Data Studio Translations in Directus
Directus comes in several languages translated kindly by our community. In this episode, Carmen will show you how to contribute your own translations using Crowdin.
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The Changelog: February 2025
Join us for The Changelog, taking you through the month’s Directus updates including product updates, new content and community contribution highlights. This month's show includes a documentation update, Labs extension showcase, a template preview from Lindsey Zylstra and an episode of a new show on Directus TV called Translation Station.
Translation Station: String Translations in Directus
Did you know you can individually translate labels, notes, and other aspects of your Directus project? In this episode, Carmen will show you how to use Directus’ translation strings.
Translation Station: Content Translations in Directus: SDK
You can use your Directus project’s API to access your translated content. In this episode, Carmen will show you how to build an application to display translated content using the Directus SDK, REST and GraphQL APIs.
Translation Station: Content Translations in Directus: Data Studio
Directus allows you to set up your content to be translated into a bevy of languages. In this episode, Carmen will show you how to activate and use content translations.
Translation Station: Data Studio Translations in Directus
Directus comes in several languages translated kindly by our community. In this episode, Carmen will show you how to contribute your own translations using Crowdin.
The Changelog: January 2025
Join us for The Changelog, taking you through the month’s Directus updates including product updates, new content and community contribution highlights. This month's show includes a documentation update, a community showcase from Shruti showing a real estate app, a salty santa recap from Bryant and an episode of a new show on Directus TV called Authentication Avenue.
Authentication Avenue: What are cookies?
No, not those kind of cookies! In this comfortable sit on a bench at the end of Authentication Avenue, Kevin answers "What are cookies?" and shows you how to get them.
Authentication Avenue: Why do tokens expire?
You can't have access forever. In this skip down Authentication Avenue, Kevin answers "Why do tokens expire?" and shows you how to get new ones.
Authentication Avenue: What is access control?
It's not just enough to give someone access, but sometimes you need to say what they can do. In this stroll down Authentication Avenue, Kevin answers "What is access control?"
Authentication Avenue: What does authentication mean?
Authentication happens many times a day without us even realizing. In this walk down Authentication Avenue, Kevin answers "What does authentication mean?"
Authentication Avenue: What are static tokens?
Sometimes you need to give out a master key that never changes. In this jog down Authentication Avenue, Kevin answers "What are static tokens?".
Bobby Tail's Little Library: Bobby Tail and the Winter Reading Rush
Bobby Tail learns about Directus insights, dashboards, panels and charts. Read by Mike Elsmore.
Bobby Tail's Little Library: Bobby Tail and the Book Return Machine
Bobby Tail learns about the automation concepts of flows, triggers and operations. Read by Bryant Gillespie.
Bobby Tail's Little Library: Bobby Tail and the Always-Awake Library
Bobby Tail learns about the concepts of Realtime, WebSockets and GraphQL. Read by Daniel Roe.
Bobby Tail's Little Library: Bobby Tail and the Digital Library
Bobby Tail learns about Directus and its many capabilities, including the Data Studio and Data Engine. Read by Beth Loft.
Bobby Tail's Little Library: Bobby Tail and the Magical Guest List
Bobby Tail learns about the authentication concepts of usernames, password, two-factor authentication, access control, and single sign-on. Read by Carmen Huidobro.
The Changelog: December 2024
Join us for The Changelog, taking you through the month’s Directus updates including product updates, new content and community contribution highlights. This month's show includes a year in review recap, a community showcase from Petros showing a universal translator extension, an episode of a new show on Directus TV called Bobby Tail's Little Library and more...
Bobby Tail's Little Library: Bobby Tail and the Library Construction Crew
Bobby Tail learns about the backend concepts of data modeling, APIs and file management. Read by Cathrin Steiner.
Quarterly Customer Q&A: Q3 2024
Director of Customer Success Will gives a rundown of the latest news, product updates, and more from Q3 of 2024.
Sharp Focus: Advanced Transformations
Join Carmen as we apply advanced transformations to our images leveraging the Sharp API.
Sharp Focus: Preset Transformations
Join Carmen as we assign our transformations to presets that we can apply to multiple images.
Automate My Life!: Sean's Dead Plants
Sean loves plants, but he can't stop killing them. Can our crack team of experts save him from his murderous streak?
Sharp Focus: Size and Performance
Join Carmen as we transform our images to be more performant and format-conscious.
Sharp Focus: What are Image Transformations
Join Carmen as we learn what image transformations are and how you can assign permissions to them in Directus.
Sharp Focus: Image Manipulation
Join Carmen as we apply focal points and other manipulations to our images.
The Changelog: November 2024
Join us for The Changelog, taking you through the month’s Directus updates including product updates, new content and community contribution highlights. This month's show includes a community showcase of a note taking system from Josh, Carmen taking you the first episode of Sharp Focus, Kevin with the new guest Author program and more...
Quick Connect: Integrating Firecrawl with Directus
Integrating Firecrawl with Directus
The Changelog: October 2024
Join us for The Changelog, taking you through the month’s Directus updates including product updates, new content and community contribution highlights. This month's show includes a community showcase of a form builder from David, Carmen taking you through a docs preview and Kevin with a tutorial on AI web scraping API with flows.
Request Review: Optionally Delete Unused Files
In this recording of our live event on September 12th 2024, Nils, Jonathan, and Rijk discuss Optionally Delete Unused Files.
Request Review: Field Locking and Notifications
In this recording of our live event on September 12th 2024, Nils, Jonathan, and Hannes discuss Field locking and notifications.
Trace Talks: Dana Lawson, CTO at Netlify
Dana Lawson, CTO of Netlify, discusses her unconventional path to tech leadership. She shares insights on effective communication, embracing AI, fostering psychological safety, and balancing technical and soft skills.
Directus Academy: Theming
Explore Directus' advanced custom theming options, including light and dark themes, CSS customization, and public page styling, to create a personalized look for your company or client's project.
Directus Academy: Directus Automate
Understand Directus Flows, We'll explain how it enables custom event-driven task automation within Directus through triggers, operations, and data chains.
Directus Academy: Directus Realtime
Discover how Directus Realtime keeps your application data up-to-date instantly, enabling realtime features like multi-user chat, live updates, and time-sensitive data transfers through WebSocket connections and flexible subscription options.
Directus Academy: Directus Insights
Explore the powerful features of Directus Insights for building interactive dashboards with customizable panels, charts, and global variables to visualize and analyze your data.
Directus Academy: Extensions
Discover the power of Directus extensions in this overview, exploring how they can enhance your project's functionality and integrate with external services.
The Changelog: September 2024
Join us for The Changelog, taking you through the month’s Directus updates including product updates, new content and community contribution highlights. This month's show includes a community showcase from websyte.ai, Rijk taking us through what's in his dock and Kevin with a tutorial on complex media transformations.
What's In Your Dock: What's in your Dock, Rijk?
Rijk is a developer and designer born and raised in the Netherlands. He first came to America to work on Directus where he is CTO to this day. When not coding you can find him playing bass in the Lower East Side or hanging out with his cats in Brooklyn. Coder-designer by nature, musician at heart; prefers code to be indented in threes.
Directus Academy: What is Directus?
In this introduction, you will learn about the Directus platform, offering rich developer tools and an intuitive web application for managing data-driven projects.
Directus Academy: Directus Connect
This video introduces Directus Connect — automatic REST and GraphQL APIs for your database and asset storage, highlighting key features such as resource-based URLs, query parameters, and the Directus JavaScript SDK.
Directus Academy: Directus Files
Discover the powerful features of Directus Files, a comprehensive Digital Asset Management system that simplifies file storage, organization, and transformation within your Directus projects.
Directus Academy: Data Management
Discover how Directus empowers you to manage data, create collections, customize fields, and streamline content workflows with features like Explore, Editor, and multilingual support.
Directus Academy: Access Control
This video explains Directus' access control system, covering user management, authentication, roles, permissions, and policies for secure and flexible data management.
Agency Corner: Echobind
Meet Echobind, a product consultancy and digital agency who work with companies looking to build ambitious software, and hear about how they use Directus for multiple clients such as Annex, an e-commerce platform for document storage warehouses and Hope Media Group, a Christian media conglomerate that fosters faith and community.
Request Review: Additional Form/Field Layout Options
In this recording of our live event on August 29th 2024, Daniel, Jonathan, and Rijk discuss Additional Form/Field Layout Options.
The Changelog: August 2024
Join us for The Changelog, a new way of taking you through the month’s Directus updates including product updates, new content and community contribution highlights. This month's show includes the MUX Uploader extension contribution, Hannes talking though solving hard problems with the Directus 11 access policies and Kevin with a tutorial on using the Directus UI library in extensions.
Request Review: Import & Export option for Flows
In this recording of our live event on August 15 2024, Daniel, Jonathan, and Rick discuss import and export options for flows
Quarterly Customer Q&A: Q2 2024
Director of Customer Success Will gives a rundown of the latest news, product updates, and more from Q2 of 2024.
Short Hops: Soft Delete
Learn how to set up and use the archive functionality to declutter your views, improve workflow, and maintain a clean data structure without permanently deleting items.
Short Hops: Dynamic Variables
Learn to use dynamic variables like $CURRENT_USER, $CURRENT_ROLE, and $NOW to create personalized views and time-based queries both in the app interface and API calls.
Short Hops: Dynamic Relational Interfaces
Learn how to create a more intuitive user experience in Directus by implementing dynamic filters on relational interfaces. This episode teaches you to set up dependent field relationships, allowing users to see only relevant options when selecting related items.
Short Hops: Focal Point
Learn to maintain the focus of your images during asset transformations, enhancing the visual appeal of your website or application.
Short Hops: Transformation Presets
Discover the power of transformation presets in Directus to streamline your image handling processes. Learn how to create and use these presets to standardize image formats, sizes, and even apply custom transformations across your entire website or application
Short Hops: M2A Relationships
Discover how to use Directus's powerful many-to-any relationships to create flexible and dynamic content structures. Learn to set up a versatile page builder that allows linking diverse content types to a single parent collection.
Short Hops: Version Control
Learn how to make stress-free edits to published content without affecting the live version. Bryant walks you through how to enable content versioning in Directus and how to create and manage different versions of content.
Short Hops: Complex Queries via API
Dive into the world of Directus REST API querying in this informative episode. Learn how to perform complex queries, filter results, and work with relational data using the Directus SDK.
Request Review: WYSIWYG Linking Existing Files
Rijk, Jonathan and special guest Hannes discuss WYSIWYG Linking Existing Files.
100 Apps In 100 Hours: Mission: Form Builder
Join Bryant for his final 60 minute rush of the season as he attempts to plan and build a form builder.
Client Cache: European Athletics
Discover how European Athletics use Directus as they support 51 national federations for track and field sport and organize events including the European Athletics Championships. Starting with their aim to bring their website in-house, hear about how Directus powers the European Athletics website and their ambitious plans to treat it as the backbone of their digital strategy.
Technically I'm Lost: Access Control
What happens when a non-technical person attempts to get technical? In episode 2 of Technically I'm Lost (TIL), non-technical marketer Matt attempts to set-up roles and permissions for a partner directory from scratch, with help from resident Directus expert Bryant.
Release Notes: What's New in Directus Version 10.13
Directus Version 10.13 introduces resumable uploads, some fixes around shares, and some small quality of life improvements for the Data Studio.
Trace Talks: Kirk Strobeck, Sr. Software Engineering Manager at General Motors
Kirk Strobeck, Sr. Software Engineering at GM joins John and Pedro to discuss his journey to tech leadership with stops at Better, Google, Nike, and more. They dive into the psychology and mentality behind career growth, including how to build unshakeable confidence, turn regret into growth. and more.
Technically I'm Lost: Data Modeling
What happens when a non-technical person attempts to get technical? In episode 1 of Technically I'm Lost (TIL), non-technical marketer Matt attempts to build the data model for a partner directory from scratch, with help from resident Directus expert Bryant.
Bridging Bytes: How Agencies Innovate
A discussion on how agencies source and assess technology, including the process of technology sourcing, evaluating technology for clients and addressing client concerns.
100 Apps In 100 Hours: Social Media Platform
It’s social time. Join Bryant as he races to build a social media platform with registration, content feed and the ability to dish out likes and follows in just 60 minutes.
Trace Talks: Scott Adrian, Sr. Wordpress Developer
In this episode of Trace Talks, Scott Adrian shares his journey from professional piercer and musician to Senior WordPress Engineer. Scott discusses his early experiences with web development, starting with Myspace layouts for his band, and his first tech job at 1 Stop Internet. He highlights his transition to WordPress, leading teams, and mentoring junior developers. Scott also talks about balancing his career with personal projects, including publishing a sci-fi fantasy novel and developing a WordPress-based RPG game. Tune in for insights on career growth, leadership, and leveraging AI in development.
Buzzword Wilderness: WTF is MACH?
The term Jamstack has been floating around for the past few years, but a new term is starting to make the rounds. Join Matt as he explores MACH, and how it compares to Jamstack.
Enter the Workshop: Build an Audio Podcast Summarizer in Directus Automate with Deepgram
Join Kevin and Damien Murphy, Solutions Engineer at Deepgram, as they use Deepgram to build an audio podcast summarizer in Directus Automate.
Enter the Workshop: Build a Dialer Panel Extension in Directus Insights with Twilio
Join Kevin and Nathaniel Okenwa, Developer Evangelist at Twilio, as they utilize Twilio's Voice SDK to build a Directus extension that allows outbound phone calls directly from the browser.
Leap Week: This Summer on Directus TV
New shows and renewals for Directus TV - our streaming platform which brings together education, entertainment, and stories from across the Directus ecosystem.
Leap Week: Directus Labs & Spreadsheet Layout
Explore the new Spreadsheet Layout on Directus Marketplace for efficient data editing, launched as part of our new Directus Labs project.
Leap Week: Directus 11 Release Candidate
Directus 11 is here with policies - our key new feature making access control more powerful and flexible in your projects.
Leap Week: Extended Security Updates for Directus 10.12
Announcing Extended Security Updates (ESU) for Directus 10.12 until the end of 2024, ensuring critical security updates and a flexible upgrade timeframe for our users.
Leap Week: Public User Registration
We've shipped public user registration in Directus 10, allowing users to register for your project without the need for complex permission setups.
Leap Week: Leap Week 3: Full Keynote
The full keynote from our third Leap Week in June 2024.
Leap Week: Plans for Extensions and Marketplace
Learn about the main core themes for our new team focused on extensions and the Directus Marketplace.
Leap Week: Directus+ Team Plans, Starter Kits, and Full Launch
Get access to powerful starter kits and advanced workshops with Directus+, our premium subscription for developers. Promotional pricing ends soon.
Trace Talks: Jordan Cutler, Senior Software Engineer at Pinterest
In this episode of Trace Talks, Jordan Cutler shares his journey from intern to Senior Software Engineer at Pinterest. He discusses overcoming imposter syndrome after not getting a return offer from Twitter, and how he quickly advanced at Gusto by focusing on being a reliable team member. Jordan emphasizes the importance of curiosity, seeking feedback, and understanding the intricacies of tools and technologies. He also talks about his passion for teaching through his High Growth Engineer newsletter and courses.
Democratizing Data: Cycle Around New York City
Citi Bike publish the millions of rides used by their customers around New York City's thousands of stations. Kevin shows you how Directus can be used to further explore, understand, and remix this dataset both in the Data Studio and via API.
Buzzword Wilderness: WTF is Composable?
These days, it's nearly impossible to avoid the term "composable." But what does it actually mean in the context of development?
The Joy of Theming: Nike (Just Do It)
It might seem hard to get started theming, but it's important to just do it. Join the GOAT of theming Bry Ross and he kicks out a fresh theme that captures the essence of footwear and apparel legends – Nike.
100 Apps In 100 Hours: MIssion: Intercom Messenger Clone
It's a race to a real-time chat widget in this episode. Bryant tries to build his own version of the Intercom Messenger - a business messaging widget that includes live chat, helpful articles, and other rich content.
Trace Talks: David Simmer, Senior Software Engineer at Netflix
In this episode of Trace Talks, David Simmer, Senior Software Engineer at Netflix, shares his unique journey into tech, starting from college AV/IT jobs to helping technical teams be more productive at Netflix. He talks about the importance of empathy in engineering, balancing hands-on coding with leadership, and using generative AI to boost efficiency. David also offers practical advice for aspiring leaders on seizing opportunities and promoting themselves.
Democratizing Data: Meteorite Landings
NASA publishes a dataset of over 34,000 meteorite landings as recorded by The Meteoritical Society. Kevin shows you how Directus can be used to further explore, understand, and remix this dataset both in the Data Studio and via API.
Release Notes: What's New in Directus Version 10.12
Directus 10.12 enhances public user registration with a set of new features to control your project.
The Joy of Theming: Apple (Think Different)
Designed by Bry Ross in California. Time to join your favorite theme guru for an exercise in simplistic theming as he delivers a captivating Apple theme.
100 Apps In 100 Hours: Mission: Databox Clone
It’s time to act on your data. So join Bryant as he sprints to build a KPI dashboard to better understand your data. He dives into metrics vs events and pulling in data from third party systems.
Trace Talks: Naz Delam, Software Engineering Manager at LinkedIn
In this episode of Trace Talks, engineering leader Naz Delam shares her journey to LinkedIn, highlighting key leadership lessons she's learned along the way – from challenges of leading teams during tech layoffs to empowering teams through autonomy and ownership. Naz also offers practical advice on handling layoffs, continuous learning, and effective networking. This episode is a MUST-LISTEN for any aspiring leaders in the tech industry.
Request Review: Strictness of API errors
In this recording of our live event on May 23 2024, Daniel, Jonathan, and Rick discuss making the strictness of API errors
Democratizing Data: Trees of London
The Greater London Authority publishes a dataset of over 815,000 of London's Local Authority Maintained Trees. Kevin shows you how Directus can be used to further explore, understand, and remix this dataset both in the Data Studio and via API.
Buzzword Wilderness: WTF is SaaS?
BaaS and SaaS sound a lot alike, but in practice they're entirely different. In this episode, Matt breaks down the difference between these two similar terms and offers a high-level look at both.
The Joy of Theming: Tesla (Simply Electric)
Charge up your canvas and join Bry as teaches you how you paint an electrifying Directus theme for car maker Tesla.
100 Apps In 100 Hours: Mission: Freelancer Marketplace
Today, we learn a new acronym "JFI" = Just Fiverr It. Join Bryant as he tries to build a clone of the popular online marketplace for freelancers in just 60 minutes.
The Joy of Theming: Walmart (Blueprint for Savings)
Join Bry as he brings the essence of better living to life with a happy little Walmart theme. Grab your theming brushes and following to turn savings into art.
100 Apps In 100 Hours: Mission: Remote Job Board
Race right along with Bryant as he tackles building a virtual job board inspired by We Work Remotely. He tries to build a ton of functionality in just 60 mins – job listings, integrating categories and companies, and job post submissions with Directus and Nuxt.
Directus AI: AI Focal Point Detection
Determine an image's primary point of interest with this custom operation, powered by OpenAI.
Directus AI: AI Writer
Generate text based on a prompt with this custom operation, powered by OpenAI.
Directus AI: AI Text Extraction
Extract text from image files within Directus Files with this custom operation, using Clarifai.
Request Review: Email Translations
In this recording of our live event on May 9 2024, Daniel, Jonathan, and Kevin discuss making email templates translatable
Directus AI: AI Text Intelligence
Analyze text intents, sentiment, topics, and generate a summary within with this custom operation, powered by Deepgram.
Directus AI: AI Image Moderation
Analyze images for drugs, suggestive or explicit material with this custom operation, powered by Clarifai.
Directus AI: AI Text Translator
Translate text into over 30 languages with this custom oepration, powered by DeepL.
Directus AI: AI Speech Transcription
Generate transcripts from audio files with this custom operation, powered by Deepgram.
Directus AI: AI Image Generation
Generate new images within Directus Automate with this custom operation, powered by OpenAI.
Directus AI: AI Speech Generation
Generate realistic speech clips from text with this custom operation, powered by Genny from LOVO.
Directus AI: AI Alt Text Writer
Create captions for your images within Directus Files with this custom operation, powered by Clarifai.
Directus AI: Directus AI Overview
Hear from our CTO Rijk about our philosophy on AI’s role in Directus and beyond, and then our Director of Developer Relations Kevin on our brand new AI extensions.
Buzzword Wilderness: WTF is a CMS
Is content data? Or is data content? And is a content management system really just a data management system? In this episode, Matt muses over what a CMS is, what a DMS is, and if there's a difference.
The Joy of Theming: Amazon (From A to Zest)
Join your favorite theme master, Bry Ross, as he takes on a dynamic Amazon theme. Grab your brushes (and your duster) and let's paint a bold theme that perfectly captures the spirit of a thriving marketplace.
100 Apps In 100 Hours: Mission: Realtime Leaderboard
Bryant races against the clock to build a real-time leaderboard for the Directus Arcade game – Duckin' Cold Emails. Watch as he builds features to submit and display high scores for the game using Directus Realtime and websockets.
Release Notes: What's New in Directus Version 10.11
Directus 10.11 introduces public registration and a set of other enhancements, optimizations, and bug fixes.
What's In Your Dock: What's In Your Dock, Kevin?
Kevin runs Developer Relations at Directus, and runs Directus TV, and here's the software, hardware, and analog tools he uses in his day-to-day.
The Joy of Theming: Central Perk (Coffee is Better with Friends)
Step into Bry's studio for a splash of '90s nostalgia as he brews a Central Perk theme, rich with the essence of our favorite TV coffee shop.
100 Apps In 100 Hours: Mission: Virtual Events Platform
In this 60 min sprint, Bryant builds a virtual events platform that's similar to webinar services like Zoom, Livestorm, and others. Can he build all the functionality like event scheduling, event registration, separate break out rooms, and an integration to Whereby?
Ready Set Battlesnake: Toggle
In the season finale, Kevin and Andrew fly close to the sun to understand which snake strategies work best, by A/B testing live with DevCycle. Do they keep their wings?
Dev Thoughts: Greg
Sometimes we find companionship in the least expected places.
Dev Thoughts: Jimicolon
Finally somebody explains the proper usage of the jimicolon.
Buzzword Wilderness: WTF is a DXP?
Lately, it seems like DXPs, or digital experience platforms, are all anyone can talk about. But WTF are DXPs (other than a fancy acronym), and why should anyone care about them? Touch grass with Matt as he shares his POV on the origin, meaning, and application of DXPs.
The Joy of Theming: Chick-fil-A (Eat Mor Chikin)
Theming can seem hard on the surface. If you get stuck waffling back and forth on color palettes and font choices, then you need to be chikin out this episode. It's our pleasure to present the "Chick-fil-A theme". Join host Bry Ross as he paints a happy little theme for the king of the chicken sandwich.
100 Apps In 100 Hours: Mission: Equipment Booking Manager
In a fast and furious hour, Bryant tackles building an equipment booking manager. Watch as he designs and implement a system to manage videography and photography gear, including features for checking items in and out, reserving equipment, and maintaining a comprehensive inventory dashboard.
Dev Thoughts: Thor
Could Keyboard Warrior be the next Marvel super-hero? Stay tuned.
Dev Thoughts: Rome
All time comparisons lead to Rome.
What's In Your Dock: What's In Your Dock, Saron?
Saron is the founder of Disco and the creator of Not a Designer, and here's the software, hardware, and analog tools she uses in her day-to-day.
The Joy of Theming: The Simpsons (Doh!)
There are no mistakes in this episode. Join Bry as he dusts the demons out of the keyboard and paints a wonderfully delightful theme worthy of the longest running TV on American television – The Simpsons.
100 Apps In 100 Hours: Mission: Customer Relationship Manager
In this intense one-hour challenge, watch as Bryant incredibly builds a full-featured custom CRM from the ground up using Directus. He builds contacts, organizations, deal pipelines, activities, and more.
Ready Set Battlesnake: Visualize
Having build a very powerful snake, Kevin and Andrew seek to bask in the glory of their intellect by visualizing their wins. But not is all as it seems...
Dev Thoughts: Silver Lining
All the clouds that glitter are not gold.
Dev Thoughts: Codebase Cleanup
Enter the chaotic world of coding etiquette.
The Joy of Theming: Pampers (Discover Your Baby's World)
Join Bry and his furry companion as he paints a beautiful Pampers theme inspired by all the little ones that represent our future.
Short Hops: Sort Fields
Learn how to add sort fields inside of new and existing relationships inside of Directus.
Request Review: Public Forms
In this recording of our live event on April 4 2024, Rijk, Jonathan, and Daniel discuss sharable forms for adding content to collections.
Dev Thoughts: 404
Today we're searching the ever-elusive file that's not found.
Dev Thoughts: Ex Variables
Code so dramatic it deserves it's own reality tv series.
What's In Your Dock: What's In Your Dock, Terence?
Terence is an open source hacker and tinkerer, works in civic tech, and here's the software, hardware, and analog tools he uses in his day-to-day.
The Joy of Theming: The Home Depot (How Doers Get More Done)
We should all take more time to share in each other’s successes as we accomplish our goals. However, it isn’t just about what you can do, but the journey of getting there. Join Bry as he supports you while painting a new theme inspired by Home Depot.
Short Hops: Looping Flows
Learn how to chain and set up loops inside of Flows inside of Directus Automate.
Ready Set Battlesnake: Automate
Kevin and Andrew migrate their snake to run entirely in Directus Automate's low-code builder Flows. Is this the right way to run a Battlesnake? Tune in and find out.
Dev Thoughts: AI
The story of AI more interested in Beethoven than binary.
Dev Thoughts: No Place Like Home
There's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home.
The Joy of Theming: American Express (Don’t Leave Home Without It)
Home is where your heart is and – just like your wallet – you should never leave home without it. Join Bry as he builds a happy little theme inspired by American Express.
Short Hops: Multitenancy
Learn how to achieve multitenancy inside of a Directus project using Roles and Relational Fields.
Request Review: Inline Data Editor
In this recording of our live event on March 21 2024, Rijk, Jonathan, and Daniel discuss inline editing.
Dev Thoughts: Pair Programming
Time to quack open the world of pair programming.
Dev Thoughts: Computer Deli
Computers are the gateway to anything you want. Well almost...
What's In Your Dock: What's In Your Dock, Salma?
Salma is a live streamer, software engineer, and developer educator, and here's the software, hardware, and analog tools she uses in her day-to-day.
The Joy of Theming: L'Oreal (Because You’re Worth It)
Let's grab our keyboards and mice, and let the beauty adventure begin because YOU are worth it. Join Bry as he picks up his brushes to create a L’Oréal Paris theme in Directus.
Short Hops: Global Bookmarks
Learn how to create preset layouts, including filters and sorts, inside of Directus Explore.
Ready Set Battlesnake: Start
In the first episode of the season, Kevin and Andrew bring you on the journey of learning about Battlesnake by building an (arguably) capable autonomous snake based on Node.js.
Dev Thoughts: M Night Shamaylan
Step into a thriller where the line between the coder and the debugger blurs.
Stack Up: Get Started with Directus and Next.js
In this video, you'll learn how to use the Directus SDK with Next.js
Dev Thoughts: Debug Mode
Do bugs think about us as much as we think about them?
Beyond the Core: PDF Generator
Esther speaks to community member Bart about TextToAnything - an extension which allows generation of PDFs, QRCodes and Barcodes within Directus through the TextToAnyThing API.
Community Question Time: 5 Years Time
How to we balance flexibility with responsibility? What does Directus in 5 years look like? What does sustainable open source look like while trying to remain fair?
Short Hops: Conditional Fields
Learn how to conditionally show and hide fields inside of Directus Editor.
Bridging Bytes: Open Source Outlook
A discussion on the past, present, and future of open source, including what it means to be "Post-Open" and build sustainable businesses.
Stack Up: Get Started with Directus and Remix
In this video, you'll learn how to use the Directus SDK with a Remix application.
Dev Thoughts: Constant
The only thing standing between a variable and its destiny is the courage to compile a different story.
Dev Thoughts: Code Review Hogwarts
Welcome to the wizarding world of code reviews.
What's In Your Dock: What's In Your Dock, Cassidy?
Cassidy is a software engineer, advisor, developer advocate, investor, and memer on the internet, and here's the software, hardware, and analog tools she uses in her day-to-day.
100 Apps In 100 Hours: Mission: Slack (Live Episode)
In this special edition live episode, Bryant is joined by Kevin, Alex, and Matt to build a clone on Slack in just one hour with Directus Realtime and Nuxt. Join the absolute chaos as friends and colleagues try to "help" against the clock.
Release Notes: What's New in Directus Version 10.10
Directus 10.10 introduces the Directus Marketplace Beta - a new way to discover and install extensions in your projects, Content Versioning enhancements for use with Live Preview, and a number of small breaking changes to be aware of.
Leap Week: This Spring on Directus TV
Directus TV is our video streaming platform containing hours of content for developers. We're announcing our slate of new shows and renewals for Spring 2024.
Leap Week: New Directus Partner Program
Today we are launching the new Directus Partner Program, specifically tailored for agencies.
Leap Week: Directus Marketplace Beta
Introducing the Directus Marketplace Beta: distribute and install extensions in any Directus project and supercharge your projects.
Leap Week: What's New In Directus Cloud
Today, we’re proud to be expanding the Directus Cloud offering with key features requested by our customers.
Digging the Rabbit Hole: The Idea
In this episode, Matt and Kevin discuss the inspiration behind the Directus TV project.
Digging the Rabbit Hole: The Reception
In this episode, John and Kevin discuss the early feedback and reception to Directus TV and it's shows.
Leap Week: The State of Data Survey 2024
780 engineers told us how they use data in their projects. Here are 6 things that we learned.
Digging the Rabbit Hole: The Kit
In this episode, Bryant shows you around the template for creating your own streaming service with Directus, based on Directus TV.
Digging the Rabbit Hole: The Platform
In this episode, Kevin walks through the code and backend of Directus TV.
Digging the Rabbit Hole: The Shows
In this episode, Bryant and Kevin discuss what shows are being commissioned and why.
Digging the Rabbit Hole: The Production
In this episode, Kevin discusses the efficient processes created to enable show creation at scale.
Leap Week: Leap Week 02: Full Keynote
The full keynote from our second Leap Week in March 2024
Leap Week: Directus Payments Hackathon
This March we invite you to showcase your creative and technical skills to build and publish extensions related to payments and billing.
Leap Week: What's New Since the Last Leap Week
Find out about key features in Directus 10.8, 10.9, and 10.10.
Leap Week: Level Up With Directus+
Announcing our subscription service crafted to enhance your Directus experience to the maximum.
Discover Directus: 5 Minute Demo From Our CEO
Join our CEO Ben Haynes for a rapid 5 minutes demo of the Directus platform.
Request Review: Conditional Fields & Relational Values
In this recording of our live event on February 22 2024, Rijk, Jonathan, and Daniel discuss the support of nested relational values in conditional fields to build more flexible content editors
Trace Talks: Tom Morano, Technical Lead at SMX Consulting
Tom shares his unexpected ascent into leadership and his unique perspective on guiding teams. This episode offers valuable lessons on leadership and personal growth.
Stack Up: Get Started with Directus and SvelteKit
In this video, you'll learn how to use the Directus SDK with a SvelteKit application.
Beyond the Core: Media AI Bundle
Esther speaks to community member Marcus about their Media AI Bundle - a group of extensions that allow extraction of key details using AI tools.
Quick Connect: Create Issues from Directus with GitHub
Build a Flow to create GitHub issues from issues within Directus collections.
Request Review: Improvements to Flows Debugging
In this recording of our live event on February 8 2024, Rijk, Jonathan, and Daniel discuss improvements to our no-code automation builder - Flows.
Stack Up: Get Started with Directus and Astro
In this video, you'll learn how to use the Directus SDK with an Astro application.
Learning Things I Love To Hate: Git Submodules with Shelley
Kevin is joined by Shelley to finally understand the cursed tech that is Git Submodules. Turns out it's not that difficult...
100 Apps In 100 Hours: Mission: Airbnb
Can Bryant follow AirBnb's trajectory from scrappy startup to short term rental royalty – and build an AirBnb clone in one hour or less? Follow along as he attempts to builds a complete backend and frontend to manage rental listings, bookings, hosts, and more.
Release Notes: What's New In Directus Version 10.9
Directus 10.9 has new focal point support, a new hash display, a huge bug fix for extension builders, and a few breaking changes - so do tune in.
Quick Connect: Validate Phone Numbers with Twilio
Use Twilio's Lookup API to automatically verify numbers submitted by new users.
Trace Talks: Ali Payne, Lead Engineer at Stitch Fix
Ali shares his relentless passion for technology and his commitment to staying abreast of current trends and developments. Tracing his journey from Ohio to the tech hubs of the West, Ali discusses how he perceives every technological challenge as a puzzle waiting to be solved.
Stack Up: Get Started with Directus and Nuxt
In this video, you'll learn how to use the Directus SDK with a Nuxt application.
Dev Thoughts: No Code
The real mark of an elite developer is not in the lines of code they write, but the lines of code they don't write.
Around the World: Building a Card Game Discord Bot With Directus
In this talk, we will discuss the development of WishBot: a trading card game based entirely in discord. we will talk about some of the intricacies of building bots at scale, and how Directus can be used to manage users, collections, and trading.
Around the World: DIYing My Wedding The Hacker's Way
Hold on to your bowties and bouquets as we dive head-first into the world of wedding planning. Except this isn't any wedding - it's a wedding between two nerds who know how to code. We'll discuss the hacky projects built to help us organize and deliver a magical day - from custom a custom invite RSVP system, email and text alerts, security-list generator, and some of the weirder ideas we ran out of time to build.
Dev Thoughts: Crash
Discover the secret lives of computers and their quest for rebellion.
Beyond the Core: Directus Copilot
Esther speaks to community member Donald about Directus Copilot - a panel extension allows users to ask contextual questions about their data within Insights dashboards.
100 Apps In 100 Hours: Mission: Food Delivery App
Food delivery apps exploded during the pandemic. But what does it take to actually build one? Follow along with Bryant as he has 60 minutes on the clock to build a backend, create a menu, and place an order in his Doordash clone.
Quick Connect: Show Build Status with Netlify
Increase visibility of build status by showing them in Directus.
Request Review: Configuration as Code
In this recording of our live event on January 25 2024, Rijk, Jonathan, and Daniel discuss configuration as code.
Dev Thoughts: Essence of Coding
What is development if not an expression of our own inner, true-self?
Dev Thoughts: Maintenance
Fun fact: If you whisper the word "maintenance" 5 times, somewhere in the world a developer breaks out into a cold sweat.
100 Apps In 100 Hours: Mission: Netflix Clone
It's Bryant vs the streaming giant – Netflix – in this exciting episode. He has just one hour to build an app that replicates the core functionalities of the video streaming service.
Quarterly Customer Q&A: Q1 2024
What's the biggest thing we've done for customers in 2023? What's coming up this year? And what's this new Directus TV thing all about? Join Will for our first video Quarterly Customer Q&A.
Quick Connect: Tag Images Automatically with Clarifai
Automatically tag new image files with Clarifai's Image Recognition Model.
Trace Talks: Mateja Sela, Engineering Manager at Bolt
In this episode, Mateja shares his experiences in founding and managing a company in the volatile cryptocurrency/blockchain sector, and the transition to a role in a larger organization.
Dev Thoughts: Control
They say you should be careful what you wish for.
Dev Thoughts: Meaning of Life
Life's deepest truths are often found in the strangest places.
I Made This: Building a Boutique Web Agency with Studio Monty
In this episode of I Made This, Bryant is joined by Miguel Stevens, the creative force behind Studio Monty, a Belgium-based agency specializing in lifestyle and bespoke websites. Miguel shares his journey from a childhood fascination with computers to founding his studio.
100 Apps In 100 Hours: Mission: Community Platform
Every thriving community needs a home. Dive right in alongside Bryant and he builds a community platform inspired by Circle. He races against the clock to build an engaging and interactive community space in just one hour.
Quick Connect: Generate Images and Social Posts with OpenAI
Use OpenAI's APIs to generate images with DALL·E and social posts with GPT-4.
Request Review: Filtering of JSON Objects
In this recording of our live event on January 11 2024, Rijk, Jonathan, and Daniel discuss filtering inside of stored JSON objects.
Dev Thoughts: Functino
An amusing tale of a typo turned international affair.
Dev Thoughts: ROI
On today's episode of the "Dude, Where's My Project?", we search for the ever-elusive return on investment.
Learning Things I Love To Hate: Generative AI For Devs with Rizèl
Kevin is joined by Rizèl to learn how developers REALLY use AI in their day-to-day work, including ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot.
100 Apps In 100 Hours: Mission: AI App Generator
What if you could build an app that builds itself? That's the question Bryant seeks to answer in one hour on this AI themed episode. Follow along as he builds a custom Directus extension that connects with the OpenAI GPT-4 API and updates the projects underlying data model based on a simple prompt.
Quick Connect: Enriching User Profiles with Clearbit
Automatically enrich new user profiles with rich data from Clearbit.
Trace Talks: Gavin Doughtie, Senior Developer at Aon
Delve into Gavin's unique journey from his early years in the entertainment industry to his evolution as a developer, and gain insights into the intersection of technology and corporate dynamics.
Dev Thoughts: Monthly Database Bill
When monthly infrastructure bills are too high, a new hero emerges - The Creative Cost Cutter.
Dev Thoughts: Git Conflicts
For the times when your Git repo is messier than the plot line of a Bill & Ted movie.
100 Apps In 100 Hours: Mission: Product Information Management
Join Bryant as he tackles creation of a product information management system to manage and distribute product data to e-commerce channels. He has one hour to build the data model, add some data, and create an integration to automatically push products to Shopify.
Quick Connect: Transcribe Audio Files with Deepgram
Automatically transcribe new audio files with Deepgram's Speech-to-Text API.
Dev Thoughts: Cost Control
Welcome to the magical land of open source! A place where time and money have a rocky relationship.
Dev Thoughts: Mystery Code
Who needs a plot twist when you have legacy code?
Learning Things I Love To Hate: Edge Computing with Pandelis
Kevin is joined by Pandelis to properly understand edge computing, and how they evolve from CDNs and distributed compute.
100 Apps In 100 Hours: Mission: SaaS App
Building multi-user is a common convention when building Software as a Service. Bryant has an hour to build a todo app which manages users, teams, and ensures data can only be accessed within a team.
Dev Thoughts: Lazy Programmer
Some developers are efficient. Maybe a little too efficient.
Dev Thoughts: Passive Aggressive Bug
The phrase "to be a fly on the wall" takes on new meaning.
100 Apps In 100 Hours: Mission: Swag Platform
Gifting platforms are how we get goodies in the hands of community members and customers. Bryant needs to figure out how to manage products, build pages to handle the giveaways, and manage fulfillment.
Directus Scenescapes: Berlin at Night
Filmed by Kevin, a cold winter evening at Alexanderplatz - where trams, trains, and people meet.
Dev Thoughts: Linear
Development is hard. Estimating how long it takes based on shirt size is harder-er.
Directus Scenescapes: Downtown Nashville
Filmed by John, a beautiful day in Nashville. Enjoy the sun rise and set with some chill beats.
100 Apps In 100 Hours: Mission: Expensify Clone
Expensify is an expense management tool that tracks receipts, rolls them up into business reports and documents, and handles the approval workflow. Bryant has one hour to build it (or die trying).
Bridging Bytes: Creativity in Code
A discussion on the evolution and future of online experiences, including practical advice on innovation, technology trends, and the role of AI and AR/VR.
Quick Connect: Sending SMS Messages with Vonage
Build a prompt which allows customer notifications via text message using the Vonage SMS API
Learning Things I Love To Hate: Web3, Blockchain, and dApps with Ben
Kevin is joined by Ben Greenberg to tackle his learning on topics around Web3, blockchain, and decentralized apps.
Trace Talks: Santosh Ahuja, Lead Engineer at Optum
We trace Santosh's journey from a business family to a Lead Engineer, driven by a passion for technology and the influential ethos of Chuck Norris in 'Walker, Texas Ranger'.
100 Apps In 100 Hours: Mission: Learning Management System
From creating and organizing course content, managing instructors and students, and tracking enrollments and completions, Bryant has sixty minutes on the clock.
Release Notes: What's New In Directus Version 10.8
Directus 10.8 has huge new updates for our theming engine, including a new extension type and awesome tools to build themes visually.
Release Notes: What's New In Directus Version 10.7
Kevin runs through all of the changes in Directus 107 - including content versioning, a new theming engine, improvements to Directus Insights, and more.
Around the World: Building Advanced Custom Operations for Directus Flows - Berlin Meetup
Directus Flows allow you to automate tasks with event-based triggers. In this talk, we show an advanced use case generating reports for medical purposes.
Leap Week: Extend
At Leap Week 1, we introduced the Secure Extension Framework as a way to gain and have trust with third-party extensions.
Leap Week: Visualize
At Leap Week 1, we introduced loads of improvements to Directus Insights and had a Directus community update from our CEO Ben.
Leap Week: Customize
At Leap Week 1, we introduced our brand new theming engine for the Directus Data Studio - a reliable way to set theming options inside of Directus.
Mastering AgencyOS: Page Builder In AgencyOS
In this video, you'll learn how to create dynamic pages that are on brand and look great with the page builder inside AgencyOS.
Mastering AgencyOS: Project Templates In AgencyOS
In this video, you'll learn more about project templates and how they work within AgencyOS.
Mastering AgencyOS: Client Payments with Stripe and AgencyOS
In this video you'll learn how your clients can quickly and easily pay within their portal.
Leap Week: Compose
At Leap Week 1, we introduced and explained our approach on composability, along with announcing AgencyOS - an all-in-one operating system for digital agencies.
Mastering AgencyOS: Getting Started with AgencyOS
In this video, we'll cover how to quickly spin up and deploy an instance of AgencyOS.
Leap Week: Version
At Leap Week 1, we announced the availability of Content Versioning for the Directus Editor and the new Content Versions API, along with new events for Directus Automate.
Release Notes: What's New In Directus Version 10.6
Join Kevin as he shows you what's new in Directus 10.6 - take note because there's a breaking change in here!
Around the World: Extending Directus for an Online Art Gallery - London Meetup
Using Directus extensions, we augmented Directus to add functionality to generate blurhashes for the smooth loading of high-quality full-screen images.
Release Notes: What's New In Directus Version 10.5
Join Alex as he gives you a whirlwind tour of notable new features in Directus 10.5 - including huge updates to our API reference.
Around the World: Keep the Money Flow - Berlin Meetup
Andreas uses Directus in lots of personal projects to improve the efficiency of his household. In this talk, we hear about his pocket money tracker used with his kids.
Around the World: Multitenancy in Directus - Berlin Meetup
We will walk you through the steps to implement segregation of client data using Directus fields and scripts to create the appropriate roles and permissions. We will also showcase a real-world use case and how our client benefit.
Make It Realtime: Build a Realtime Chat App
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to build a simple multi-user chat application powered by Directus Realtime and WebSockets in less than 10 minutes.
Release Notes: What's New In Directus Version 10.4
Directus 10.4 has landed with a new beta SDK and some small but important breaking changes. In this video, Colton gives you the roundup of what's notable in our latest release.
Release Notes: What's New In Directus Version 10.3
Directus 10.3 has landed with a huge new feature - WebSockets support! In this video, Jan gives you the roundup of what's notable in our latest release.
Make It Realtime: Getting Started With WebSockets
In this short tutorial, you'll learn how to quickly add real time data to your application or project using WebSockets and Directus Realtime. Follow along with Bryant as he covers the three easy steps to get started with WebSockets.
I Made This: Building a Talent Platform with H&H
In this episode of I Made This, Erwin and Uwe walk Bryant through one of their recent Directus projects - a engineering job listing and talent recruitment site for their client - Rockstar Recruiting.
Release Notes: What's New In Directus Version 10.2
In this video, Esther unveils a multitude of enhancements, bug fixes, and novel additions, all designed to make your data management experience smoother and more efficient.
Release Notes: What's New In Directus Version 10.1
With over 70 improvements, bug fixes, and new additions, Rijk, our lead maintainer, guides you through the significant updates we've released.
I Made This: Building a Platform to Monetize Communities
In this episode of I Made This, Pedro and John chat with Bryant to learn why he chose Directus and walk-through how he built a community monetization platform.
I Made This: Building a Sports Betting Platform with TDSOFT
John and Pedro are joined by guest Dariusz Tarczyński (CEO and Founder of TDSOFT). He and his team are building some innovative applications in the sports betting space.
Community Question Time: Mistakes
How do we balance business and community? What have been some of our mistakes? What vision did you sell to VCs? How else might we make money?
From the Field: Bloopers From The Field
What's a season without a load of bloopers? Have fun!
From the Field: Roles and Permissions | CRON | Insights Panel | Bulk Edits
In this episode, John and Pedro answer questions about CRON jobs, Directus Insights, and bulk editing.
From the Field: GraphQL Nested Queries | MACH Compliance | APIs
In this episode, John and Pedro answer questions about fetching data, MACH, and the APIs offered by Directus.
From the Field: Track Changes | Grammar Checks | Version History
In this episode, John and Pedro answer questions about tracking changes, expiration dates, and checking content for correctness.
From the Field: Languages | Translations | Roles
In this episode, John and Pedro answer questions about multi-language support, locale-based permissions, and the editing workflow with languages.
From the Field: Notifications | Bulk Publishing | Localizations | SSO
In this episode, John and Pedro answer questions about internationalization, alerting to actions needed, and SSO support.
From the Field: Renaming Collections | Network Vulnerability Scans | Roles/Permissions
In this episode, John and Pedro answer questions about renaming collections, how we detect vulnerabilities, and our access control settings.
From the Field: Maintenance Windows | Adding Languages | Realtime Updates
In this episode, John and Pedro answer questions about how we manage state inside of Directus, adding languages, and realtime support.
From the Field: Database Vendor | Migration | Server Location and GDPR Compliance
In this episode, John and Pedro answer questions about Directus' own database choice and migration between projects.