Tag1 Team Talks | The Tag1 Consulting Podcast
122 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago -From global technology consulting firm Tag1 Consulting, Tag1 Team Talks are wide-ranging, in-depth conversations about implementing various open-source technologies, including the business prerogatives and technical ins and outs with leading web developers and technologists. Join us as we explore trends in open source.
About Tag1
At Tag1, we are redefining the boundaries of digital possibilities. As a leading name in the industry, we are committed to delivering innovative and tailored solutions that meet your specific needs.
Our strength lies in our team. We boast a roster of highly skilled professionals, many of whom are principal architects and maintainers of crucial Drupal projects and core initiatives. Their wealth of experience and unique insights drive our success.
Our expertise at Tag1 is both broad and deep. We specialize in Enterprise-Scale Web Applications, CMS solutions, Drupal Upgrades and Migrations, and Full Digital Transformations. We also excel in Integrations and Custom Development, ensuring our solutions align with your business objectives. In Infrastructure and Scalability Architecture, we design systems ready to meet current needs and scale with future growth. Our capabilities are diverse, proven, and reliable.
Security at Tag1 is a fundamental aspect, not an afterthought. We prioritize safeguarding your digital assets in every solution we deliver.
We proudly partner with industry leaders, including Global 500s (Google, Sumitomo), Fortune 500s (Symantec, Albemarle), system integrators (NTT, Capgemini), government agencies (the White House, the European Union), media companies (NY Times, Al Jazeera), educational institutions (Stanford, Smithsonian Institute), not-for-profits (AFL-CIO, ACLU), and more.
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Introducing: A Step-by-Step Guide for Migrating Data from D7 to D10 with Mauricio Dinarte:: Tag1 Team Talk
April 18, 2024 10:00 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBJoin Tag1 Team Talks for the launch of our detailed blog series dedicated to guiding users through the Drupal 7 to Drupal 10 Data Migration process. Created by migration expert Mauricio Dinarte, our series caters to developers and site owners alike by covering theory, practical examples, and a breadth of topics ranging from data conflicts and content model changes to debugging migrations. The series is a step-by-step guide addressing complex and costly aspects of the data migration process...
DDEV Local Development - Insights & Demo with Maintainer Randy Fay - Tag1 Team Talks
March 13, 2024 16:00 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBRandy Fay, the maintainer of DDEV discusses the key features and functionalities of DDEV, a Docker-based development environment that streamlines setting up and managing local development for applications (no Docker knowledge is required). Whether you're creating applications in Python, PHP, or other languages, DDEV will save you tremendous time and effort. It also works great for managing multiple projects, or working with a large distributed team, ensuring everyone’s configurations remain ...
Shifting from FID to INP: Google’s New Metric for Improving Web Performance - Tag1 TeamTalk
February 14, 2024 14:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBHosted by Mariano Crivello, join us as Adam Silverstein, from Google and Janez Urevc of Tag1 discuss Google's new metric, Interaction to Next Paint(INP), which is part of the Core Web Vitals being introduced in March 2024 to foster user experience on the web. Adam gives a comprehensive overview. INP focuses on measuring the responsiveness of web pages to user inputs, aiming to capture the quality of interactions beyond just loading times. A good INP score is defined as 200 milliseconds or l...
Tag1 Team Talk: Gander Automated Performance Testing - Video Demo with Nat Catchpole
February 07, 2024 12:15 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBAre you constantly seeking ways to improve your Drupal site's performance? Look no further! In our latest Tag1 Team Talks episode, we dive into Gander, an innovative tool developed with the Google Chrome team. Gander is not just another performance tool; it's a game-changer. With insights from Drupal expert Nathaniel Catchpole (aka. Catch), you'll discover how Gander creates visibility into Drupal's performance from both a front and back-end perspective, making it an invaluable asset for sit...
Moving from Drupal 7 to Drupal 10: Managing Complex File and Media Migrations - Tag1 Team Talks
January 31, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBJoin us for a dynamic and timely discussion in the latest episode of Tag1 Team Talks, where our Drupal migration experts, including Janez Urevc, Strategic Growth and Innovation Manager at Tag1, alongside Drupal mavens Lucas Hedding and Mauricio Dinarte, dive into the nuances of media and file migration from Drupal 7 to Drupal 10. This conversation is crucial as Drupal 7 approaches its end of life and Drupal 10 emerges. This episode offers a rich exploration of the evolving media landscape i...
Unraveling the Extract, Transform, Load ,(ETL) Data Migration Process: Taking a Deep Dive on Load
January 24, 2024 13:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBJoin us in this lively episode of Tag1 Team Talks, where our seasoned experts - Mike Ryan (co-creator of Migrate) and Benji Fisher (maintainer of Migrate) and host Janez Urevc, unpack the final "Load" segment of the ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) process crucial for Drupal migrations. As they dive into the nitty-gritty, they shed light on the intriguing core mechanics of loading data into Drupal, bringing to the fore the remarkable pluggability of Drupal's migration system. Mike Ryan reveals...
The Sustainable Web: Exploring Drupal’s Sustainability Project, Gander's Ability to Help, and How You Can Too. - Tag1 Team Talk
January 17, 2024 13:00 - 44 minutes - 41 MBAre you ready to explore the exciting intersection of sustainability and the future of the web? Tune into our latest episode of Tag1 Team Talks, where we delve deep into the growing consciousness about environmental sustainability and its connection to Drupal and other web technologies. Dive into the core of the Drupal community's Sustainability Initiative. Learn how to become an integral part of this movement, contribute to the conversation, and how to effectively use the new #sustainabili...
Unraveling the ETL Data Migration Process - Understanding Transform - Tag1 Team Talk
January 09, 2024 13:00 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBNavigating the complex waters of Drupal migration can be daunting, but the latest episode of Tag1 Team Talks demystifies the process, offering invaluable insights for developers and IT professionals. Drupal experts from Tag1 Consulting, including Mike Ryan and Benji Fisher, delve into the transform transformation phase of the ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) process. They compare the unique, row-by-row approach of Drupal's Migrate system with traditional bulk processing, highlighting the flexi...
Unraveling the ETL Process - Extract - Drupal Migration Series - Tag1 Team Talks
December 19, 2023 14:00 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBOur latest episode of Tag1 Team Talks is an insightful guide through the Extract phase of the ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) process in Drupal migrations. Hosted by Janez Urevc, the episode features experts Mike Ryan and Benji Fisher, who offer a deep understanding of data extraction relevant to migrations from older versions of Drupal (6,7,8) or other CMS platforms. Beyond just insights, the episode dives in with practical experiences and unique scenarios in data migration. It also delves ...
Unraveling the ETL Data Migration Process - Understanding Extract - Drupal Migration Series - Tag1 Team Talks
December 19, 2023 13:00 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBOur latest episode of Tag1 Team Talks is an insightful guide through the Extract phase of the ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) process in Drupal migrations. Hosted by Janez Urevc, the episode features experts Mike Ryan and Benji Fisher, who offer a deep understanding of data extraction relevant to migrations from older versions of Drupal (6,7,8) or other CMS platforms. Beyond just insights, the episode dives in with practical experiences and unique scenarios in data migration. It also delves ...
Gander: Performance Testing Made Easy - Tag1 Team Talk
December 13, 2023 12:00 - 33 minutes - 31 MBMeet Gander, the innovative automated performance testing framework that is now part of Drupal Core, bringing efficiency and speed to web development. Developed by Tag1 Consulting and the Google Chrome team, Gander is designed to simplify the complex world of performance testing. In this two-part series, Mariano Crivello chats with Nat Catchpole and Michael Meyers to uncover the project's history, key benefits, and its role in making the internet faster. Whether you're a seasoned developer ...
A Guide to Estimating Migrations - How Much Will My Drupal Migration Cost? Part 3/3
December 05, 2023 13:30 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBCo-hosted by Michael Meyers, - Managing Director of Tag1 Consulting, and Janez Urevc, Sr. Engineer at Tag 1. This podcast series focuses on the strategies involved in upgrading and migrating Drupal websites and applications. In this episode of our Drupal Migration series, we help answer the question, “How much will my migration cost?” Spoiler alert: It’s complicated. Our hosts, Michael Meyers and Janez Urevc, team up with Lucas Hedding to help demystify the complexities of estimating your p...
A Guide to Estimating Migrations - How Much Will My Drupal Migration Cost? Part 2/3
November 28, 2023 13:00 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBCo-hosted by Michael Meyers, - Managing Director of Tag1 Consulting, and Janez Urevc, Sr. Engineer at Tag 1. This podcast series focuses on the strategies involved in upgrading and migrating Drupal websites and applications. In this episode, the hosts are again joined by Drupal Expert Lucas Hedding, and they dive into the complex world of estimating Drupal migrations. The discussion aims to answer the often-asked question: "How much will my platform migration cost?" The team outlines that t...
A Guide to Estimating Migrations: Part 1/3 - Drupal Migration Series - Tag1 Team Talks
November 14, 2023 13:00 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBCatch the latest episode for the start of a user-friendly guide to Drupal migrations. Our expert panel breaks down the good and bad and gets into the nitty-gritty of various migration approaches. Whether you're just starting out or are knee-deep in the process, we've got tips you can act on. In this episode, we focus on different upgrade strategies and give you the lowdown on how to estimate the time and effort involved. #Drupal #Migration #Decisionmaking
Drupal Updates, Upgrades & Migrations: Getting Started - Drupal Migration Series - Tag1 TeamTalk
November 07, 2023 13:00 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBWelcome to the inaugural episode of the "Drupal Migration Series" on "Tag1 Team Talks"! Your hosts, Michael Meyers and Janez Urevc, along with a stellar panel of Drupal experts, including Benji Fisher, Lucas Hedding, Mauricio Dinarte, and Mike Ryan, are here to unravel the complex world of Drupal migrations for you. As Drupal 7 and 9 approach their end-of-life, it's the perfect time to get cozy with the ins and outs of migration. This friendly chat promises to be a beacon demystifying migr...
Scary Drupal Migrations with Janez Urevc - Tag1 Team Talk miniseries
October 31, 2023 13:30 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBIn this episode of Tag1 Team Talk, co-host Janez Urevc discusses a challenging migration project from his past. Janez shares his experience of migrating a media organization from a proprietary internally developed CMS to Drupal. The organization faced resistance from its existing development team, who were emotionally attached to their custom CMS. His migration story serves as a valuable lesson on the importance of not only executing technical migrations successfully but also managing user ...
Scary Drupal Migrations with Benji Fisher - Tag1 Team Talks
October 25, 2023 13:00 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBIn the Halloween-themed episode of Tag1 TeamTalks, Benji Fisher, a top contributor to Drupal, shared two chilling platform migration stories. Both stories exemplify the unpredictability and challenges of platform and data migration. They also underscore the importance of selecting the right tools and techniques. These experiences, though harrowing at the time, now serve as reminders of successful problem-solving and resilience in the tech world. Stay tuned for more thrilling tech tales in ou...
Matthew Saunders on 20 Years of Drupal - a Tag1 TeamTalk miniseries
May 30, 2023 13:00 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBIn this installment, join us for our talk with prolific contributor Matthew Saunders. Currently at Pfizer, Matthew shares his journey into technology through the Arts, where he discovered his passion for technology after becoming a Webmaster for an experimental dance company in 1995. With over 15 years of continuous involvement in the Drupal Community, a former board member of the Drupal Association, and current long-time organizer and contributor to Drupalcamp Colorado, we hope you will en...
Behind the code: Luca Lusso on Performance Tuning with Drupal Web Profiler - Tag1 Team Talk
November 16, 2022 13:00 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBWhy was Web Profiler spun out of the Devel module? Will there be differences between the D9 and D10 versions? What new features will the Web Profiler module have in Drupal 10? Listen to a fascinating chat between our Michael Meyers, Fabian Franz, and Luca Lusso, Lead Developer at SparkFabrik, as they dive into one of Luca's latest module contributions. Luca is a maintainer of both modules, Web Profiler, Devel, and 32 others. In this Tag1 Team Talk, Luca demonstrates how Web Profiler is c...
Alex Ross on Drupal, module maintenance, NYC DrupalCamp, and getting kicked out of 30 Rock -20 Years of Drupal - Tag1 Team Talk
August 16, 2022 13:00 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBFind us online at: https://www.tag1consulting.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/tag1consulting Facebook: https://facebook.com/tag1consulting Reddit: https://reddit.com/u/tag1_consulting Tag1’s 20 years of Drupal series continues with Alex Ross (bleen | Drupal.org), Sr. Director of Software Engineering at NBC Universal. Alex’s long experience with Drupal starts like many others - where he fell into it almost by accident. From his beginnings as a ‘dumpster diver’ in the issue queue, to b...
Alex Ross on Drupal, module maintenance, and NYC DrupalCamp -20 Years of Drupal - Tag1 Team Talk
August 16, 2022 13:00 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBFind us online at: https://www.tag1consulting.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/tag1consulting Facebook: https://facebook.com/tag1consulting Reddit: https://reddit.com/u/tag1_consulting Tag1’s 20 years of Drupal series continues with Alex Ross (bleen | Drupal.org), Sr. Director of Software Engineering at NBC Universal. Alex’s long experience with Drupal starts like many others - where he fell into it almost by accident. From his beginnings as a ‘dumpster diver’ in the issue queue,...
20 Years of Drupal - Greg Dunlap talks Core Initiatives and the future of Drupal
July 13, 2022 07:30 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBGreg Dunlap (aka heyrocker / gdd on Drupal.org), former Drupal Initiative lead and pinball enthusiast and current Director of Strategy at Lullabot, joins Tag1 Consulting’s Managing Director Michael Meyers in this Tag1 Team Talk in our 20 Years of Drupal series. Greg is another individual who took an unusual route into programming and open source work with projects like Drupal. Over 15 years, Greg’s experience in Drupal has led him from one US coast to the other, and across the world to Swede...
The Future of Drupal 7 the end of Drupal 6 Long Term Support with Tim Lehnen of the Drupal Association - Tag1 TeamTalk
May 18, 2022 12:30 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBIn our latest Tag1TeamTalk, Managing Directory Michael Meyers talks with Drupal Association CTO Tim Lehnen. There have been a lot of changes in Drupal support in the last two years, and in this talk, you’ll get an rundown on the current status of official Drupal support. They’ll cover the extension of official support for Drupal 7, and the decision to officially end the Drupal 6 Long Term Support (D6LTS) program. Join us now to learn more!
Jody Hamilton on founding an agency, and life beyond Drupal - 20 Years Series - Tag1 Team Talk
February 02, 2022 16:15 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MBAs Drupal adoption significantly increased in the mid-2000s, a number of agencies formed to professionally support client needs around the creation of Drupal websites. One of these agencies was Zivtech, co-founded by Jody Hamilton and AlexUA. Before Zivtech, Jody was a freelance developer in the early days of Drupal, and as a company founder, helped grow Zivtech into the dominant Drupal development company in the Philadelphia area. As part of our 20 years of Drupal series of Tag1 Team Talk...
Dawn Aly talks design, Drupal, and the community - 20 Years of Drupal miniseries
December 15, 2021 14:00 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBDevelopers aren’t the only people involved in making Drupal great. It takes the input of designers, writers, product managers, marketers, and end-users to help make the best software for the most people. In this Tag1 Team Talk celebrating 20 years of Drupal, we have one of those non-developers: Dawn Aly. Dawn has been an open-source proponent throughout her career, from her first use of Drupal to VP of digital strategy at Mediacurrent, and on to product manager for customer digital experienc...
Michael Anello on 20 Years of Drupal, DrupalEasy and more! - Tag1 Team Talk Series
December 08, 2021 15:15 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBTag1 Consulting continues its series of Drupal History talks with Michael Anello, co-founder of DrupalEasy. His work with his company and as a longtime facilitator of Florida DrupalCamp make him a large factor in the success of Drupal. Anello is a driver of the DrupalEasy podcast, one of the longest-running and most prolific podcasts in the Drupal community. He’s also been a core system maintainer for the Migrate module and has vast experience throughout the project. Join us today to learn ...
Why Hello Pretty is Sticking with Drupal 7 with Extended Support - Tag1 Team Talk
December 06, 2021 14:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBDrupal 7’s end of life is on the way. November 2022 seems like it’s a long way off, but when you’re upgrading enterprise software, it’s closer than you think. As Drupal 7’s long life comes to the end of official community support, businesses are faced with the question of what to do next - upgrade, migrate, or maintain their existing sites. Each of these options comes with its own expenses and considerations. In this Tag1 Team Talk, Tag1 Managing Director Michael Meyers talks with Senior En...
Michael Schmid on 20 Years of Drupal - a Tag1 Team Talk miniseries
December 01, 2021 13:00 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBMichael Schmid is another long-term Drupal community member and major contributor to multiple facets of the community. As a Drupal core contributor and Group CTO of Amazee, Michael is no stranger to all of the things that have made Drupal successful in its 20 years. Michael joined Amazee in 2009, and went to DrupalCon Copenhagen in 2010. His first contributions made a major impact on the project at the time. Tag1's Michael Meyers interviews ‘schnitzel’ in this latest edition of our special...
On 20 Years of Drupal with Angie 'WebChick' Byron - Tag1 Team Talk mini series
November 17, 2021 14:30 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBIf you know anything about Drupal, you know Angie Byron (webchick). Angie has been at the center of the community nearly since her first contribution to the project, over a decade and a half ago. Between her ‘friendly helpful lioness’ persona, her mentorship, her development skills, and her commitment to hearing needs and finding solutions with consensus, she has been a cornerstone of ‘what the Drupal community is about’. This session of our 20 years of Drupal series features Angie, as she...
Reducing complexity with Preact and HTM with Fabian Franz - Pt. 2 - Tag1 Team Talk
November 15, 2021 14:30 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBIn part 1 of our talk with Tag1 Consulting’s VP of Software Engineering Fabian Franz, he and Managing Director Michael Meyers discussed the increasing complexity of software and website development. In this second part, Fabian demonstrates how to reduce some of that complexity using Preact and HTM. Using a standard Drupal 9 Umami installation, Fabian shows how these packages can make it faster and easier for developers to make changes, without using JavaScript. He’ll explain why he chooses ...
Fred Plais Talks Commerce in Drupal - 20 Years of Drupal miniseries - Tag1 Team Talk
November 10, 2021 14:00 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBFred Plais is a long-standing, well-known member of the Drupal community. From AF83, to a founder and CEO of Commerce Guys (now Centarro) and Platform.sh, Fred is no stranger to the business side of what makes Drupal a successful platform, how businesses use Drupal, and the critical nature of commerce infrastructure. In this edition of our 20 Years of Drupal series, Fred talks with Tag1 Managing Director Michael Meyers. They’ll discuss Drupal, commerce, and Fred’s journey of discovering Dru...
Has app development become too complex? A discussion with Fabian Franz - Tag1 TeamTalk
November 08, 2021 14:00 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBOver time, web development has gotten more complex in some ways, and less in others. As technology develops, some of the requirements for coding that had been necessary for the past have shifted to a need to understand tooling. While changing some parts of a website has become easy due to advancements in CSS tools and other helpers, those changes may be harder to deploy due to build processes. Instead of making a quick and simple change, you may need a full CI/CD process - trading speed for ...
David Strauss on Drupal Performance and Development - 20 Years of Drupal Series - Tag1 Team Talk
November 03, 2021 13:45 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBDavid Strauss is a long time Drupal community member, attending his first DrupalCon in Boston in 2008. Since then, he has been a regular contributor to Drupal performance enhancements, the Bakery Single Sign-On System, and a major Drupal distribution - Pressflow. During his time, he also was a co-founder of Four Kitchens and later, also a co-founder of Pantheon. His focus has been, and continues to be on ensuring the performance and scalability of websites - especially Drupal websites. In t...
On 20 Years of Drupal - An interview with Robert Douglass - Tag1 Team Talk
October 27, 2021 15:00 - 44 minutes - 40.3 MBRobert Douglass has been in the Drupal community for nearly as long as the project has been in existence. He wrote one of the first Drupal books, and has been a part of a number of significant Drupal companies, including Acquia, Commerce Guys, and now Platform.sh. Robert’s experience in Drupal is extensive, with contributions to over 50 modules, along with his work in establishing the Drupal Association. Robert’s mentoring and leadership have been a crucial part of the continuing success of...
Core Confidential: Drupal Security & Drupal End-of-Life, with Michael Hess
October 20, 2021 14:30 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBThe end of life for Drupal 7 (Nov 2022) and Drupal 8 (Nov 2021) is no surprise to anyone who’s been using Drupal. But what happens to websites that still want or need to run these older versions - especially Drupal 7? Does the Drupal Security Team really not have anything to do with end of lifed versions of software? In this second part of our Core Confidential Tag1 Team Talk with Drupal Security Team member Michael Hess, Tag1's Michael Meyers asks these questions and more. Learn what the...
James Rutherford on 20 Years of Drupal - a Tag1 TeamTalk miniseries
October 18, 2021 14:30 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBTag1 continues its series celebrating 20 years of Drupal in this Tag1 Team Talk with Pantheon’s Senior Manager of Strategic Partnerships, James Rutherford. Before moving to Pantheon, James was a long-time member of Mediacurrent, one of the largest agencies working with and creating Drupal websites. James joins Tag1 Managing Director Michael Meyers for another walk down the halls of Drupal history, from early versions of Drupal to today’s highly experienced agencies. James’ initial Drupal e...
Core Confidential: Learning about the Drupal Security Team & Working Group with Michael Hess
October 12, 2021 13:45 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBDrupal’s Security Team has been one of the most critical and long-lasting sub-groupings throughout the entire existence of Drupal as an open-source project. This team of volunteers evaluates, processes, and reviews security reports and fixes, helping to ensure that Drupal as a project maintains its status as highly secure software. In this Tag1 Team Talk, Tag1 Managing Director Michael Meyers is joined by Drupal Security Team member Michael Hess. In this installment, they’ll talk about wha...
Using the Goose load testing framework to troubleshoot Quick Edit - Tag1 Team Talk
September 29, 2021 17:30 - 32 minutes - 30 MBIn a previous Tag1 Team Talk, we discussed How to analyze Goose load testing results using New Relic. During testing, a bug was discovered! This team talk goes into detail about what the bug was, how they narrowed down the scope of the problem, and how to fix it. In this test, Goose found a problem with Drupal’s Quick Edit feature. Quick Edit is a staple of content creators, enabling them to make changes directly in content, even if that content is wrapped in blocks or other Drupal layout ...
On 20 Years of Drupal - an interview with Josh Koenig
September 22, 2021 14:30 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MBDrupal has had many, many contributors over its 20 years of existence. These contributors vary from the person answering questions here and there in IRC/Slack and the issue queues, to people who run agencies and hosting companies aimed at keeping Drupal in the public eye. Drupal’s continued success relies on all types of people to keep the drop moving. In this Tag1 Team Talk, we continue to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Drupal. Tag1 Managing Director Michael Meyers is joined by Josh Koe...
Learn about Serenity Notes: The end-to-end Encrypted Collaborative Notes: with Nik Graf- Tag1 Team Talk
September 15, 2021 12:30 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBSerenity Notes is a new application that enables you to collaborate on Notes across devices, with multiple users, in real-time, using end-to-end encryption to keep all your data and info private and secure. It has a game-changing SDK enabling the addition of e2e real-time collaboration to your applications, without the complicated underlying complexities. In this Tag1 Team Talk, Managing Director Michael Meyers interviews Nik Graf, the founder of Serenity Notes. Nik has worked for and with...
Digging into a D9 Migration with APQC - Approach, challenges, & what’s next : Part 2- Tag1 TeamTalk
August 25, 2021 14:30 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MBPlanning and executing a major software upgrade can be as easy as running some software, to as complicated as a major migration. For the American Productivity and Quality Center, it was definitely the latter. With hundreds of thousands of users, and many thousands of pieces of content, a migration is a detailed and time intensive process that requires careful planning. In part 2 of our Tag1 Team Talk with the APQC, Tag1 Managing Director Michael Meyers talks with John Tesmer, the Executive...
About APQC (American Productivity & Quality Center): Background & Why they chose Drupal - Pt. 1 - Tag1 TeamTalk
August 18, 2021 14:00 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBAPQC, the American Productivity and Quality Center, is a nonprofit organization with a mission to help organizations with best practices and methods around increasing productivity and quality. APQC provides management expertise in knowledge, process and performance, finances, human capital, and supply chain management and processes In this Tag1 Team Talk, John Tesmer, the Executive Director of Information Technology, and Jim Gillilan, Senior Architect and Lead of the Technology team at APQC...
How to analyze Goose load testing results using New Relic - Tag1 TeamTalk
August 12, 2021 07:15 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBIn today’s Tag1 Team Talk, Managing Director Michael Meyers sits down with VP of Software Engineering Fabian Franz, and CEO Jeremy Andrews for a coordinated demonstration of Goose and New Relic. Goose is the highly performant load testing framework written in Rust, and New Relic is one of the most highly regarded performance analysis tools in use today. Jeremy is the creator of Goose and Fabian is a major contributor to the project. In this demonstration, Jeremy and Fabian run a Goose test...
Funding your open source projects - a chat with Matt Glaman - Tag1 Team Talk
August 03, 2021 14:00 - 42 minutes - 39 MBIt’s no surprise to anyone in the open-source software world, or any business, that funding is the center of how things get done. While some parts of projects are funded by their foundations (when these exist), most projects are maintained by independent developers or teams working in their spare time. In this Tag1 Team Talk, Managing Director Michael Meyers is joined by Matt Glaman, maintainer of Drupal-check. Drupal-check, based on PHPstan, is a static analysis tool for checking Drupal c...
How to load test with Goose- Part 3: Bigger instances - Tag1 Team Talk
July 19, 2021 15:00 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBGoose, the open source load testing framework created by Tag1 CEO Jeremy Andrews, continues to show its performance and scalability capabilities. In this Tag1 Team Talk, Managing Director Michael Meyers joins Vp of Software Engineering Fabian Franz for a demonstration of Goose’s rapid ramp-up and scaling by COO Narayan Newton. In this final talk in our series of live demonstrations of Goose, Narayan and Fabian break down how some of the methods used in part 2 weren’t ideal, and some ways t...
Static Site Generators at VA.gov: Metalsmith, Gatsby, and the Future of Static Sites - Tag1 TeamTalk
July 14, 2021 15:30 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBThe VA.gov website serves critical functions for those who serve our country. Built on #DecoupledDrupal and #Metalsmith as a #StaticSiteGenerator, the Department of Veterans' Affairs website is one of the most compelling and robust examples of a powerful decoupled #Drupal architecture serving #StaticSites and #Jamstack-driven deployment. Plus it uses #GraphQL to mediate the back-and-forth communication between Drupal and the VA.gov static site. In this Tag1 Team Talks episode with Preston ...
How to Load Test with Goose - Part 2: Running a Gaggle
July 12, 2021 13:00 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBIn this second part of our team talk series on live load testing with Goose, we focus on demonstrating load testing using a Gaggle. A Gaggle is a distributed load test using running Goose from one or more servers. Here, we’re testing with 20,000 users using ten Workers and a Manager process on services spun up using Terraform. CEO Jeremy Andrews, the creator of Goose; Fabian Franz, VP of Software Engineering; CTO Narayan Newton, and Managing Director Michael Meyers demonstrate running a G...
How to Load Test with Goose - Part 1: Drupal 9 Umami on Pantheon with Fastly - Tag1 Team Talk
July 08, 2021 14:00 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBGoose is the highly scalable load testing framework preferred by Tag1. In this series of Team Talks on Goose, we’ll take a look at how Goose scales on a single server, while distributed, and CEO Jeremy Andrews - the creator of Goose, VP of Software Engineering Fabian Franz, and Managing Director Michael Meyers walk through a demonstration of Goose load testing. In this team talk, our load test runs in AWS and we're testing against Drupal 9 with the default Unami install against a Tag1 Kube...
How Ask GeorgiaGov's content speaks for itself - a chat with Preston So, author of Voice Content & Usability - Tag1 Team Talk
June 30, 2021 14:15 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBFor thousands of years, much of the content that fills our books and today lines our websites has been rooted in the written word. But in recent decades, voice interfaces have grown in both performance and popularity as users begin to seek novel ways to access information, especially through the uniquely human medium of spoken content. Services such as Alexa, Apple’s Siri, Google Home, Cortana, and so on drive more transactions and interactions every day. What was once the realm of Dick Trac...
Does your content speak for itself? A fireside chat with Preston So, author of Voice Content and Usability - Tag1 TeamTalk
June 22, 2021 13:45 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBFor thousands of years, much of the content that fills our books and today lines our websites has been rooted in the written word. But in recent decades, voice interfaces have grown in both performance and popularity as users begin to seek novel ways to access information, especially through the uniquely human medium of spoken content. How do we adjust to the new paradigm of voice content—copy and media conveyed through sound—when our content strategy and design approaches remain moored in v...