







An in-depth analysis of how Drupal's development was sponsored between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016.
Drupal retrospective 2014
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and Executive Chair of Acquia.

What it costs to run Drupal's infrastructure
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and Executive Chair of Acquia.

What I’ve learned over the past year funding open source
July 8 marks the 1 year birthday of CodeFund (previously Code Sponsor). It has been an amazing experience so far. I’ve met so many amazing…

Aspiration | Better Tools for a Better World
It's our 23rd Anniversary! Nonprofit staff, developers, capacity builders, and grassroots activists will convene at the 2026 Nonprofit Software Development Summit, 18-20 November, 2026, to share knowledge, build capacity, and collectively envision the future of free, open and equitable digital tools and practices to support social change efforts.
Content platform + user platform = BOOM!
Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and Executive Chair of Acquia.

Drupal's collective purpose
How Drupal is fueled by a collective sense of purpose that sets us apart from other open source software communities and organizations.


Sponsor @fatfingers23 on GitHub Sponsors
I'm a software developer who works mostly in the atmosphere ecosystem, building community tools and projects to help folks out.
Denver Dev Day | June 26, 2026
Welcome to Denver Dev Day, Colorado's premier, local community-organized developer event. With presentation topics ranging from desktop, micro-services, and web development to patterns, the cloud, and soft skills, Denver Dev Day is your awesome, free, day-long resource for developer learning.


WP Growth Council
In the WordPress world, when we look back an 2016 I think we’ll remember it as the year that we awoke to the importance of marketing. WordPress has always grown organically through word of mouth an…
The Rise of OPEN Innovation: The 3P’s for Building a Durable Open Software Company
Accel recently hosted more than 100 of the top open source executives and thought leaders for a full-day event covering the next wave of…

2014: OpenBazaar, 2017: Still OpenBazaar
There are huge differences between running a company or business and running a free and open source software project. This story is about…

A letter to tech CEOs
GitHub says individuals and orgs have invested $100M+ in open source maintainers and projects via GitHub Sponsors since 2019, with $10M in the past five months (Stephanie Lincoln/The GitHub Blog) github.blog/open-source/maintainers/100-m… | techmeme.com/260721/p3#a260721p3