Talking Drupal #549 - Catching up with the DDEV Team

In Episode 549, Randy Fay and Stas Zhuk join us to discuss what DDEV is, recent improvements, and where it's headed. Module of the week is the DDEV Drupal Contrib add-on. Randy and Stas discuss priorities like reliability, consistent UX, add-ons discoverability, and new features including revamped ddev share with Cloudflare and rootless Podman support. They also cover coder.ddev.com , a cloud-based DDEV environment built on coder.com for easier onboarding and contribution, plus sustainability, community support, and challenges such as AI-driven PR volume and Stas's development constraints in Ukraine. For show notes visit: Topics Module of the Week - DDEV Drupal Contrib DDev Drupal Contri Overview Contrib Workflow Q&A Drush in Core Debate Add-on Registry and Contact Drupal AI Summit Plug What Is DDev Stas Origin Story Recent Releases and Priorities DDev Share and Podman Developer Experience Changes Database Upgrade Pain Points Coder DDev Cloud IDE Cloud DDEV Basics VS Code Remote Workflow Pair Programming Training Wins Docker Desktop Alternatives Onboarding Teams Faster Windows Support Reality Building Through War Roadmap Env File Fixes Beyond Drupal Adoption Addons Discovery Tools Funding Community Health AI Pull Requests Pressure AI Agents MCP Plans How To Get Involved Resources DDEV - DDEV Add-on Registry - Introducing coder.ddev.com : DDEV in the Cloud - About Stas Zhuk - Power Through Blackouts: How DDEV Community Helped Me in Ukraine - Drush command in core - Drush's Final Act - coder.com - Service hosting coder.ddev.com - Funding DDEV - Gen AI DDEV newsletter note - Sharing Coder.ddev.com workspaces - Guests Stas Zhuk - stasadev Randy Fay - ddev.com rfay Hosts Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Rod Martin - DrupalHelps.com imrodmartin Module of the Week with Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu DDEV Drupal Contrib - DDEV integration for developing Drupal contrib projects. As a general philosophy, your contributed module/theme is the center of the universe.

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This episode was published on Apr 20, 2026.

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