https://michalak.world/posts/Recent content in Blog on Michael MichalakHugo -- gohugo.ioenMindfulness and Meditation LLC © 2026https://michalak.world/posts/how-to-make-your-website-ai-friendly/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/how-to-make-your-website-ai-friendly/A practical, evidence-ordered guide to making a website AI-friendly, based on rebuilding this site for AI discoverability: what AI crawlers actually enforce, why structured data is the real lever, and which popular AI SEO tactics are not worth your time.https://michalak.world/posts/behind-the-scenes-of-the-gen-platform-update/Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/behind-the-scenes-of-the-gen-platform-update/Behind the Scenes of the GEN Platform Update: Making Engagement Seamlesshttps://michalak.world/posts/freelancers-vs-agencies-the-quite-advantage-in-the-age-of-ai-coding/Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/freelancers-vs-agencies-the-quite-advantage-in-the-age-of-ai-coding/In the age of AI coding, a skilled freelancer often beats an agency on communication, speed, cost, and retained context, because agency process adds friction exactly where AI removes it.https://michalak.world/posts/ai-coding-vs-offshore-outsourcing-are-we-repeating-the-same-mistake/Mon, 05 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/ai-coding-vs-offshore-outsourcing-are-we-repeating-the-same-mistake/AI Coding vs. Offshore Outsourcing: Are We Repeating the Same Mistake?https://michalak.world/posts/reviewing-and-debugging-ai-generated-code-and-vibe-coding-projects/Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/reviewing-and-debugging-ai-generated-code-and-vibe-coding-projects/Reviewing and Debugging AI-Generated Code & Vibe Coding Projects.https://michalak.world/posts/13-plus-as-a-drupal-developer-consultant/Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/13-plus-as-a-drupal-developer-consultant/13+ Years as a Drupal Developer Consultant: Jumping Into Projects and Driving Real Resultshttps://michalak.world/posts/best-cms-for-2025/Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/best-cms-for-2025/Best content management systems for 2025https://michalak.world/posts/is-vibecoding-safe-understanding-the-risks-of-no-code-and-visual-development/Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/is-vibecoding-safe-understanding-the-risks-of-no-code-and-visual-development/Downsides of Webflow and Framerhttps://michalak.world/posts/webflow-and-framer-the-vendor-lock-in-dilemma/Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/webflow-and-framer-the-vendor-lock-in-dilemma/Downsides of Webflow and Framerhttps://michalak.world/posts/fractional-cto-the-strategic-bonus-of-hiring-an-expert-freelance-drupal-developer/Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/fractional-cto-the-strategic-bonus-of-hiring-an-expert-freelance-drupal-developer/Hiring a senior freelance Drupal developer often gets you a Fractional CTO too: roadmaps, vendor vetting, architecture planning, and team leadership alongside execution.https://michalak.world/posts/how-a-freelance-drupal-developer-improves-security-and-site-health/Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/how-a-freelance-drupal-developer-improves-security-and-site-health/Security audits, proactive patching, hardening, and caching and query optimization reduce Drupal security incidents by roughly 70% and improve page speed 2x to 5x.https://michalak.world/posts/why-hosting-and-devops-skills-matter-in-your-freelance-drupal-developer/Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/why-hosting-and-devops-skills-matter-in-your-freelance-drupal-developer/Why Hosting and DevOps Skills Matter in Your Freelance Drupal Developerhttps://michalak.world/posts/beyond-content-types-what-real-drupal-backend-expertise-looks-like/Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/beyond-content-types-what-real-drupal-backend-expertise-looks-like/Beyond Content Types: What Real Drupal Backend Expertise Looks Likehttps://michalak.world/posts/the-hidden-roi-of-a-fractional-cto/Sat, 05 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/the-hidden-roi-of-a-fractional-cto/If you’re launching a product, scaling a team, or need to stabilize your tech stack, a Fractional CTO might just be your most strategic hire.https://michalak.world/posts/why-hiring-a-freelance-drupal-developer-could-save-your-business-60/Fri, 04 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/why-hiring-a-freelance-drupal-developer-could-save-your-business-60/A freelance Drupal developer costs 30-60% less than a full-time hire and gives you senior expertise only when you need it, cutting technical debt and security incidents.https://michalak.world/posts/the-hidden-roi-of-a-freelance-drupal-developer/Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/the-hidden-roi-of-a-freelance-drupal-developer/Freelance Drupal developers bring deep expertise, flexible engagement, and long-term ROIhttps://michalak.world/posts/drupal-form-api-states/Wed, 16 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-form-api-states/Drupal 9 Patch htaccess with Composer."https://michalak.world/posts/shopify-admin-rest-api-checkout-object-put-request/Thu, 26 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/shopify-admin-rest-api-checkout-object-put-request/Working with Shopify Draft Order Metafields.https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-9-patch-htaccess-with-composer/Thu, 21 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-9-patch-htaccess-with-composer/Drupal 9 Patch htaccess with Composer."https://michalak.world/posts/shopify-draft-order-metafields/Thu, 03 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/shopify-draft-order-metafields/Working with Shopify Draft Order Metafields.https://michalak.world/posts/update-uuid-in-a-drupal-configuration/Thu, 03 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/update-uuid-in-a-drupal-configuration/Update UUID in a Drupal Configuration.https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-sending-faxes-with-twilio/Sun, 06 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-sending-faxes-with-twilio/Yep, you read the title correctly and it says “fax.”  Faxes are still used, and Twilio has an API to send and receive faxes that is quite easy to use.https://michalak.world/posts/iphone-screen-sizes-and-media-queries/Sun, 29 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/iphone-screen-sizes-and-media-queries/When styling mobile-friendly pages I have run into issues between the different iPhone X versions.  Also included: iPhone 7 and 8.https://michalak.world/posts/pdf-generation-in-drupal/Wed, 21 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/pdf-generation-in-drupal/If you need to clone a project within the Pantheon ecosystem Terminus is a great tool to use. Terminus has an additional plugin to clone sites.https://michalak.world/posts/pantheon-cloning-a-project/Thu, 08 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/pantheon-cloning-a-project/If you need to clone a project within the Pantheon ecosystem Terminus is a great tool to use. Terminus has an additional plugin to clone sites.https://michalak.world/posts/compromised-drupal-7-website-recovery-review/Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/compromised-drupal-7-website-recovery-review/Reviewing a compromised Drupal 7 website for potential exploits and backdoors.https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-commerce-promotions/Wed, 31 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-commerce-promotions/Buy X or more of the same product and get % off that order item promtotions.https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-commerce-tax-resolvers/Wed, 31 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-commerce-tax-resolvers/Using Drupal 8 Commerce tax resolvers to create new ways to either tax or exempt tax from customers.https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-longer-titles/Thu, 11 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-longer-titles/Longer Titles - Entity Title Length/Node Title Length.https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-configuration-synchronization/Wed, 29 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-configuration-synchronization/Drupal 8 Configuration Synchronization.https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-commerce-tax-for-vat-sales-tax/Fri, 10 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-commerce-tax-for-vat-sales-tax/Commerce Tax for VAT and Sales Tax.https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-commerce-setting-a-default-currency-product-variations/Wed, 08 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-commerce-setting-a-default-currency-product-variations/Setting a Default Currency on Product Variation.https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-pantheon-cookies/Fri, 03 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-pantheon-cookies/Pantheon cookie restrictions.https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-commerce-multi-currency/Fri, 19 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-commerce-multi-currency/I have been working on many Drupal commerce projects both Drupal 7 and Drupal 8 and I have encountered the need for multiple currencies many times.   Drupal 8 has made it very easy to have multiple currencies.https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-performance-tuning/Wed, 17 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-performance-tuning/Performance Tuning a Drupal 8 system.https://michalak.world/posts/exchange-rates-api/Fri, 12 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/exchange-rates-api/Information about the exchangerateapi.io API.https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-and-cloudflare/Thu, 04 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-and-cloudflare/Cloudflare is a great tool to add another layer of security to your Drupal website..https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-update-routes/Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-update-routes/Notes on updating routes in Drupal 8 with Drush.https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-performance-commerce-rest-api/Sun, 24 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-performance-commerce-rest-api/A performance review on for Drupal 8 commerce REST API project.https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-7-image-styles-not-regenerating/Fri, 22 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-7-image-styles-not-regenerating/How to apply and manage patches with composer.https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-applying-patches-with-composer/Thu, 14 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-applying-patches-with-composer/How to apply and manage patches with composer.https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-form-api-weighted-fields/Thu, 14 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-form-api-weighted-fields/Custom weights on Form API fields.https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-form-api-autocomplete-filtering-by-role/Thu, 14 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-form-api-autocomplete-filtering-by-role/Custom filtering on autocomplete fields by user role.https://michalak.world/posts/video-update-drupal-backend-and-commerce-development/Sat, 02 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/video-update-drupal-backend-and-commerce-development/Video Update, Drupal Backend and Commerce Development.https://michalak.world/posts/google-chrome-ignoring-autocomplete/Sat, 02 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/google-chrome-ignoring-autocomplete/Issues with how Google Chrome is ignoring autocomplete.https://michalak.world/posts/3-reasons-drupal-development-and-management-is-valuable/Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/3-reasons-drupal-development-and-management-is-valuable/Outlining why Drupal is a good platform to use for websites.https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-commerce-2x-order-messages/Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-commerce-2x-order-messages/This post compares Drupal and WordPress, highlighting licensing, security, and flexibility as key reasons why Drupal is a better choice for website development.https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-vs-wordpress/Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-vs-wordpress/This post compares Drupal and WordPress, highlighting licensing, security, and flexibility as key reasons why Drupal is a better choice for website development.