In Episode 549, Randy Fay and Stas Zhuk join us to discuss what DDEV is, recent improvements, and where it's headed. Module of the week is the DDEV Drupal Contrib add-on. Randy and Stas discuss priorities like reliability, consistent UX, add-ons discoverability, and new features including revamped ddev share with Cloudflare and rootless Podman support. They also cover coder.ddev.com, a cloud-based DDEV environment built on coder.com for easier onboarding and contribution, plus sustainability, community support, and challenges such as AI-driven PR volume and Stas's development constraints in Ukraine.

For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/549

Topics * Module of the Week - DDEV Drupal Contrib * DDev Drupal Contri Overview * Contrib Workflow Q&A * Drush in Core Debate * Add-on Registry and Contact * Drupal AI Summit Plug * What Is DDev * Stas Origin Story * Recent Releases and Priorities * DDev Share and Podman * Developer Experience Changes * Database Upgrade Pain Points * Coder DDev Cloud IDE * Cloud DDEV Basics * VS Code Remote Workflow * Pair Programming Training Wins * Docker Desktop Alternatives * Onboarding Teams Faster * Windows Support Reality * Building Through War * Roadmap Env File Fixes * Beyond Drupal Adoption * Addons Discovery Tools * Funding Community Health * AI Pull Requests Pressure * AI Agents MCP Plans * How To Get Involved

Resources DDEV - https://ddev.com/ DDEV Add-on Registry - https://addons.ddev.com/ Introducing coder.ddev.com: DDEV in the Cloud - https://ddev.com/blog/coder-ddev-com-announcement/ About Stas Zhuk - https://ddev.com/blog/introducing-maintainer-stas/ Power Through Blackouts: How DDEV Community Helped Me in Ukraine - https://ddev.com/blog/power-through-blackouts-ddev-community-support/ Drush command in core - https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/3453474 Drush's Final Act - https://weitzman.github.io/blog/drush-final-act coder.com - https://coder.com/ Service hosting coder.ddev.com - https://www.hetzner.com/ Funding DDEV - https://ddev.com/blog/sustainability-for-ddev/ Gen AI DDEV newsletter note - https://ddev.com/blog/ddev-march-2026-newsletter/ Sharing Coder.ddev.com workspaces - https://github.com/ddev/coder-ddev/issues/80

Guests Stas Zhuk - stasadev Randy Fay - ddev.com rfay

Hosts Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Rod Martin - DrupalHelps.com imrodmartin

Module of the Week with Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu

DDEV Drupal Contrib - DDEV integration for developing Drupal contrib projects. As a general philosophy, your contributed module/theme is the center of the universe.