Hi,
In a couple of weeks I’ll be trying to get my backend specialist certification. However I don’t feel like I’ve grasped the concepts of Core API and especially caching that well… so I would like to ask for tips and tricks for getting better at them.
Also, how did you experience the exam? What kind of questions did they ask?
I’d like to know!
Hi! I am a full stack developer -- MERN, Django specializing in backend, I have seen many people using platforms like wordpress, shopify, drupal, flutter to make websites rather than coding everything from scratch.
I genuinely have no experience with these apps and want to explore these things.
I learned PHP and how it works recently to understand drupal but I am not finding any good resource to learn drupal, can any gentlemen or woman help me with their knowledge from where I can learn about Drupal architecture?
TL, DR: Looking for drupal learning resources.
Thank you !
May 9, 14:42 UTC
Resolved - Between 5:35 and 14:25 UTC today, our Engineering team identified an issue that prevents enabling Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) and Google/GitHub authentication through the Control Panel. During this period, users might have encountered issues while enabling authentication methods and accessing teams with secure sign-in enabled.
Our team has taken appropriate measures to address the issue. We can confirm that service has been restored and is now functioning normally.
We regret the inconvenience caused. However, if you continue to experience any issues, please create a support ticket for further analysis.
May 9, 13:51 UTC
Monitoring - Our Engineering team has implemented necessary changes to address the issue affecting the ability to enable Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) and Google/GitHub authentication through the Control Panel. Our team is currently monitoring the situation to ensure stability.
We appreciate your patience and will provide an update once the issue is fully confirmed as resolved.
May 9, 11:15 UTC
Investigating - Our Engineering team is investigating an issue affecting the ability to enable Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) and Google/GitHub authentication through the Control Panel. During this time, users may encounter errors while enabling these authentication methods and could also experience issues accessing teams with secure sign-in enabled.
We apologize for the inconvenience and will provide an update as soon as more information becomes available.
May 8, 21:54 UTC
Resolved - The upstream outage with Let's Encrypt has been resolved. Customers should now be able to issue Let's Encrypt certificates for Spaces, Load Balancers, and App Platform Custom Domains. Our Engineering team has also confirmed that stuck or delayed actions with Mongo, Advanced PG, and Advanced MySQL databases should complete normally now.
We appreciate your patience. If you continue to experience any issues, please open a support ticket from within your account.
May 8, 20:46 UTC
Identified - Our Engineering team is aware of an upstream outage with Let's Encrypt (see https://letsencrypt.status.io/) which impacts the following services:
- Inability to create new Let's Encrypt certificates for Spaces, Load Balancers, and App Platform Custom Domains
- Stuck or delayed creates/forks/restores on Mongo, PG, and MySQL databases.
Please note that operations related to Managed Databases and App Platform Custom Domains will automatically retry and should complete successfully once the upstream outage is resolved.
We'll continue to monitor this situation and provide updates. We apologize for the inconvenience.
May 8, 19:59 UTC
Resolved - Our engineering team has resolved the issue with multiple services in NYC2 region, and all services should now be operating normally. If you continue to experience problems, please open a ticket with our support team. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience.
May 8, 19:53 UTC
Update - We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.
May 8, 19:21 UTC
Monitoring - Our Engineering team has identified the issue and implemented a fix to resolve the issues with multiple services, and is monitoring the situation. We will post an update as soon as the issue is fully resolved.
May 8, 18:01 UTC
Investigating - We are currently investigating an issue affecting multiple services in our NYC2 region. Our engineering team is aware of the situation and is working to identify the root cause and restore full connectivity as quickly as possible.
Users with resources in the NYC2 region may experience issues with Droplet connectivity, API requests, or other services.
We will provide additional updates as more information becomes available. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
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May 7, 21:00 UTC
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
May 7, 15:20 UTC
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
May 7, 15:13 UTC
Scheduled - Start: 2026-05-07 15:00 UTC
End: 2026-05-07 21:00 UTC
Our Engineering team is performing maintenance on core control plane infrastructure. Please note that the existing infrastructure will continue running without issue. This maintenance may impact create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) operations in all regions.
Expected Impact:
During the maintenance window, users may experience brief periods of increased latency with the following platform operations:
Cloud Control Panel and API operations
Event processing
Droplet creates, resizes, rebuilds, and power events
Managed Kubernetes reconciliation and scaling
Load Balancer operations
Container Registry operations
App Platform operations
Managed Database creation and scaling
We do not expect any impact to customer traffic due to this maintenance. If an unexpected issue for the control plane arises, we will endeavor to keep any impact to a minimum and may revert if required.
If you have any questions related to this maintenance please send us a ticket from your cloud support page. https://cloudsupport.digitalocean.com/s/createticket
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 | Hi everyone, After spending a few years at my first developer role I decided to take a year out of work to go travelling in Asia, now I'm back and ready to enter the job market once again. I'd like your help to get honest feedback on my resume before I start applying for jobs. I'm mainly looking for feedback on:
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 | First time posting here. Sharing lerd because it has solid Drupal support and might be useful for folks who want a Podman-based alternative to DDEV or Lando without Docker Desktop, especially on Linux where the usual mac-first tools are awkward. Lerd auto-detects Drupal projects via composer.json, handles the web/ document root, and gives you .test domains, per-project PHP version isolation (Drupal is strict about PHP requirements), one-command HTTPS via mkcert, MySQL or Postgres with one click, and Mailpit for email testing. Drush, Composer, and PHP commands all work through container shims so they pick up the right PHP version per project. Everything runs as rootless Podman containers, nothing touches your system PHP, no sudo required after install. Highlights:
Would love feedback from Drupal devs, especially around Drush integration and module/theme dev workflows. If lerd looks useful, stars on GitHub help a lot with reach. [link] [comments] |
Have an on prem D7 environment and looking to move everything into the cloud (Azure or AWS).
Discussions around the table is approach:
or
Any tips, tricks, or recommendations are appreciated.
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May 4, 21:01 UTC
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
May 4, 13:01 UTC
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
May 2, 13:25 UTC
Scheduled - Start: 2026-05-04 13:00 UTC
End: 2026-05-04 21:00 UTC
During the above window, our Engineering team will be performing maintenance on core control plane infrastructure. Please note that the existing infrastructure will continue running without issue. This maintenance may impact create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) operations in all regions.
Expected Impact:
During the maintenance window, users may experience brief periods of increased latency with the following platform operations:
Cloud Control Panel and API operations
Event processing
Droplet creates, resizes, rebuilds, and power events
Managed Kubernetes reconciliation and scaling
Load Balancer operations
Container Registry operations
App Platform operations
Managed Database creation and scaling
We do not expect any impact to customer traffic due to this maintenance. If an unexpected issue for the control plane arises, we will endeavor to keep any impact to a minimum and may revert if required.
If you have any questions related to this maintenance please send us a ticket from your cloud support page. https://cloudsupport.digitalocean.com/s/createticket
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