an enterprise-grade yet accessible GraphQL API-powered layer. This combination makes the process easier, faster, and more effective.
A Brief Introduction To Web Accessibility (A11y)
By Rosa López, July 22, 2024This brief introductory article aims to highlight the world of web accessibility, or A11y, covering its concepts, principles, and implementation tools, intended for all technology professionals, both technical and non-technical, to ensure an inclusive digital experience for everyone.
5 Benefits of a Composable CMS
By Jesus Manuel Olivas, July 16, 2024A composable CMS offers all the benefits of a pure headless solution while eliminating many complexities and limitations. Discover its characteristics, benefits, and real-world use cases in this article.
First Impressions of the Universal CMS
By Jesus Manuel Olivas, July 9, 2024Here are our first thoughts on the concept of the Universal CMS, a new paradigm in content management proposed by Preston So, that caters to both technical and non-technical users, balancing developer flexibility with marketer control.
2024 Pride Month: Promoting LGBTQIA+ Inclusivity in Tech
By Flavio Juárez, July 4, 2024Learn about Octahedroid’s Pride Month initiatives, exploring LGBTQIA+ representation in tech, the importance of DE&I programs, and our commitment to fostering an inclusive workplace through education and awareness.
Headless CMS vs Traditional CMS: Which to Choose?
By Jorge Valdez, June 18, 2024The headless CMS and the traditional CMS both have many advantages. The size and developer capacity of your organization will influence your choice. In this article, we give you a comparison of each.
How to use GraphQL with Drupal: A comparison between GraphQL v3 and v4
By Luis Dueñas, June 11, 2024In this article, we'll compare GraphQL v3 and v4 in Drupal to understand the main differences between both, and how the latest version improves efficiency and productivity.
Drupal as a Composable CMS: The Next Generation of Structured Content
By Jesus Manuel Olivas, June 4, 2024Explore our journey towards Drupal as a composable CMS that we presented in our latest DrupalCon Portland 2024 session. This article highlights key milestones and challenges in making Drupal more modular, flexible, and user-friendly.
Data-Driven Testing vs Keyword-Driven Testing: How to choose between testing methodologies?
By Michelle Aguilar, May 24, 2024In this article, we compare Data-Driven Testing and Keyword-Driven Testing, highlighting their features, differences, and challenges to help you decide which methodology best suits your team's needs.
Notes from the DrupalCon Portland 2024 Keynote
By Jesus Manuel Olivas, May 21, 2024The latest DrupalCon North America 2024 was in Portland, Oregon. The Opening Keynote, aka Driesnote, touched on some interesting topics about the current state and the future of Drupal. I will try to elaborate on some points from my perspective and the needs of our enterprise customers at Octahedroid.
Scraping Content from HTML Source in Drupal
By Gerardo Cadau, May 9, 2024Continuing our series on migrating from Drupal 7 to Drupal 10, we take you through our step-by-step method for scraping content from HTML sources in Drupal.
21 Web Application Security Best and WORST Practices
By Iván de Gyves, April 29, 2024Web app security best practices are one of the most important aspects of any modern business or professional website. In our article, we show you what to do and what NOT to do to increase your web app security.
Drupal 7 to Drupal 10: Full Step-by-Step Migration Guide and a Real-Life Drupal Migration Example
By Gerardo Cadau, April 17, 2024Learn how to migrate your website from Drupal 7 to Drupal 10 with our full guide on the topic, and a real-life migration example. Start migrating your website before the end of life of Drupal 7.
How to Integrate Adobe Marketo Engage Forms in Drupal Using React?
By Luis Dueñas, April 10, 2024Learn how to integrate Marketo Engage forms into Drupal using a popular frontend framework, such as React. Customize the form's appearance and behavior, which you can also apply to headless sites, by following the steps in this article.
What Does It Mean To Be A Woman In STEM: 6 Lessons From The Women In Octahedroid
By Flavio Juárez, March 29, 2024Learn more about what it means to be a woman in STEM with the Octahedroid team as they share their stories, lessons learned along the way, and advice for other women in the field or those aspiring to be part of it.
Why Drupal as a Headless CMS is the Future of Content Management
By Jorge Valdez, August 22, 2023Discover the power of Drupal as a headless CMS for modern businesses. Benefit from decoupled architecture, robust content management, seamless integrations, API-first approach, and impressive scalability.
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Simplifying Redirects: Moving from Drupal to a Headless Site
By Luis Dueñas, August 9, 2023In this blog post, we discover how we tackled the challenge of redirecting users during the migration from Drupal to a headless setup. Learn how we harnessed the power of Cloudflare’s KV Workers, Netlify, and Drupal to ensure a smooth migration process.
Non-coding Women in Tech at Octahedroid
By Doc. Tahedroid, July 25, 2023Octahedroid's tech-savvy women shine in a male-dominated tech landscape, tackling hurdles with resilience. Transitioning from web design to project management and by blending creativity with technology, their journeys exemplify determination and adaptability.
Why Developer Experience Drives Success in Software Development
By Doc. Tahedroid, July 13, 2023Discover why prioritizing DX unlocks developer potential, builds trust, and ensures a competitive edge in the ever-changing tech landscape.
Taking Pride in STEM: Octahedroid Shaping a Diverse Future
By Doc. Tahedroid, June 28, 2023Empowering LGBTQIA+ Voices: Dive into our blog post to explore the role of diversity and support in shaping a thriving tech community.
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DrupalCon 2023: Community and the Path to Innovation
By Jesus Manuel Olivas, June 14, 2023Discover the vibrant world of DrupalCon 2023, a celebration of community, groundbreaking ideas, and a glimpse into the exciting future of Drupal.
Preview Published and Unpublished Content in a Decoupled Drupal Implementation
By Jesus Manuel Olivas, June 6, 2023Discover the power of a Decoupled Drupal integration with inline previews for published and unpublished content.
A More Inclusive Tech Industry: Meet the Women of Octahedroid
By Doc. Tahedroid, March 8, 2023We believe the stories of women in tech are powerful and inspiring. Meet the women helping us shape the future, whom we're proud to have on our team.
How to Retrieve Drupal Nodes in Draft State in Gatsby Development Mode
By Jesus Manuel Olivas, September 17, 2020Discover a powerful technique to include draft nodes in Gatsby projects when integrating with Drupal, ensuring an accurate preview of unpublished content.
How to Use the Gatsby-image Component with Drupal and GraphQL
By Jesus Manuel Olivas, August 19, 2020Effortlessly display Drupal images in Gatsby projects with a clever technique using custom GraphQL schema and gatsby-image.
How to Create Multilingual Pages Using Gatsby, Drupal and GraphQL
By Jesus Manuel Olivas, July 14, 2020Learn how to seamlessly retrieve multi-language pages from Drupal in Gatsby projects using GraphQL and the entityTranslations feature, expanding your website's reach.