Mike Stiv — BlogArticles on Drupal backend development, Drush, Docker, performance and web development by Mike Stivaktakis.https://mikestiv.com/How AI migrated my abandoned website in one morninghttps://mikestiv.com/blog/ai-rebuilt-my-drupal-7-blog/https://mikestiv.com/blog/ai-rebuilt-my-drupal-7-blog/My blog ran Drupal 7 since 2018. The last article was from 2019. Claude Code rebuilt it as a static Astro site in one morning. Here is how it went.Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTDrupalcamp at Davos!https://mikestiv.com/blog/see-you-davos/https://mikestiv.com/blog/see-you-davos/I was very happy to attend the Drupal Mountain Camp at Davos, 7 - 10 March.Wed, 30 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMTSpeeding up your Drupal website with cloudflarehttps://mikestiv.com/blog/speeding-your-website-cloudflare/https://mikestiv.com/blog/speeding-your-website-cloudflare/Cloudflare claims that can boost the speed of a website. But how much benefit can a site get?Wed, 11 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMTRunning Drupal in Dockerhttps://mikestiv.com/blog/running-drupal-docker/https://mikestiv.com/blog/running-drupal-docker/In the simplest sentence, Docker allows to package software in an image that can run anywhere.Fri, 18 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMTDrush pro for the lazy: Aliaseshttps://mikestiv.com/blog/set-up-drush-alias/https://mikestiv.com/blog/set-up-drush-alias/Drush aliases allow us to execute commands on a remote site from the local console.Thu, 23 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMTDo you have a backup strategy? 3 tools to save your dayhttps://mikestiv.com/blog/do-you-have-backup-strategy-3-ways-keep-your-sanity/https://mikestiv.com/blog/do-you-have-backup-strategy-3-ways-keep-your-sanity/For drupal we have a number of different methods to backup the database. Having a backup strategy is one of the easiest things to do but often overlooked.Tue, 07 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMTWhat is the features module?https://mikestiv.com/blog/features-module-explained/https://mikestiv.com/blog/features-module-explained/Some time ago, a client asked me about the features module. He wanted to know what the features module is about and how it can help him with his project.Mon, 29 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMTUse drush to add a component to a feature like a drupal prohttps://mikestiv.com/blog/use-drush-add-component-feature-do-it-pro/https://mikestiv.com/blog/use-drush-add-component-feature-do-it-pro/Features is one of those modules we can not do without.Tue, 26 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMTHow to use the Feeds apihttps://mikestiv.com/blog/using-feeds-api/https://mikestiv.com/blog/using-feeds-api/Feeds is a very popular module.Sun, 27 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMTHow to write drush commands and hookshttps://mikestiv.com/blog/drush-commands-and-hooks/https://mikestiv.com/blog/drush-commands-and-hooks/I clearly remember the moment of excitement and joy couple of years ago when I discovered drush.Fri, 28 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMTAutomatically setup a vhosthttps://mikestiv.com/blog/automatically-setup-vhost/https://mikestiv.com/blog/automatically-setup-vhost/Setting up an apache vhost is a boring task.Tue, 09 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMTFind and export variables with drush or featureshttps://mikestiv.com/blog/find-and-export-variables-drush-or-features/https://mikestiv.com/blog/find-and-export-variables-drush-or-features/Features is a must have tool for deploying drupal sites.Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMTCopy a remote database or backup with drushhttps://mikestiv.com/blog/copy-remote-database-or-backup-drush/https://mikestiv.com/blog/copy-remote-database-or-backup-drush/I use drush a lot during development. A common task is to restore the database or copy the database from the stg server to my local machine.Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT