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Why we moved computerminds.co.uk to Astro and Sanity

This week's PHP2Shell flaws hit every PHP server on the web, but not ours. Here's how we rebuilt our site with Astro and Sanity, and which sites suit the same approach.Read article →

DDEV, solr, and platform.sh

We use platform.sh to host many of our client Drupal sites, and many of those sites use Solr.Read article →

Fixing Drupal, really quickly

Drupalgeddon2 happened! We got all but two of our projects updated within an hour, with those remaining trickier two fully patched another hour later. The key was planning the right process using the right tools. We actually use these tools for regular deployments every day,…Read article →

Good practice pays off for Drupal site security

Much has been said about last month's highly critical Drupal security issue 'SA-CORE-2014-005', otherwise known as 'Drupalgeddon'. It was covered by mainstream international media, even if the reaction needs addressing. Drupal's security team take a responsible approach to…Read article →

Using project mercury/pantheon for hosting a Drupal site

We have been using mercury/pantheon to host sites for a while now, we love the fact that you can get a fully configured Drupal hosting environment with all the trimmings for very little work. Specifically we have been using linode for our actual hosting, they are well priced,…Read article →