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Drupal + Mailgun: A Simple Setup for Transactional Email

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I’ve been using SendGrid as the transactional email provider for my site for a while. Since I only send about three emails a week—mostly simple contact form submissions—the free tier was perfect for my needs. It let me test things out, integrated easily with Drupal, and just worked.

Creating a Simple Donation form with Drupal, Stripe, and Webforms

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If you're looking to accept donations on your Drupal site, the combination of the Webform module and Stripe provides a flexible and powerful solution. In this guide, I’ll walk you through setting up a donation form using the Webform, Stripe, and Stripe Webform Integration modules—all on a local Drupal environment using DDEV.

My Go-To Setup for Local Drupal Development with DDEV and Colima

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As someone who frequently builds POCs and demos with Drupal, I’ve spent plenty of time spinning up local environments. A while back, I switched to DDEV as my go-to local dev tool after hearing great things—and it quickly became a core part of my workflow. It's fast, reliable, and makes managing Drupal projects a whole lot easier.