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Lucoles LTDA

Full Stack Developer, Acquia Certified Drupal 10 and Drupal 7, ITIL, PSM

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a short 3D guy with a waterdrop-shaped head, dressed up like a mad scientist, with a lab coat, goggles on his head, and an excited, ambitious expression on his face looks at a classic Frankenstein monster, with a happy, obedient expression as he rises on an operating table. they're in a cartoonish 50s retro-styled science lab, and a PC monitor with green 0s and 1s can be seen in the lower right corner.

It's alive! I mean, compiled!

On the <head> and <body> of a website

fleshing out my new website from bare-bones ideas, meaty frameworks, and articulating with AI.

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Birthday bug bashing

sometimes the simplest solution to a complex Drupal Views SQL query alter hook problem might be expressed in the corniest way possible

It's Luco's birthday but you're getting the gift!

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Moving that very useful config from one Drupal site to another

a guide on moving or duplicating drupal YAML config items using drush

ahhh, Drupal modules. where would we be without them? every developer has a trusty list of favorites, and I'm no exception… except that not all of them are of the "plug and play" variety, and sometimes need some setup.

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Disabling that pesky deprecated Drupal core module that you didn't uninstall when you upgraded because you didn't know better

you read that right.

yup. that's exactly what happened on my website, so I laid out the steps just in case someone else gets stuck like me.

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Lenient Patches in Drupal with Composer

drupal composer code versioning backwards compatibility binary patching made easier by Michael Anello, Matt Glaman, and Cameron Eagans

a few weeks¹ ago I came across an interesting post by Michael Anello in which he mentioned the Lenient Composer Plugin by Matt Glaman.

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Drupal 11 local multisite with DDEV

a short step-by-step summary on setting up Drupal 11 multisite with DDEV

I know, I know, everyone loves Lando. but just in case you happen to be a non-conformist like me and need to set up D11 asap with DDEV, here's how.

Tags: Drupal | DDEV | Full stack | Lando | PHP
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Drupal 7 reaches its end of life

reflecting on my journey as a webdesigner-turned-programmer thanks to the amazing framework that is Drupal

yesterday marked the end of life support for #Drupal7.

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Bootstrapping 2025

personal notes to kick off the year

all in all, 2024 was tough. now here's 2025, and it's said to be another challenge.

but I'm not waiting for the difficult bits to start — instead, I'm going after them.

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How to integrate Drupal and Rest if you're totally new to either of them¹

don't over-React.

I’m seeing a rise in demand for frontend frameworks for a while now, such as React. although I’m a full stack Drupal developer, I must confess my predilection for the backend — but I keep a tab or two open with some frontend stuff from time to time.

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Adventures in code

Git is the time machine for your drupal back-end agile shenanigans

working with code is not unlike a sci-fi adventure: you’re time traveling¹ one time, and visiting parallel universes² next. either solo or with your buddies, it sometimes feels like a race to the finish line, with the stakes mounting higher and higher as the deadline approaches.

Tags: Drupal | Agile | Back-end | Git | Views
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