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Setting up AI-powered semantic search in Drupal

Setting up AI-powered semantic search in Drupal

The Drupal community is finding new momentum with AI as a practical extension of what Drupal does best: structured content, flexible architecture, and community-driven innovation. In this blog, we focus on one of the most promising ...

NVIDIA Parakeet-TDT-0.6B-V2: a deep dive into state-of-the-art speech recognition architecture

NVIDIA Parakeet-TDT-0.6B-V2: a deep dive into state-of-the-art speech recognition architecture

Parakeet-TDT-0.6B-v2 is a 600-million-parameter automatic speech recognition model designed for high-quality English transcription. Despite its relatively modest size compared to multi-billion parameter alternatives, this model delivers ...

Beyond keywords: delivering meaningful search experiences in Drupal

Beyond keywords: delivering meaningful search experiences in Drupal

Traditional keyword search stops at words. Semantic search understands meaning.On most Drupal sites today, a user searching for “child education rights” might only get results that contain those exact words. But what if the best article ...

Mastering custom drush commands

Mastering custom drush commands

‍The power of CLI in Drupal developmentImagine you’re managing a news website with thousands of articles. One morning, your editor asks, “How many ‘breaking news’ articles do we have?”Without a custom Drush command, you’d log into the ad...

Drupal Caching best practices and performance monitoring

Drupal Caching best practices and performance monitoring

Caching is both an art and a science. Mastering it can transform your Drupal site from a sluggish performer to a lightning-fast powerhouse.In this final blog of our caching series, we’ll tie together everything you’ve learned: comprehens...

Advanced Drupal Cache techniques

Advanced Drupal Cache techniques

Drupal’s default caching is robust, but if you’re building a site that needs to scale, think global e-commerce or high-traffic news, you’ll need to go beyond the basics. Imagine a global online retailer handling millions of visits per da...

Implementing custom Cache bins for specialised needs

Implementing custom Cache bins for specialised needs

Drupal’s default cache bins-such as cache. render and cache. Entities are designed for generalised use cases. However, complex applications often require specialised caching strategies that transcend these built-in systems. Ima...

Building custom Caching services in Drupal

Building custom Caching services in Drupal

The need for custom solutionsDrupal’s default caching mechanisms include cache.render and cache.page are designed for general use cases. They work well for standard content delivery, reducing load times and database queries across a broa...

Entity and render Caching for Drupal performance

Entity and render Caching for Drupal performance

Drupal’s entity system is powerful, but without proper caching, it can become a performance bottleneck. Understanding entity and render caching is crucial for building high-performance Drupal websites that can handle complex content stru...