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Episode Released: Talking Drupal #549 - Catching up with the DDEV Team with Randy Fay, Stas Zhuk, Rod Martin, Martin Anderson-Clutz, John Picozzi, Nic Laflin

New DDEV TUI Dashboard! YouTube video by DDEV Foundation

If you haven't tried it yet, the new #DDEV TUI (Terminal User Interface) that shipped with v1.25.1 is pretty sweet. 🖥️✨

2-minute video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdfp...

March newsletter with additional info: ddev.com/blog/ddev-ma...

AI-driven contributions increase maintainer review burden

Randy Fay’s DDEV @ddev.bsky.social update highlights rising AI-generated contributions and maintainer workload.

More PRs mean more review pressure, prompting calls for shared responsibility and pre-PR discussion.

https://bit.ly/4tw7WKz

#Drupal #DDEV #OpenSource #AI

DDEV March 2026: Maintainership and AI, DrupalCon, New TUI, coder.ddev.com, and 77% of Goal Maintainership and AI, DrupalCon Chicago recap, new terminal dashboard, coder.ddev.com launch, sponsorship at 77% of goal, and community highlights from around the web.

Did you miss the #DDEV newsletter? ddev.com/blog/ddev-ma... - has the latest on everything in DDEV-world.

Set up Solr in DDEV with two commands.

Run ddev add-on get ddev/ddev-solr then ddev restart.

Install Search API Solr, create a server with Solr Cloud connector, and upload the config set.

Set up Solr in DDEV with two commands.

Run ddev add-on get ddev/ddev-solr then ddev restart.

Install Search API Solr, create a server with Solr Cloud connector, and upload the config set.

DrupalCon North America Chicago BoFs today, join us: 9:30 What's new in DDEV, 2pm fancy new ddev share, 4pm Xdebug step-debugging

DDEV @ddev.bsky.social launches coder.ddev.com, an experimental cloud dev environment.

Browser-based workspaces run DDEV with Docker, VS Code, and Drupal templates preinstalled.

Reduces local setup, but users must rely on external Git storage.
https://bit.ly/4sEc5vV

#DDEV #DevOps #OpenSource

If you're at DrupalCon North America in Chicago, join me for BoFs on Tuesday:

* Git Worktrees with DDEV at 1:30 Salon B BoF 1

* Coder.ddev.com demo (DDEV in Cloud) at 2pm Salon B BoF 1

* DDEV Office Hours at 4:30pm Salon B BoF 2

DDEV v1.25.1 Docker Buildx Requirement Why DDEV v1.25.1 requires Docker Buildx, who's affected, and how to resolve configuration issues.

If you're using #DDEV on MacOS with Lima or Colima, or on most Linux distros, you might run into this issue 👇

ddev.com/blog/docker-...

Expertly explained by Stas Zhuk 🛠️🐧✅

DDEV Adds Docker Buildx Check

DDEV 1.25.1 adds a validation check for Docker Buildx.

Systems without Buildx version 0.17.0 or later may encounter errors when running ddev start.

https://bit.ly/4lv9sK5

#Drupal #DDEV #DrupalDev #OpenSource

Coder.ddev.com is live, I'm hoping this will be useful for Contribution Day in Chicago. It's loads of fun and a good followup to our previous use of Gitpod. Blog with short screencasts, ddev.com/blog/coder-d...

The Work Behind the Workflow: Stas Zhuk and the Future of DDEV As a maintainer of DDEV, Stas Zhuk works behind the scenes to ensure thousands of developers rarely have to think about their local environments. In this interview with The DropTimes, he reflects on r...

Lots of people know Randy Fay as the face of #DDEV, but few know that Stas Zhuk has been doing much of the heavy lifting the last few years under extremely challenging conditions. 💪🙌

www.thedroptimes.com/interview/66...

DDEV v1.25.1 Docker Buildx Requirement Why DDEV v1.25.1 requires Docker Buildx, who's affected, and how to resolve configuration issues.

A very few people have had trouble with Docker Buildx in #DDEV v1.25.1. If you're one, here is all the info.
ddev.com/blog/docker-...

Use `git worktree` with DDEV to run multiple versions of the same site With git worktree it's easy to have multiple versions of your Drupal project checked out into different directories.And DDEV has a special feature to let you have the name of the project be determined...

`git worktree` is fun and easy, and has some nice uses with #DDEV. Here's the recording of my Florida Drupal Camp session on some of the options. You can run the same project in multiple directories for different features or for different AI agents to play in. www.fldrupal.camp/session/use-...

Using WarpBuild Snapshots to Speed Up DDEV in CI Andrew Berry explains how integrating WarpBuild Snapshots with DDEV reduced repeated dependency installation in CI workflows. By restoring prebuilt environments across parallel GitHub Actions runners, the approach shortened Playwright startup time wh...

Andrew Berry shows how WarpBuild Snapshots speed up DDEV in CI.

By hashing dependency files in GitHub Actions, runners restore prebuilt environments instead of reinstalling Playwright and system packages.

Reported savings: ~24 minutes per commit.

https://bit.ly/40FFM3j

#Drupal #DDEV #CI

DDEV Board and Advisory Group Meeting 2026-03-04 · ddev · Discussion #8197 Meeting time: 2026-03-04, 8am US MT, 4pm CET, here's your time: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=DDEV+Advisory+Group&iso=20260304T08&p1=5472&ah=1 Zoom link: https://us02web...

Tomorrow's #DDEV Board and Advisory Group meeting is at 10am ET 4pm CET, you're invited, full details at github.com/orgs/ddev/di... - This is your chance to know what's going on with DDEV and influence its future. We'd love to have you. The zoom link and calendar link are there. Hope to see you!

Xdebug in DDEV: Understanding, Debugging, and Troubleshooting Step Debugging Understanding how Xdebug step debugging works, how it's integrated in DDEV, and how to diagnose and fix common connectivity issues.

March 2
IMHO, This is all you need to take away from this blog post from Randy Fay about a new bit of #DDEV functionality: 🛠️

ddev utility xdebug-diagnose

I suspect this will collectively save folks a gazillion hours. ⏱️😅

ddev.com/blog/xdebug-...

New DDEV TUI Dashboard! YouTube video by DDEV Foundation

2-minute Demo of the new DDEV "Dashboard" or TUI, 2 minutes! youtu.be/bdfpeq74ewo

DDEV February 2026: v1.25.0 Ships, 72% Market Share, and New Training Posts DDEV v1.25.0 released with improved Windows support and modern defaults, CraftQuest survey shows 72% market share, plus new training posts on Mutagen, Xdebug, and ddev share

If you missed the February #DDEV newsletter, here it is! ddev.com/blog/ddev-fe...

DDEV February 2026: v1.25.0 Ships, 72% Market Share, and New Training Posts DDEV v1.25.0 released with improved Windows support and modern defaults, CraftQuest survey shows 72% market share, plus new training posts on Mutagen, Xdebug, and ddev share

Calendar invite with zoom link is in the newsletter, ddev.com/blog/ddev-fe...

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#DDEV training tomorrow/Thursday: "Git bisect for fun and profit". OK, so it's not really about DDEV. If `git bisect` sounded like a mysterious thing to you, it's easy to use and a powerful debugging tool in your arsenal. Join us at 10am ET/4pm CET, us02web.zoom.us/j/7315692237... passcode 12345

Xdebug in DDEV: Understanding Step Debugging and Built-In Diagnostics Randy Fay explains how Xdebug step debugging works inside DDEV — and why understanding its reverse connection model prevents hours of frustration when things go wrong. His guide walks through Docker networking, IDE listeners, and built-in tools like ...

Xdebug in DDEV usually “just works” — until it doesn’t.

Randy Fay explains the reverse connection model, Docker networking layers, and how ddev utility xdebug-diagnose simplifies troubleshooting.

Read:
https://bit.ly/4rHkU7W

#Drupal #DDEV #Xdebug #DevTools

Using WarpBuild to speed up DDEV in CI How Lullabot used WarpBuild's snapshot runners to cut DDEV CI startup time from 4-5 minutes down to 1-2 minutes, saving ~24 minutes of runner cost per commit.

#DDEV and CI! What a combination. See Lullabot wiz (and DDEV Foundation Board Member) Andrew Berry's approach to speeding everything up with WarpBuild - ddev.com/blog/ddev-ci...

New `ddev share` Provider System: Cloudflare tunnel with no login or token DDEV v1.25.0 introduces a flexible provider system for `ddev share`, adding free Cloudflare tunnel support, automation capabilities, and extensibility for custom sharing solutions.

#ddev just updated its "ddev share" command with more flexibility and power. 💪🚀

ddev.com/blog/share-p...

Blog post from Randy Fay 🛠️📝

DDEV Details Mutagen Functionality and New Debugging Tools DDEV has published a technical overview of how Mutagen improves filesystem performance on macOS and traditional Windows systems, along with new guidance and a diagnostic command for troubleshooting synchronization issues.

DDEV explains how Mutagen boosts filesystem performance on macOS and Windows.

Async sync replaces slow bind mounts, and new tools like ddev utility mutagen-diagnose improve troubleshooting.

Read:
https://bit.ly/4cEHFo8

#DDEV #Drupal #DevOps #Docker

We are so amazingly proud and thankful to have amazing Stas pushing #DDEV forward and taking care of all the things. In the midst of all the things you have coming your way, take the time to read about this amazing man, maintainer, and his situation.

Release v1.25.1 · ddev/ddev Installation See the installation instructions for details, but it's easy: macOS: brew install ddev/ddev/ddev or just brew upgrade ddev. Linux: Use sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install ddev...

#DDEV v1.25.1 is out! Try the new interactive DDEV TUI - just run `ddev`. Also includes multiple fixes and stability improvements. Upgrade recommended for v1.25.0 users.
github.com/ddev/ddev/re...

Forum seems to be down, but when I recently looked at it it looked like standard Composer 2.9 problems with security requirements, which can be worked around several ways.

Portrait-style graphic announcing an interview with Stas Zhuk discussing the future of DDEV, covering maintenance challenges, container runtime diversification, AI-assisted development, and sustaining

Stas Zhuk reflects on maintaining DDEV @ddev.bsky.social as container runtimes diversify.

In an interview with Alka Elizabeth, he discusses CI fragility, Podman and rootless support, add-on governance, and AI-assisted review.

Read:
https://bit.ly/4aMOaTj

#DDEV #Drupal #OpenSource #DevOps