Mike Herchel

Philomena Cunk would be proud.

I'm not gonna lie, I'm still bummed about `@custom-media` going nowhere, but now that container style queries have reached Baseline, you can use them to name your breakpoints with a little trick. https://www.abeautifulsi...

Dave’s Rule of Life Dave, from #735: Never trust an adult over 35 who can't explain what they need from you in a bulleted list. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/p3Knthl4ZMU I'm thinking like a laptop sticker or t-shirt,... https://chriscoyier.net/2026/10/11/daves-rule-of-life/

It's annoying to keep hearing about cool CSS features only to find out browser support isn't great, so today I take a look at a bunch of features that have fantastic support, but people still turn to JS for instead. youtu.be/qu1jE41O_8o

CSS attr() now works on all properties in Firefox 155. Here's how it works, and how to get the most out of it:

herchel.com/articles/its... #Drupal

Save the date 👉 Florida DrupalCamp is returning to Orlando on January 29-30, 2027 at Northbridge University, just weeks before DrupalCon Orlando 2027! 🌴 Stay tuned for more details. #Drupal #DrupalCamp #Florida #Orlando #OpenSource

Some BIG news in my world! herchel.com/articles/im-...

Join Michael Anello, Co-founder and Vice President of DrupalEasy, for the full-day hands-on training at #DrupalConOrlando 2027 and walk away with real, production-ready #AI skills built directly into #Drupal. 📅 Monday, March 22, 2027 🕘️ 9:00 to 16:00 🎟️ Add-on ticket required 🔗 buff.ly/8f6cEvw

New blog post: The Case for Tri-State Dark Mode Toggles brm.us/dark-mode-tr... #CSS #DarkMode #UX

Get ready for a very different @drupalcon.bsky.social in Orlando. A few weeks ago, I joined some of the other @fldrupal.camp organizers to check out the venue for a weekend. @mike.herchel.com has a nice overview: herchel.com/articles/fir...

The open source world never stands still. Technologies evolve, best practices change, and the skills that matter today may look different tomorrow. Join @volkswagenchick.bsky.social for "Certify Your Curiosity: How to Keep Learning in the Open Source World". Get your ticket at longhornphp.com

Hold on to your socks … we've just released the schedule for the upcoming Inclusive Design 24 #id24 which will take place on the 24 September inclusivedesign24.org/2026/ #accessibility #a11y #inclusiveDesign

Today begins Drupal GovCon 🎉 and Bytes, the #DrupalConOrlando mascot, is there! 🤖 Find him at the registration desk (or out and about at social events), and grab a selfie with him to win a trip to DrupalCon! 📸 Full info: events.drupal.org/orlando2027/...

Chrome 150 shipped the new text-fit property. There are no real MDN docs, and the spec would be the best we've got if it weren't for Krijn, who documented all the options with visual examples. https://krijnhoetmer.nl/...

The Drupal AI module ecosystem tracker (modules and recipes) I developed and wrote about a few weeks ago? 🔍 It is now part of the #Drupal AI Dashboard module's documentation: 📚✨ project.pages.drupalcode.org/ai_dashboard...

Wrote a blog post about the #DrupalCon Orlando venue walkthrough... and I'm even more excited for next year's conference. 🌴☀️ Think gorgeous weather, an incredible resort, an awesome pool area, and lots of spaces to hang out with the community between sessions. #Drupal herchel.com/articles/fir...

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Did I mention that `flex-wrap: balance` landed in Chrome stable last month!? 👀👀👀

1,200+ Drupal auth issues. One AI. Zero lines of code written. Lucas Hedding used AI to co-architect a new pluggable auth system for Drupal core. No code. Just architecture. http://tag1.co/nqw #Drupal #AI

Firefox 153 just landed, and comes with web platform features like: 🎉 popover="hint" 🎉 Picture-in-picture 🎉 IDB getAllRecords() 🎉 JS Promise Integration for wasm 🎉 JS import-as-text …And more! developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/M...

"Style queries let CSS respond to other CSS." 🎨 @mike.herchel.com explains why CSS style queries are a big deal: 💡🚀 dripyard.com/blog/why-css...

Interested in a free or discounted ticket to @drupalcon.bsky.social Orlando? 🎟️🌴 We're looking for some volunteers - learn more here: events.drupal.org/orlando2027/...

Come join us! www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR9L...

Today at 11:25am ET / 4:25pm CET! #Drupal #PHP

I'll be speaking about #Drupal at #PHPVerse 2026 on June 9th! We'll explore what's driving Drupal's resurgence, from component-driven development and the new Canvas page-building experience, to Drupal CMS and AI. I'll be going on at 4:25pm CEST / 10:25am ET! lp.jetbrains.com/phpverse-2026/

"To grow skills, people need to go through hardship. They need to develop the muscle to think through problems," he said. "How would someone question if AI is accurate if they don't have critical thinking?" larsfaye.com/articles/age...

During the last few weeks, the #Symfony core team has been hard at work fixing a long list of vulnerabilities for both #Symfony and #Twig. Today, we're publishing that work in the biggest security patch releases ever. Bare with us and wish us luck 🍀

STYLE QUERIES!!!!

Yes! And for any programming language.

Before the Incident Report: How We Are Collaborative #Drupal #DrupalCommunity #DrupalCommunityWorkingGroup #CodeOfConduct

🙌 This is something I'll be using every project

Tomorrow at a11yTalks. Join us for Accessibility: The Never-Ending Story with AmyJune Hineline. Accessibility does not end at launch. As content changes, teams evolve, and standards advance, the work continues. Learn more and join us: youtu.be/ifeZTbcqj7o #A11yTalks #Accessibility

📝 New post: 10,000-watt GPU meet 40-watt lump of meat ⚡🧠⚡ daverupert.com/2026/04/if-i...

Don’t Let AI Write For You alexhwoods.com/dont-let-ai-... "Letting an LLM write for you is like paying somebody to work out for you." — Great, short read for writers (and thinkers).

RESOLVED FIXED - style queries are coming to Firefox bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi...

Gecko: Intent to implement & ship: CSS container style queries

Why does AI suck at front-end? 🗑️ trained on garbage 👀 it can't see ❓ it doesn't know why 🏞️ no environmental control there's no human v20.2.1 to target. we're a LLM combinatorial explosion ⤷ nerdy.dev/why-ai-sucks...

This one is mine! Not for use in production! #Drupal

IMHO, the “SDC slots can set expectations and cardinality” #drupal issue that @mike.herchel.com and others have been working on is a big deal. dripyard.com/blog/dripyar...

Episode Released: Talking Drupal #547 - Why Developers Don't Choose Drupal with JD Flynn, Rod Martin, Martin Anderson-Clutz, John Picozzi, Nic Laflin

My quarterly open-source contributions report: penyaskito.com/articles/202...

New Dripyard blog post! All the contributions that @andyg5000.bsky.social and I did last month. Hoping to turn this into a recurring post. Lots of good stuff in here on SDC, Canvas, Olivero, etc! #Drupal dripyard.com/blog/dripyar...

New #DrupalCon Chicago blog post! Lots of cool pics, talk about contribution, community, and what's next for Dripyard #Drupal dripyard.com/blog/dripyar...

"The user never sees what your team built, they see what Google's machine learning model thinks they should see instead." "Whether and when they deploy it is a separate question, but the direction is unmistakable – your website may soon be optional."

p75 and p90 JavaScript bytes on the web have exploded since May, 2025—easily the largest 10 month period based on HTTP Archive data since 2023. The long-tail is getting worse, very quickly. Gemini, what happened in May 2025?

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mglaman/composer-drupal-lenient 2.0.0 just dropped! Supports why-not/prohibits command. Hooks into #Drupal to bypass core_version_requirement checks. github.com/mglaman/comp...

"When you offload your thinking, you might be on-loading someone else’s you’d never agree to — personally or collectively." @jim-nielsen.com blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/opacity...