Single Directory Components — Writing — AC

Delay arithmetic: what I got wrong about scroll-driven timelines
Deep diveSep 2, 20267 minDraft
Editors were typing machine names to choose an icon
ContributionAug 28, 20267 minDraft
The story behind canvas_icon_picker — from a broken editorial step to a contrib module built on core's Icon API, and the enum bug that closed this week.
- Issuecanvas_icon_picker #3619510 — icon picker silently ignored on a prop that also declares an enum
Read7 min
Two modules, two ways of guessing what an editor meant
StanceAug 28, 20267 minDraft
Why Drupal component props need to declare editorial intent explicitly — and what core's Icon API already gets right about it.
- Issuecanvas_icon_picker #3619510 — icon picker silently ignored on a prop that also declares an enum
- Issuesdc_prop_inherit #3619734 — Twig template required
Read7 min
Why sdc_prop_inherit refuses to work without a Twig template
StanceAug 28, 20266 minDraft
A design constraint in SDC Property Inheritance, argued in public: why inheritance hooks into the template, not the component definition.
- Issuesdc_prop_inherit #3619734 — Twig template required
Read6 min
Why my SDC props kept disappearing three components deep
ContributionAug 27, 20264 minDraft
A cleaner way to compose Single Directory Components across boundaries, and what it took to make it installable by a stranger.
- ModuleSDC Property Inheritance
- IssueLink underlying core issue on the module page?
- Issue[1.0.x] SDC Property Inheritance
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Custom style definitions were fighting the Canvas cache
Deep diveAug 20, 20264 minDraft
What YamlDiscovery changes about defining Canvas styles, and why the old approach kept going stale.
- IssueImprove custom style definition DX using YamlDiscovery
Read4 min
Getting GSAP timelines to survive a Canvas re-render
Build logAug 14, 20263 minDraft
Scroll-driven motion inside Drupal Canvas, and the teardown step that stops it breaking on edit.
- IssueImprove custom style definition DX using YamlDiscovery
Read3 min
Every multisite platform I have worked on gets harder to change
StanceJul 22, 20264 minDraft
Why multisite drift needs a smaller, shared component library instead of tighter governance, and what has to be true for one to survive real variation.
- ModuleBootstrap 5 Components
Read4 min
The question that changed how I talk about AG-UI in Drupal
Talk recapMar 27, 20263 minDraft
What the Beyond Chatbots talk actually argued, the question from the room that stuck with me, and what I would open with differently now.
- TalkBeyond Chatbots: Creating Smarter, Personalized Experiences in Drupal with AG-UI
- ModuleAI Components
Read3 min