---
url: 'https://dri.es/album/drupalcon-rotterdam-2026'
title: 'DrupalCon Rotterdam'
author:
  name: 'Dries Buytaert'
  url: 'https://dri.es/about'
date: '2026-10-13T21:52:17+00:00'
license: 'https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'
type: album
count: 5
---

# DrupalCon Rotterdam

![Opening slide of my keynote, reading "Driesnote, DrupalCon Rotterdam".](https://dri.es/files/cache/drupalcon-rotterdam-2026/driesnote-640w.png)

![Keynote slide titled "The capabilities are here, but access is still too hard".](https://dri.es/files/cache/drupalcon-rotterdam-2026/drupal-capabilities-access-still-too-hard-640w.png)
*A slide from <a href="https://dri.es/state-of-drupal-presentation-september-2026">my DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026 keynote</a>: Drupal has the capabilities, but making them available to other software is still too hard.*

![Keynote slide titled "Three strings can mean three different things".](https://dri.es/files/cache/drupalcon-rotterdam-2026/image-class-tool-attributes-640w.png)
*A slide from <a href="https://dri.es/state-of-drupal-presentation-september-2026">my DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026 keynote</a>: all three values have PHP's <code>string</code> type, but <code>#\[ToolProperty\]</code> attributes describe the title as plain text, the caption as HTML and the URL as a URI.*

![Slide reading "Drupal is now light-years ahead of its reputation" over translucent red and yellow shapes, with a pink glass rocket on the left.](https://dri.es/files/cache/drupalcon-rotterdam-2026/reputation-640w.png)

![Slide reading "Talk louder" over translucent circuit boards and electronic parts glowing red, orange and yellow.](https://dri.es/files/cache/drupalcon-rotterdam-2026/talk-louder-640w.png)