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@ultimike@drupal.community I will talk about this very same topic on Friday in Drupal's AI Learners Club as well. 7pm UTC.
The most powerful automation engine in any CMS is about to get a revolution.
After 16,000+ sites adopted ECA for no-code/low-code Drupal automation, we listened to every pain point - and rebuilt from the ground up.
Come to my session at #DrupalCon Chicago to witness what's next. Live. On stage.
ECA: The Next Chapter
Tue, March 24 | 3:00 PM | Williford C, 3rd Floor
Ten months ago, @dries@indieweb.social told me ECA was at maybe 1% of what it could be.
Today I'm publishing the story of what happened next: Post 1 of a 9-part series on the Vienna → Chicago → Athens journey, the UX research that reshaped everything, and the six-week sprint that produced a new Workflow Modeler.
Read it: https://go.lakedrops.com/eca-next-chapter-post-1
Come for the code. Stay for the community.
Five years ago, ECA was just an idea.
Next week at #DrupalDevDays Athens 2026, I walk through the 12 turning points that shaped where it is now - and what they taught me about building open source and working with the community.
Thursday, 23 April, 10:15-11:00
Amphitheater Pantheon (Room 1)
Session → https://go.lakedrops.com/keynote-athens-2026-session
Come for the code. Stay for the community.
ECA's in-context customization removes the learning curve. Lightning bolt appears next to form fields → click → select template → configure → done. No need to understand events, conditions, or tokens.
For everyone: accessibility without compromise.
For technical users: quick-start to full modeler.
For agencies: core-quality UX without core timelines.
Enable `eca_form` submodule to try it yourself.
The Modeler API completes the architectural separation ECA started with: model owners on one side, modelers on the other, clean API in between.
Post 2 of the ECA series breaks down the architecture that lets any Drupal module offer visual configuration - and why it matters beyond ECA.
4 model owners × 3 modelers = 12 combinations. Zero glue code. Infrastructure that compounds.
If you're self-hosting, now's a good time to identify the bad eggs in your basket. If you haven't received a security update for one of your tools, it's probably considered unmaintained. That's how quickly things are moving at the moment.