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[1]
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[2]Dries Buytaert
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[3]Blog [4]Projects [5]Photos [6]About
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[7]A blog is a biography
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A mother in bed holds a newborn baby, surrounded by three formally dressed
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adults in a hospital room. My mom as a newborn in her mother's arms, surrounded
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by my grandparents and great-grandparents.
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I never knew my great grandparents. They left no diary, no letters, only a
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handful of photographs. Sometimes I look at those photos and wonder what they
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cared about. What were their days like? What made them laugh? What problems
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were they working through?
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Then I realize it could be different for my descendants. A long-running blog
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like mine is effectively an autobiography.
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So far, it captures nearly twenty years of my life: my PhD work, the birth of
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my children, and the years of learning how to lead Drupal and build a
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community. It even captures the excitement of starting two companies, and the
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lessons I learned along the way.
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And in recent years, it captures the late night posts where I try to make sense
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of what AI might change. They are a snapshot of a world in transition. One day,
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it may be hard to remember AI was ever new.
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In a way, a blog is a digital time capsule. It is the kind of record I wish my
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great grandparents had left behind.
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I did not start blogging with this in mind. I wrote to share ideas, to think
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out loud, to guide the Drupal community, and to connect with others. The
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personal archive was a side effect.
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Now I see it differently. Somewhere in there is a version of me becoming a
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father. A version trying to figure out how to build something that lasts. A
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version wrestling, late at night, with technology changes happening in front of
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me.
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If my grandchildren ever want to know who I was, they will not have to guess.
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They will be able to hear my voice.
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If that idea feels compelling, this might be a good time to start a blog or a
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website. Not to build a large audience, but just to leave a trail. Future you
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may be grateful you began.
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— Dries Buytaert
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Join 5,000+ readers. Two decades building Drupal and Acquia. Thoughts on Open
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Source, technology, and business.
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[8][ ] Subscribe
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[10]Subscribe via RSS · [11]Email me
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December 12, 2025 1 min read time
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• [12]Digital preservation
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• [13]My site
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• [14]Writing
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[15] db
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References:
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[1] https://dri.es/status
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[2] https://dri.es/
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[3] https://dri.es/blog
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[4] https://dri.es/projects
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[5] https://dri.es/photos
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[6] https://dri.es/about
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[7] https://dri.es/a-blog-is-a-biography
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[10] https://dri.es/rss.xml
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[11] mailto:dries@buytaert.net
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[12] https://dri.es/tag/digital-preservation
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[13] https://dri.es/tag/my-site
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[14] https://dri.es/tag/writing
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[15] https://dri.es/colophon
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