How should development teams adopt AI without sacrificing code quality or collaboration? In this Talking Drupal Cafe, Stephen Cross is joined by Mike Miles and Jim Birch to discuss practical strategies for integrating AI into Drupal development teams. They explore AI coding assistants, team policies, code review, agent workflows, governance, and real-world lessons from using tools like Claude Code and GitHub Copilot in production environments.
For show notes visit:
https://www.talkingDrupal.com/cafe020
Topics
- Why AI Matters Now
- Team Introductions
- From Experiments to Workflows
- Standards and Guardrails
- Skills and Automation Examples
- Taming Verbose AI Code
- Adoption and Tool Choices
- Governance and Training
- Measuring Productivity Gains
- Keeping Up Without FOMO
- AI for Editors and Site Features
- Red Teaming and AI Security
Jim Birch
Jim Birch is Director of Engineering and AI Practice Lead at Kanopi Studios, where he leads engineering teams and oversees the company's responsible adoption of AI. Jim is also a Drupal CMS committer, and Recipes Initiative Coordinator, and is a Google Cloud Certified Generative AI Leader.
Michael Miles
Mike Miles is a technical leader and speaker with more than 20 years of experience in web engineering, open-source development, and digital platform delivery. As the Director of Web Development at MIT Sloan, he leads the team responsible for the development, maintenance, and growth of the school's public digital properties.
Mike regularly speaks at technical conferences on topics including modern web development, Drupal, technical leadership, testing, delivery practices, and practical AI adoption. He is also one of the organizers of New England Drupal Camp.
Stephen Cross
Stephen Cross has been a Drupal developer for over 20 years and founded Talking Drupal in 2013. As founder of Second Signal Media, he combines his passion for open source and media production to share conversations that help the Drupal community learn and grow.
Guests
Michael Miles - mikemiles86
Jim Birch - thejimbirch
Stephen Cross - stephencross
Resources
Courses
https://anthropic.skilljar.com/
https://academy.openai.com/pages/courses
Skills
https://kanopi.github.io/cms-cultivator/
https://kanopi.github.io/delivery-record/
