Matt Glaman is a long-time Drupal contributor, author, and community leader known for his deep commitment to making Drupal more accessible to developers. He built his first website at age eleven and eventually found his way to Drupal through real-world problem-solving, falling in love not just with the framework’s power but with the openness and generosity of its community. Over the years, Matt has focused on doing “meaningful work” through open source, contributing extensively to Drupal core, contributed modules, and—especially—documentation. He is a strong advocate for treating blogs, guides, and shared knowledge as first-class contributions, believing that clear documentation is essential to onboarding new developers and sustaining the project’s long-term health. Matt is the author of The Drupal 10 Development Cookbook, a practical guide designed to help developers—particularly those familiar with PHP but new to Drupal—quickly become productive with the platform. In addition to his writing and speaking, he has built tools like ContribKanban to improve how contributors manage and track Drupal issues, and he regularly shares insights from his work through talks and blog posts. His professional work centers on helping Drupal evolve through major transitions, including Drupal 10 readiness, where he has contributed as a module maintainer, tooling expert, and community mentor. When he’s not working on Drupal, Matt enjoys cycling, which he credits as an important way to recharge and generate new ideas.
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