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Learn practical techniques for managing shared configuration and deployments across large-scale Drupal platforms in this 23-minute conference talk. Discover real-world solutions for the technical challenges that arise when scaling Drupal across 100+ independent sites, including config overrides, rogue modules, and forked repositories. Explore how to balance strict control for some sites while maintaining openness for others, enabling different degrees of editorial and technical freedom without compromising platform stability. Examine governance models that reduce instability while preserving innovation opportunities, and identify early warning signs of dangerous forks, config drift, and unauthorized modules in platform ecosystems. Gain insights from a Danish digital agency's experience building and maintaining a Drupal platform used by libraries across three countries, where sites range from small operations needing out-of-the-box functionality to technically ambitious organizations requiring custom module development. Understand deployment strategies that allow platform updates without overwriting local customizations, and learn how to manage open-source platforms where some sites operate completely outside your direct control.
