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HubSpot vs Pipedrive for growing sales teams, what actually pushed you one way or the other

✇CRM - Customer Relationship Managment
By: /u/Diogbo-Noilan

we are at the stage where the lightweight setup we have been running is no longer cutting it. seven people on the revenue side, mix of inbound and outbound, and we need something that gives us real pipeline visibility and does not require a full time admin to keep it running cleanly.

been narrowing it down to HubSpot and Pipedrive and keep going in circles. Pipedrive feels cleaner and more focused for pure sales but HubSpot seems to make more sense if we want marketing and sales data in the same place eventually.

the thing i cannot get a clear answer on is how the two compare once you start scaling past 10 or 15 people. Pipedrive seems built for sales simplicity which is appealing now but i wonder if we hit a ceiling sooner. HubSpot feels like it has more runway but also more complexity to set up properly.

for teams that have used both what was the deciding factor and would you make the same call again at our stage?

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Recommendations for affordable CRM and help desk software for B2B operations?

✇CRM - Customer Relationship Managment
By: /u/Expensive_2509

I run a physical B2B food services operation and am looking for recommendations for an affordable help desk and CRM.
I am specifically looking for tools that:
Help manage a mix of support calls and email inquiries efficiently.
Integrate well with automated workplace tools (Google Workspace/Excel-based workflows).
Are suited for a B2B model rather than high-volume consumer apps.
Would appreciate any advice on software that balances cost-effectiveness with a professional, minimalist interface.

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Is Spam Master having issues?

✇Drupal - Open Source Content Platform | #Celebr8D8
By: /u/GaryDunn808

Spam Master is blocking me from my Drupal site. My Macbook is blocked at home and at Starbucks so different IP. I got in once from my phone (Android, Chrome) but now it's blocked, too. The block happens after entering username and password. Error msg below. I reinstalled Chrome as hinted, no change. Is there an easy fix for this? Anyone else, or just me?

I suspect this may be caused by changing locations while signed in. Spam Master may consider IP change during a session malicious behavior. I do have a habit of just closing the Macbook.

03 Forbidden Your IP is blacklisted due to previous abuse or threat behavior. IP: 147.81.152.216 Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/149.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Hint: Upgrade your browser to the latest version Protected by Spam Master
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Bootiq: Open-source Drupal Commerce theme

✇Drupal - Open Source Content Platform | #Celebr8D8
By: /u/bootiga_
Bootiq: Open-source Drupal Commerce theme

Hi everyone,

I've been working on Bootiq, an open-source theme for Drupal Commerce, and I'd love to get some feedback from the Drupal community.

The goal is to provide a modern storefront experience while keeping customization simple and staying close to Drupal Commerce best practices.

Current features:

• Responsive design
• Product-focused layouts
• Drupal Commerce integration
• Performance-oriented approach
• Open source

GitHub:
https://github.com/Bootiga-SaaS/bootiq

Demo:
https://demo.bootiga.com

I'm especially interested in feedback regarding:

• Theme architecture
• UX and storefront design
• Drupal Commerce integration
• Performance and maintainability

Any suggestions are welcome.

Thanks!

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Drupal has been great for many years but...

✇Drupal - Open Source Content Platform | #Celebr8D8
By: /u/NappyDougOut

We have to admit, it's losing market share... Drupal jobs often underpay, and most people are beginning to believe that static sites and other frameworks are better incorrectly.

I gave up on WordPress long ago because it kept getting hacked.

But the main question I have for Drupal is, where's it going for the future?

I'm really not interested in core bloat, the core is already huge. Also not very interested in Ai integration nor add-on libraries.

I expected e-commerce to get less complex, and modules & themes to expand, but it seems that versions are changing so often that community notes can't keep up.

I've been developing upon it since v4, hoping you guys can tell me there's a good leadership plan & future outlook for Drupal?

Also, I have contributed in the past, I don't have the ability to do so now.

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SFO1 Network Maintenance

✇DigitalOcean Status - Incident History

Jun 24, 12:30 UTC
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

Jun 24, 09:30 UTC
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.

Jun 22, 09:40 UTC
Scheduled - Start: 2026-06-24 9:30 UTC
End: 2026-06-24 12:30 UTC

During the above window, our Networking team will be making changes to the core networking infrastructure to improve performance and scalability in the SFO1 region.

Expected impact:

These changes are designed and tested to be seamless. We do not expect any customer impact during the mentioned timeframe. If an unexpected issue arises, there could be a temporary loss of connectivity for Droplets and its dependent services, such as Managed Databases, Load Balancers, App Platform, and Managed Kubernetes, in the SFO1 region. We will endeavor to minimize any such impact.

If you have any questions related to this issue, please send us a ticket from your cloud support page. https://cloudsupport.digitalocean.com/s/createticket

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Monitoring Graphs in the Cloud Control Panel

✇DigitalOcean Status - Incident History

Jun 19, 16:37 UTC
Resolved - Between 13:22 & 14:26 UTC today, users have experienced missing monitoring graphs for Droplets (with DO agent installed), Load Balancers, Databases, and other services within the Cloud Control Panel.

Our engineering team has identified the root cause of the issue and has taken appropriate steps to restore functionality. We can confirm that services have been restored and are functioning as expected.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. If you continue to experience issues viewing monitoring graphs, please create a support ticket for further analysis. Thank you for your patience and understanding

Jun 19, 14:50 UTC
Monitoring - Our engineering team has implemented the necessary fixes to address the issue affecting the visibility of monitoring graphs within the Cloud Panel. Users should now be able to view monitoring graphs for their services, including Droplets with DO Agent installed, Load Balancers, Databases, etc.

We are currently monitoring the situation to ensure that the service has returned to normal operation and remain stable. We appreciate your patience and will provide an update once the issue is fully confirmed as resolved.

Jun 19, 14:00 UTC
Investigating - Our Engineering team is currently investigating an issue affecting the visibility of monitoring graphs within the Cloud Panel. During this period, users may notice missing or unavailable monitoring graphs for services such as Droplets(with DO agent installed), Load Balancers, Databases, etc.

We apologize for the inconvenience caused. We'll update once we have more information

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GoPro and Roomba were U.S. pioneers. Chinese rivals now dominate

✇Rest of World
By: Kinling Lo
After moving to Taiwan and taking up scuba diving, I recently started shopping for an underwater camera. What began as a simple search quickly turned into an exploration of the...

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A customer experiences the Osmo Pocket 4 camera at a DJI store in Shanghai, China, on April 20, 2026. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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When Americans choose Chinese AI

✇Rest of World
By: Viola Zhou
Stu Clott, an operations manager and part-time developer in San Diego, used to code with Claude. But he recently found a cheaper alternative: DeepSeek.  While an hourlong coding session would...

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Core Infrastructure Maintenance June 17, 2026, 09:00 UTC

✇DigitalOcean Status - Incident History

Jun 17, 18:00 UTC
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

Jun 17, 09:00 UTC
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.

Jun 17, 05:53 UTC
Scheduled - Core Infrastructure Maintenance

Start: 2025-06-17 09:00 UTC
End: 2025-06-17 18:00 UTC

During the above time, our Engineering Team will be performing maintenance to failover some internal databases from one cluster to another.

Existing infrastructure, including Droplets and Droplet-based services, should continue running without issue. There is no network disruption to existing services expected as part of this maintenance. However, there are dependencies on multiple services. During the failover, there may be customer impacts that should be brief and transitory.

Multiple teams will be engaged to keep downtime to a minimum and mitigate any impact that does occur. We’ll post updates here for any unexpected changes to this scheduled maintenance, as well as progress updates during the maintenance itself.

If you have any questions related to this issue please send us a ticket from your cloud support page. https://cloudsupport.digitalocean.com/s/createticket

Thank you,
Team DigitalOcean

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Intermittent 500 Errors on Serverless/GenAI Inference API

✇DigitalOcean Status - Incident History

Jun 17, 00:29 UTC
Resolved - The connectivity issues affecting our Serverless/GenAI Inference API have been fully resolved.
Our engineering teams successfully completed the connectivity restoration. All systems should be functioning normally, and the endpoint should be fully operational.

Jun 16, 23:29 UTC
Monitoring - Our engineering teams have successfully begun implementing mitigation steps to resolve the connectivity issues affecting the inference API. We will provide another update once the API has fully recovered and error rates return to normal.

Jun 16, 22:00 UTC
Investigating - We are actively investigating an issue causing elevated HTTP 500 error rates for customers utilizing our Serverless/GenAI Inference API.
Customer Impact: Customers making calls to the inference API—specifically targeting /v1/* endpoints—will experience intermittent HTTP 500 errors and failed requests.

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