Mike Herchel | 8th Grade Geography Bee Champion

By mherchel , 15 August, 2023

Article on Smashing Magazine: Modern Methods For Improving Drupal’s Largest Contentful Paint Core Web Vital

I wrote an article for Smashing Magazine that just got published that details the work that goes into improving the Umami profile’s largest contentful paint (LCP) metric.

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By mherchel , 1 July, 2023

Using Drupal 10’s new Twig filters to set attributes on images

Drupal 10 comes with a number of brand new Twig filters. In this article, I’ll walk you through using two of these to set the fetchpriority attribute on an image.

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By mherchel , 10 June, 2023

DrupalCon Pittsburgh Recap

Pittsburgh was a DrupalCon for the ages. Talking with friends on the way home, we all agreed that this year felt more natural and “drupal” than last year in Portland (which was the first after the pandemic shutdown).

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By mherchel , 31 May, 2023

Two DrupalCon Pittsburgh Sessions (plus a new job announcement!)

Next week I’m attending DrupalCon Pittsburgh and I couldn’t be more excited. I’m arriving late on Friday night to attend a Drupal Association Board of Directors retreat over the weekend, and I’ll be staying an entire week to take in the ‘con.

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By mherchel , 12 May, 2023

Disabling Twig Caching Just Got A Helluva Lotta Easier (in 10.1)!

New to Drupal 10.1 (coming this June) is a group of settings that will make Drupal front-enders' lives a lot easier (especially newbies). We can now control Twig caching (and disable render, and page caches) from the UI!

Drupal, Tulips, and a Beer Snake: My First Journey to MidCamp

This was my very first time to MidCamp, and my first time to Chicago since DrupalCon in 2011.

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By mherchel , 12 March, 2023

Creating Your First Single Directory Component within Drupal

Single directory components (SDC) is the biggest paradigm shift in Drupal since the introduction of Twig in 2013! At its core, SDC allows you to gather related files from a component (CSS, JS, Twig), and group them into one directory. SDC will automatically generate the library and load it when the component is called.

Best Lawn Care Website on the Internet (built with Drupal)

Last week, I launched the new version of my buddy’s website in Drupal 9, The Masters Lawn Care (aka TMLC). While this website sees magnitudes less traffic than the vast majority of Drupal sites on the web, I still consider it to be rather ambitious.

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By mherchel , 16 January, 2023

To the Bottom (and Then to the Top) of the Grand Canyon

Last week I had a chance to hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. What follows is a harrowing tale of danger, mistrust, greed, and treasure.

Florida DrupalCamp🌴 to Host a Half Day of "Mini-Sessions"

New for 2023 is the concept of “mini-sessions”! Mini-sessions are 5-15 minute practical talks on anything Drupal, or Drupal related. The keyword here is practical. We want attendees to be able to take away something from each and every mini-session.