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Sep 10 2020 Blog post

The sunset of the API-first initiative

Mateu, Gabe and I agreed to sunset the API-first initiative, about which I’ve written a lot in 2016–2019.

Jan 07 2020 Blog post

JSON:API module version one EOL

On 7 January, 2020, the Drupal module JSON:API 1.x was officially marked unsupported.

Nov 17 2019 Talk

DrupalCon Amsterdam 2019 keynote

All Drupal core initiatives with leads attending DrupalCon Amsterdam took part in an experimental PechaKucha-style keynote format (up to 15 sl

May 22 2019 Blog post

API-First Drupal: what's new in 8.7?

Drupal 8.7 was released with huge API-First improvements!

Mar 21 2019 Blog post

JSON:API shipping with Drupal 8.7!

The JSON:API module was added to Drupal 8.7 as a stable module!

Jan 21 2019 Blog post

State of JSON:API (January 2019)

As promised 3 months ago, Gabe, Mateu and I together with twelve other contributors shipped support for

Jan 07 2019 Blog post

JSON:API module version two

Mateu, Gabe and I just released JSON:API 2.0!

Dec 13 2018 Blog post

State of JSON:API (December 2018)

Gabe, Mateu and I just released the third RC of JSON:API 2, so time for an update!

Nov 21 2018 Blog post

State of JSON:API (November 2018)

Gabe, Mateu and I just released the second RC of JSON:API 2, so time for an update!

Oct 25 2018 Blog post

State of JSON API (October 2018)

Mateu, Gabe and I just released the first RC of JSON API 2, so time for an update!

Oct 02 2018 Blog post

API-First Drupal: what's new in 8.6?

Drupal 8’s REST API reached a next level of maturity in 8.5.

Jul 10 2018 Blog post

State of JSON API (July 2018)

Quite a few people in the Drupal community are looking forward to see the JSON API module ship with Drupal 8 core. Because:

May 17 2018 Blog post

Two big milestones in API-First Drupal

Two big “maintainability” milestones have been hit in the past few days:

Apr 28 2018 Talk

API-First Initiative Update (DrupalCon Nashville)

As part of working in Acquia’s Office of the CTO, I’ve been working on the API-First Initiative for the past year and a half!

Apr 08 2018 Blog post

API-First Drupal: file uploads — 572 comments summarized

This blog post summarizes the 572 comments spanning 5 years and 2 months to get REST file upload support in

Apr 08 2018 Blog post

API-First Drupal: file uploads!

Drupal 8’s REST API has been maturing steadily since the Drupal 8.0.0 was released in November 2015.

Mar 02 2018 Blog post

API-First Drupal: what's new in 8.5?

Now that Drupal 8’s REST API 1 has reached

Dec 08 2017 Blog post

API-First Drupal — really!

This blog has been quiet for the last year and a half, because I don’t like to announce things until I feel comfortable recommending them. Until today!

Nov 04 2017 Talk

API-First Initiative Update (DrupalCon Vienna)

As part of working in Acquia’s Office of the CTO, I’ve been working on the API-First Initiative for the past year and a half!

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