How to keep Drupal relevant in the Git-based and API-driven CMS era

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Keeps Drupal as the content GUI while using Gatsby build to CDN so the public site is static React bundles served from a CDN, removing PHP/MySQL from production and cutting hosting complexity. Exports content as JSON/markdown (via Drupal JSON APIs), uses Gatsby plugins to pre-process images and markdown, and fires webhook-triggered builds (Netlify/Pantheon-style) from Drupal. Handles forms and auth with serverless functions or external services, preserves Drupal content modeling and editorial workflows, and trades runtime overhead for faster pages and simpler ops.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 1:23Meet Usman
3. 4:06Drupal as a CMS
4. 6:09Decoupling the frontend
5. 6:58Traditional approach
6. 8:48Challenges
7. 14:31Solution
8. 27:31Gatsby and Drupal
9. 32:01End result
10. 33:24Performance
11. 35:15Markdown
12. 37:50Web Forms
13. 40:50What is gone
14. 43:06Drupal plugins
15. 44:26Choose the right tool
16. 51:06Drupal demo

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