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A carefully curated collection of insights, strategies, and writings from the Rudder team—designed to help navigate complex digital challenges with clarity, simplicity, and purpose.

  • October 12, 2025

    Drupal Is More Than a CMS: Building Data Platforms and APIs That Power Real Systems

    When most people hear "Drupal," they immediately think of content management: articles, pages, blocks, and menus. But what makes Drupal truly powerful isn't just how it manages content. It's how it can also model data, enforce governance, and share that data across systems.

    Matthew Crist
    Matthew Crist
    Co-Founder, Chief of Technology
  • August 9, 2025

    Drupal is dying

    Not because it is useless. Because the incentives around it push buyers away.

    Matthew Crist
    Matthew Crist
    Co-Founder, Chief of Technology
  • July 14, 2025

    How-to host Drupal 11 on Heroku

    Heroku doesn't usually come up in conversations about Drupal hosting. Most teams reach for it when building Rails apps, Node backends, or launching SaaS prototypes. But that doesn't mean it's off the table for Drupal.

    Matthew Crist
    Matthew Crist
    Co-Founder, Chief of Technology
  • June 25, 2024

    The credibility of complexity

    Complexity intensifies as internet development evolves. Remember the early days? A simple website with basic HTML and a few images was enough. But, new tech and higher standards have made it hard to make tools for users.

    Matthew Crist
    Matthew Crist
    Co-Founder, Chief of Technology

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