Community Magazine

Serving on any board can be quite rewarding and is often a thankless job that requires much time and probably never more so than in an all-volunteer organization like Joomla.

To say that AI has taken a foot hold in every aspect of our daily lives is undeniable... (even if sometimes we don't even realize it's there)... but how did we get here? ... and is it positive, negative, or neutral and how will it shape CMSes in the coming years... 

When I write for the Joomla Community Magazine, I usually do so with my " I'm a regular Joomla user, integrator, website builder " hat/mindset... but I also have other hats, like being a volunteer for the project in different teams, and at least one other hat, that of having the honor of being on the OSM Board as Vice-President.

FOSDEM stands for Free and Open-source Software Developers' European Meeting.
Going to FOSDEM is like travelling back in time through the ages of the digital world.

As previously mentioned, the world of CMS is being moved, and shaken in some subtle and not so subtle ways… one big positive (at least in my mind) such impact is the Low-Code/No-Code transformational movement 🚀.

A new year is upon us and with a new year means new possibilities… and it seems perfect timing to start this series…

2025 is behind us, and 2026 has peeked through with its brisk air, hopeful tone and snow covered roads or gorgeous weeks of sunshine depending from where you hail...

In a world of competitive everything, it is so nice to find that in certain areas collaboration is king... And one such area is the open-source world, not only because we all depend on each other (and not just for code dependencies 😉) but also because often a contributor to a project isn't just contributing to one open-source project but a few... And in talking about collaborations, while Joomla has a few ongoing endeavors, we have a particularly interesting one in the Open Web Alliance which Joomla helped co-found back in early 2024.

Spending the last 3 days at VivaTech 2025 with AI at almost every booth and in most conversations, one could forget there is anything else today. With thousands of AI tools showcased - from oncology to climate solutions - it’s easy to assume traditional systems like CMSes are unnecessary or possibly even obsolete. Yet this assumption misses a critical point: AI and CMSes like Joomla (celebrating its 20th year in 2025) serve complementary roles, and the latter remains indispensable!

The world post-Covid has made us so used to video conferences, livestreams and podcasts that we could almost forget the value and the benefits of in-person face-to-face events.