---
url: 'https://dri.es/drupal-8-milestones-in-tweets'
title: 'Drupal 8 milestones in Tweets'
author:
  name: 'Dries Buytaert'
  url: 'https://dri.es/about'
date: '2015-11-20T10:24:43-05:00'
license: 'https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'
type: blog
tags:
  - Drupal
published: true
id: 3506
---

# Drupal 8 milestones in Tweets

Building Drupal 8 with all of you has been a wild ride. I thought it would be fun to take a little end-of-week look back at some of our community's biggest milestones through Twitter. If you can think of others important Tweets, please share them in the comments, and I'll update the post.

### Feeling nostalgic? See every single version of Drupal running!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Do you remember how <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Drupal?src=hash">#Drupal</a> 1 looked like? Or Drupal 3? Are you curious? Check out all the Drupals! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Celebr8D8?src=hash">#Celebr8D8</a>
  <a href="https://t.co/NqccbHopdy">https://t.co/NqccbHopdy</a>
</p>
<p>– Cheppers (@cheppers) <a href="https://twitter.com/cheppers/status/667241178732064768">November 19, 2015</a>
</p>
</blockquote>

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### Here is how we opened the development branch for Drupal 8: live at Drupalcon!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">The secretsauce of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/drupal?src=hash">#drupal</a> isn't code or features or market share, important thought they are. The secret sauce is community.</p>
  <p>– Sean Yo (@seanyo) <a href="https://twitter.com/seanyo/status/45928872134455296">March 10, 2011</a>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">
   <a href="https://twitter.com/Dries">@dries</a> branching D8 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/drupalcon?src=hash">#drupalcon</a>
   <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/drupalchi?src=hash">#drupalchi</a>
   <a href="http://t.co/kW6TvUZ">http://t.co/kW6TvUZ</a>
   <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/drupal?src=hash">#drupal</a>
 </p>
  <p>– Jeff Geerling (@geerlingguy) <a href="https://twitter.com/geerlingguy/status/45940079734161408">March 10, 2011</a>
</p>
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### Drupal 8's first beta showed the power of community

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Drupal 8.0.0 beta 1 released! <a href="https://t.co/FwdmRYaZUx">https://t.co/FwdmRYaZUx</a> Ahh the power of COMMUNITY driven software! :-)</p>
  <p>– Doug Vann (@dougvann) <a href="https://twitter.com/dougvann/status/517318600546586624">October 1, 2014</a>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congrats all on epic work on Drupal 8.0.0 beta1 <a href="https://t.co/fFpa2JZ2ZU">https://t.co/fFpa2JZ2ZU</a> :) Now go sleep or party as appropriate ;) <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/drupalhugs?src=hash">#drupalhugs</a>
</p>
<p>– Gábor Hojtsy (@gaborhojtsy) <a href="https://twitter.com/gaborhojtsy/status/517242829111058432">October 1, 2014</a>
</p>
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### We had issues ... but the queue steadily declined

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Today there are zero <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Drupal?src=hash">#Drupal</a> 8 beta blockers! Here is What is next: <a href="https://t.co/yq9eOhEgLW">https://t.co/yq9eOhEgLW</a> Of note: finish beta deadline issues by Sept. 28.</p>
  <p>– xjm (@xjmdrupal) <a href="https://twitter.com/xjmdrupal/status/513014180085911552">September 19, 2014</a>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Drupal 8.0.x-rc1 release window is today. Good sign of real stability is major issue count going down for 6+ weeks. <a href="http://t.co/5VnHGmL9zb">pic.twitter.com/5VnHGmL9zb</a>
</p>
<p>– catch (@catch56) <a href="https://twitter.com/catch56/status/651712858598830080">October 7, 2015</a>
</p>
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### We held sprints around the world: here are just a few

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">EVERY SINGLE <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Drupal?src=hash">#Drupal</a> 8 critical is RTBC or currently being addressed at the 10-person <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/D8Accelerate?src=hash">#D8Accelerate</a> London sprint! <a href="https://twitter.com/DrupalAssoc">@DrupalAssoc</a>
  <a href="https://twitter.com/brightlemon">@brightlemon</a>
</p>
<p>– xjm (@xjmdrupal) <a href="https://twitter.com/xjmdrupal/status/617679297512386560">July 5, 2015</a>
</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Working on D8 Criticals at the Ghent DA critical sprint, this is how the "My issues" page looks for me right now! <a href="http://t.co/y5SnavVtND">pic.twitter.com/y5SnavVtND</a>
</p>
<p>– Sascha Grossenbacher (@berdir) <a href="https://twitter.com/berdir/status/543827684913324032">December 13, 2014</a>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Yay for a crowded core office hours sprint! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/drupalcon?src=hash">#drupalcon</a>
  <a href="http://t.co/Ks5pYYd2">pic.twitter.com/Ks5pYYd2</a>
</p>
<p>– Cameron Eagans (@cweagans) <a href="https://twitter.com/cweagans/status/183230133589655554">March 23, 2012</a>
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### And we created many game-changing features

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">
   <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Drupal?src=hash">#Drupal</a> 8 now ships with page caching enabled! Anon users: &lt;10 ms response time, yet instant updates! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FastByDefault?src=hash">#FastByDefault</a>
   <a href="https://t.co/7vbPxFGVoK">https://t.co/7vbPxFGVoK</a>
 </p>
  <p>– Wim Leers (@wimleers) <a href="https://twitter.com/wimleers/status/585779086250901504">April 8, 2015</a>
</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">And.... there we go! <a href="http://t.co/ed6XtMIs">http://t.co/ed6XtMIs</a> MOTHER BLEEPING VIEWS IN MOTHER BLEEPING CORE!</p>
  <p>– webchick (@webchick) <a href="https://twitter.com/webchick/status/260473133004378112">October 22, 2012</a>
</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Config entities dependencies in action! <a href="https://twitter.com/swentel">@swentel</a>
  <a href="https://twitter.com/yched">@yched</a>
  <a href="https://t.co/9IlqY6yIGM">https://t.co/9IlqY6yIGM</a> goodbye field_system_info_alter() <a href="http://t.co/WzsvZNSnDb">pic.twitter.com/WzsvZNSnDb</a>
</p>
<p>– Alex Pott (@alexpott) <a href="https://twitter.com/alexpott/status/434687559122157568">February 15, 2014</a>
</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">With Content + Config Translation in core D8 core is more translatable than D7 with all of contrib. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/drupal?src=hash">#drupal</a>
</p>
<p>– Tobias Stöckler (@tstoeckler) <a href="https://twitter.com/tstoeckler/status/402410686359158784">November 18, 2013</a>
</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Amazing to see Drupal 8's multilingual capabilities explained on the multilingual release page (for example Farsi): <a href="https://t.co/9owVE3xABo">pic.twitter.com/9owVE3xABo</a>
</p>
<p>– Gábor Hojtsy (@gaborhojtsy) <a href="https://twitter.com/gaborhojtsy/status/667361017182199808">November 19, 2015</a>
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### The founder of PHP said: Drupal 8 + PHP7 = a lot of happy people

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here are the two graphs: <a href="http://t.co/3m2EbJayY4">http://t.co/3m2EbJayY4</a> and <a href="http://t.co/pIhXWxPfso">http://t.co/pIhXWxPfso</a> - Drupal 8 + PHP 7 will make a lot of people happy!</p>
  <p>– Rasmus Lerdorf (@rasmus) <a href="https://twitter.com/rasmus/status/590322968141561857">April 21, 2015</a>
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### We reached the first release candidate and celebrated ... a little

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations to EVERYONE in the <a href="https://twitter.com/drupal">@drupal</a> community who has worked so damn hard to reach this moment. Celebrate! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/drupal8rc?src=hash">#drupal8rc</a>
  <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Drupal8?src=hash">#Drupal8</a>
</p>
<p>– Whitney Hess (@whitneyhess) <a href="https://twitter.com/whitneyhess/status/651909864940285952">October 7, 2015</a>
</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just LOOK at it.
  <a href="https://t.co/mIo4FSV2Z2">https://t.co/mIo4FSV2Z2</a>

8.0.0-rc1 is GREEN

Download - Let's build something to celebrate! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/drupal8rc?src=hash">#drupal8rc</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/drupal?src=hash">#drupal</a></p>
<p>– Manuel Garcia (@drupalero) <a href="https://twitter.com/drupalero/status/651891177776644096">October 7, 2015</a></p></blockquote>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kudos to the 3000+ contributors and to the entire Drupal community that helped make this happen. <a href="https://t.co/FtATRtSmCU">https://t.co/FtATRtSmCU</a>
</p>
<p>– Leslie Glynn (@leslieglynn) <a href="https://twitter.com/leslieglynn/status/651877904981225472">October 7, 2015</a>
</p>
</blockquote>

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### And, just yesterday, we painted the world blue and celebrated Drupal 8 ... a lot!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Let's paint the whole world blue! Add your <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Celebr8D8?src=hash">#Celebr8D8</a> Release Party here <a href="https://t.co/5v8kENj1Ko">https://t.co/5v8kENj1Ko</a>
  <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Drupal8?src=hash">#Drupal8</a>
  <a href="https://t.co/JjVZ3Kiuje">pic.twitter.com/JjVZ3Kiuje</a>
</p>
<p>– Drupal (@drupal) <a href="https://twitter.com/drupal/status/664044313224024068">November 10, 2015</a>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">With over 200 new features &amp; improvements <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Drupal8?src=hash">#Drupal8</a> is released! <a href="https://t.co/Py1t0fkkDA">https://t.co/Py1t0fkkDA</a> Thanks to all contributors! <a href="https://t.co/WivjQH4zeI">pic.twitter.com/WivjQH4zeI</a>
</p>
<p>– Drupal (@drupal) <a href="https://twitter.com/drupal/status/667351222135988226">November 19, 2015</a>
</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">At the Amsterdam <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Drupal8?src=hash">#Drupal8</a> release party!! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Celebr8D8?src=hash">#Celebr8D8</a>
  <a href="https://t.co/Wvh5SRwoy3">pic.twitter.com/Wvh5SRwoy3</a>
</p>
<p>– Taco Potze˙ (@tacopotze) <a href="https://twitter.com/tacopotze/status/667424553803620352">November 19, 2015</a>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Moment We've All Been Waiting For: Drupal 8 is Here! <a href="https://t.co/EQIs4uXwDU">https://t.co/EQIs4uXwDU</a>
  <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Celebr8D8?src=hash">#Celebr8D8</a>! <a href="https://t.co/6mDwWv1cXn">pic.twitter.com/6mDwWv1cXn</a>
</p>
<p>– Duo (@DuoConsulting) <a href="https://twitter.com/DuoConsulting/status/667377571881984000">November 19, 2015</a>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">
   <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Drupal8?src=hash">#Drupal8</a> release party in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lahore?src=hash">#Lahore</a>
   <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pakistan?src=hash">#Pakistan</a> with <a href="https://twitter.com/JibranIjaz">@JibranIjaz</a>
   <a href="https://twitter.com/NaveedSukhera">@NaveedSukhera</a>
   <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Celebr8D8?src=hash">#Celebr8D8</a>
   <a href="https://t.co/GOcbRKJsGS">pic.twitter.com/GOcbRKJsGS</a>
 </p>
  <p>– Shakeel Tariq (@shakeeltariq) <a href="https://twitter.com/shakeeltariq/status/667382654917038080">November 19, 2015</a>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">From Peru we're celebrating the new era <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Drupal?src=hash">#Drupal</a>
  <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Drupal8?src=hash">#Drupal8</a>
  <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Celebr8D8?src=hash">#Celebr8D8</a>
  <a href="https://twitter.com/Dries">@Dries</a>
  <a href="https://t.co/zRdzBunW7I">pic.twitter.com/zRdzBunW7I</a>
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<p>– Agustin Rojas Silva (@Aguztinrs) <a href="https://twitter.com/Aguztinrs/status/667368808315756544">November 19, 2015</a>
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</blockquote>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Happy <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Drupal?src=hash">#Drupal</a> 8, everyone! I am so happy to know and work with all of you beautiful <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/opensource?src=hash">#opensource</a> people!</p>
  <p>– HornCologne (@HornCologne) <a href="https://twitter.com/HornCologne/status/667353114350067712">November 19, 2015</a>
</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Karma party in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/drupal?src=hash">#drupal</a>-contribute <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Celebr8D8?src=hash">#Celebr8D8</a>
  <a href="https://t.co/tt3wjKlfbl">pic.twitter.com/tt3wjKlfbl</a>
</p>
<p>– webchick (@webchick) <a href="https://twitter.com/webchick/status/667349368714870784">November 19, 2015</a>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">We're literally printing money here. <a href="https://twitter.com/Dries">@Dries</a> Dollars by <a href="https://twitter.com/LeakyTweety">@LeakyTweety</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Celebr8D8?src=hash">#Celebr8D8</a> Manchester <a href="https://t.co/8f4rfRNmhK">pic.twitter.com/8f4rfRNmhK</a>
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<p>– Paul Johnson (@pdjohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/pdjohnson/status/667300393920036864">November 19, 2015</a>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Acquia and downtown Boston are ready to celebrate Drupal 8! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Celebr8D8?src=hash">#Celebr8D8</a>
  <a href="https://t.co/RHkwXKUlNC">pic.twitter.com/RHkwXKUlNC</a>
</p>
<p>– Dries Buytaert (@Dries) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dries/status/667110189334663168">November 18, 2015</a>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">
   <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/drupal8?src=hash">#drupal8</a> is (finally) available! Bye bye Drupal 6 and thank you for all these years... <a href="https://t.co/XUL9hkjj3n">pic.twitter.com/XUL9hkjj3n</a>
 </p>
  <p>– Peter Decuyper (@sgrame) <a href="https://twitter.com/sgrame/status/668734007153172480">November 23, 2015</a>
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