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The Shift Away from the $250,000 Drupal Project, and How Agencies Are Adapting

There was a time when a couple of big Drupal rebuilds could define a year for a mid-size digital agency. Those projects funded hiring plans, kept teams busy, and made forecasting easy. Today, clients are taking a very different approach. Instead of full overhauls, they want targeted improvements, phased upgrades, and short bursts of work [...]

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How Elastic Capacity Is Redefining Agency Delivery Models (And Why weKnow Built Our Entire Approach Around It)

Client demands move fast. Discover why Elastic Capacity helps agencies handle shifting scopes, tighter budgets, and rapid delivery cycles.

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Not Sure if You Should Update Drupal?

“Do I really need to update my Drupal site?” The answer isn’t always the same—it depends on which version you’re currently on.

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Solr vs. Elasticsearch: Which Search Engine Is Best for Your Business?

Solr and Elasticsearch are two of the most popular open-source search engines, each suited to different scenarios. So, which Search Engine Is Best for Your Business?

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Freelancers Are Great, but Are They Right for Long-Term Contracts? The Facts

Hiring freelancers offers flexibility and cost-efficiency, but they may not always be the best choice for long-term contracts. Read on to learn why.

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Salary in Latin America vs. the U.S. — 2025 Analysis

See how LATAM vs U.S. salaries compare in 2025 and what this means for hiring remote workers and understanding local living costs.

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Distributed Teams: Why Time Zone Overlaps Matter

Learn how working with distributed developers can get easier with the right mix of overlapping time zones and async habits.

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How to Pay Remote Workers in Latin America: 2025 Guide

TL;DR: Pay remote workers in LATAM via direct transfers, digital wallets, EOR platforms, or staffing agencies to keep payments fast, affordable, and by the book. Summary Latin America has an increasing number of skilled tech professionals and a similar time zone to North America. So, it is a great place to hire virtual staff. But [...]

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Hiring Freelancers vs. Dedicated Developers: Which Model Wins in Real Projects?

Compare hiring freelancers vs. dedicated developers. Learn which model fits your project’s size, budget, and timeline for better results.

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Insights from weKnow's team at DrupalCon Atlanta 2025

DrupalCon Atlanta 2025 was packed with exciting updates, great conversations, and plenty of community connections. Whether you made it there or not, here’s a quick recap of the biggest takeaways.

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How Drupal CMS would impact Drupal development?

After the announcement of Drupal CMS, some Drupal development companies are concerned about its impact, especially since Drupal has always been known for handling complex, large-scale projects. However, does Drupal CMS really pose a threat to the traditional Drupal business model? We don’t think so. In fact, we see it as an opportunity to expand [...]

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Drupal Staff Augmentation: How can it benefit your business?

Unlike other CMS platforms, Drupal projects require highly skilled developers, and finding the right talent quickly can be challenging, and that’s where Drupal staff augmentation comes in.

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What’s New in IT Staff Augmentation?

We may not often think about it, but the industry has changed significantly thanks to the digital era, the rise of remote work, and advancements in AI.

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What You Missed at DrupalCon Portland 2024

DrupalCon 2024 was held last week in Portland, and the weKnow team was well-represented by Humberto, Andres, and Matias. They've shared the most important highlights of DrupalCon this year, along with their favorite talks. In this post, find out about their highlights. The big announcement This year, the "State of Drupal" keynote featured an exciting [...]

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State of AI Coding Assistants for Drupal Web Development

Most coding assistants provide a chat function where you can enter prompts to generate something. This can be a good replacement for scaffolding tools like Drush generate or Drupal console.

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We just built our website on WordPress + Elementor

Why did we make this change? Arriving at the decision to transition our company's website from a Drupal headless environment to Elementor powered by WordPress was no small feat. It took months of deliberation among stakeholders, given our company's longstanding history of Drupal CMS projects. Building our website has always been an opportunity to explore [...]

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Is remote work slowing down the path to technical seniority?

After the critical years of the pandemic, there has been a lot of backlash to companies changing their policies and demanding employees to return to the office. One of the only few ‘positive' things the pandemic brought us was the acceleration in adopting remote work. This situation allows people to change their residence to further [...]

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A Drupal guy in a Sitecore planet

Even though our history has been with Open Source CMSs (mainly Drupal & WordPress), recently we have expanded our knowledge to Sitecore as well. The difference between Drupal and Sitecore is big. They have a different approach, market & technology underneath. But in terms of solution, they are both within the same capability range. In [...]

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DrupalCamp Costa Rica: How it was?

Let’s start by saying that Drupal Camp Costa Rica 2023 was a resounding success! The event took place on November 25 in San José, Costa Rica, bringing together over 120 attendees from across the country, including students and professionals from the web industry. The attendees were primarily students from engineering majors, including systems engineering, computer [...]

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WordCamp 2023 Costa Rica

WordCamp is a community-organized conference that focuses on everything WordPress. WordCamps are held all over the world, and they are open to people of all skill levels, from beginners to experienced users and developers. In this event, there is a variety of sessions and activities, such as: Presentations on topics such as WordPress basics, theme [...]

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What is weKnow Inc.?

weKnow Inc. is a Nearshore Staffing & Development Company founded in Costa Rica in July 2009. What started as a freelance project between two friends, Eduardo García and Kenny Abarca, helping clients in the United States, Canada and Costa Rica with their Drupal web apps, has grown into a team of 50+ members. Now, we [...]

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Drupal Outsourcing: A Cost-Effective and Scalable Solution

Drupal is known for its flexibility, scalability, and security. However, developing and maintaining a Drupal website can be a challenge, especially for businesses that do not have in-house Drupal expertise. Outsourcing Drupal development can be a cost-effective and scalable solution for agencies that need to create or maintain a Drupal website. By outsourcing to a [...]

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Drupalcon Pittsburgh 2023 Recap

Once more we met with the Drupal community for DrupalCon US, this time in Pittsburgh. Even though last year was also an in-person event, this year the attendance was close to pre-pandemic numbers. I must say it was my first time in Pittsburgh and I loved the city. Lots of bridges and the David L. [...]

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Nearshore staffing: Why is it so popular right now?

Nearshore staffing is becoming increasingly relevant, as stated in this study where a significant 39% of decision-makers from US and EU companies choose to work with professionals from neighboring countries in the future. But what is the reason behind this trend? In this article, we will discuss what Nearshore Staffing is and the advantages that [...]

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What is Staff Augmentation?

Staff augmentation is a business strategy where a company hires additional talent to reinforce their existing team temporarily. This way agencies can increase their workforce quickly without going through the traditional time and costs consuming hiring process. The hired staff will work under the supervision of the outsourcing company, which is responsible for their own [...]

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Nearshore Outsourcing: Understanding How It Works

Nearshore is a business strategy that involves outsourcing certain tasks or processes to a company located in a nearby country, rather than a far-off location. You can also hire talent from nearshore companies and add to your team temporarily, saving time and hiring costs. The idea behind nearshoring is to take advantage of another country's [...]

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How to choose a staffing agency

Making the decision of teaming up with another agency is an important step that shouldn't be taken lightly if you want to avoid wasting time and resources. To help you choose the staffing agency that best suits your company's staffing needs and expectations, it's necessary to take into consideration the following: Evaluate your staffing needs [...]

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Drupal vs. WordPress: Which one is better for your project?

Today, CMS (Content Management Site) or content management systems are widely used software for the creation of websites without the need for coding. If you are considering using a CMS or switching, in this article we will explain the differences between two of the most popular CMS platforms: Drupal and WordPress. This way you will [...]

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European Cloud Summit 2022 Recap

This year the European Cloud Summit 2022 took place in Mainz, Germany. It was my first time there, and even though it is a small city it has a rich history. It was Gutenberg’s home, and in this town in 1440 he created the printing press. Due to its geographical location and rivers, the Roman [...]

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What Is Software Outsourcing

Software Outsourcing is when a company outsources software development services (development, planning, management, maintenance, etc.) to an external company. Both established companies and startups are using software outsourcing to develop their products, and this is on the rise. According to the "State of Software Development Report", by 2021, 41.67% of software development companies have outsourced [...]

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DrupalCon Prague 2022 Recap

DrupalCon Prague 2022 was the return of in-person DrupalCon to Europe after almost three years and I was eager to be back at one of these events and reunite with old and new members of the Drupal community. For me it was also a great opportunity to be able to visit the beautiful city of [...]

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Understanding the differences between a Product Manager and a Project Manager

Tech companies have what seem to be an endless array of roles in all fields, from marketing, to content, development, user experience, and so many more, and occasionally, some of these seem to blend, as is the case with product management and project management. It is not unusual to mix these up, with the name [...]

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How Staff Augmentation makes Digital Agencies more competitive

The tech industry is an ever changing and ever growing field. It has become a challenge for Digital Agencies to have the required IT knowledge for every possible project they are presented with, and undergoing the staff process is not always a viable option. To face this growing issue, subcontracting and outsourcing models have become [...]

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Costa Rica as a IT Staff Augmentation Hub

If you’ve been thinking about investing in technical staff augmentation or nearshore software development services at your company, you may be wondering what your best option is. Should you turn to staff augmentation and nearshore software development companies in India? Eastern Europe? China? The answer may be closer to home than you think. Costa Rica [...]

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Staff Allocation Tool in Airtable

Why should you build a staff allocation tool in Airtable? For the last 2 years, we have relied on Resource Guru to manage the Tetris of resourcing allocation for our staff of 58 employees. What we liked about Guru is that unlike other SaaS platforms out there, the simplicity to be focused specifically on the [...]

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Gatsby Day LA 2020 Recap

The first Gatsby day 2020 was held at Convene in downtown Los Angeles, CA . This was our first time attending as members of weKnow Inc and it surely won’t be our last.  We were was very interested in attending this Gatsby event because this tool is fairly new but is gaining a lot of [...]

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PyCon Colombia 2020

For me, it is a great pleasure to go back home and spend time with the community of Python Colombia. One of the many reasons to come is because from experience as a co-organizer I know from first hand that the team puts a lot of effort in giving the best experience to all participants [...]

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PyCon Japan 2019 Recap

Coming to Japan for a technology conference has always been my dream since university. A lot of experience and learnings from cultural and technical aspects came from this. In this article, I will try to summarize my take aways as a developer and fan of the Japanese culture. Development sprints My experience started with the [...]

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How to hire great remote workers

As we have mentioned before, weKnow works 100% remotely. Hiring remotely allows us to search globally for the best people to conform our team. This gives us an increase in our candidate pool for job openings while also reducing our overhead expenses. However, the process usually comes accompanied with a lot of questions and doubts [...]

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KeepTrack Tool

After a long process of trial and error within our team, we ended up creating our own HR tool to manage our resources. We had tested several resourcing platforms, but we realized that most of them were too generic and none of them combined time tracking and capabilities the way we needed. What we wanted [...]

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Our people

weKnow has focused on bringing together the best people from all around the world, in order to offer the best digital services but, what makes us outstanding? The weKnow team works 100% remotely. This benefits us since it enables us to work with the most remarkable professionals from all around the world, breaking the distance [...]

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A Cost Benefit Analysis of Contractual Staff Augmentation

According to Forbes, as companies around the world go global and marketplaces become more competitive, the need for software engineering has increased drastically. As a result, advanced technological solutions have become the key differentiating factor between winning and losing companies. Businesses these days are actively looking for ways to manage bigger amounts of data to [...]

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Open Source Development: The Potentials

Open source development brought about a major shift in the technological infrastructure realm. The software development process which was previously dependent on a small group of developers, who administered the complete software development lifecycle (SDLC) from managing the feature requests to handling integration processes, is now shared among distributed development communities around the world in [...]

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Let’s talk about Agile

You’ve probably heard about Agile from most, if not every IT industry but, do you actually know what it means and what it implies for businesses? What is Agile? Agile is a project management methodology that focuses on producing the best results in order to keep companies competitive within the market. It helps teams maintain [...]

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The Advantages of Working with Drupal as your CMS

With the rise of web development, businesses have doubled down on maintaining their “online image” to attract more customers. But to do this, they require a web technology that enables the creation of digital content within a collaborative space; one which is tailor-made for their business needs. This is where content management systems (CMS) come [...]

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What Services Can You Expect From Your Nearshore Developers?

Just when globalization has become the most widely used buzzword for business around the world, there’s an increasing need for companies to expand their horizons and start thinking global. When the world is your playing field, the need to invest in research and development and smart business solutions becomes more prominent. Whether you’re going global, [...]

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Globalization in Tech Development: The Shift From Offshoring to Nearshoring

Technological diffusion—the growth of technology across borders—is a key driver of technological globalization, which is directly linked with economic growth and higher standards of living. This also impacts the way businesses operate, as it paves the way for outsourcing key business functions. As corporations realized the role of technology in faster business transformations, they started [...]

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Why weKnow?

Founded in Costa Rica and located in 12 different countries, weKnow has provided solutions for companies based on real experiences for 10 years. We have brought together experts from all around the world to be part of our team. We believe in the power of autonomy, joy, and well-being, which is why we allow our [...]

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Nearshore Vs Offshore Outsourcing: Which is Better?

Software development outsourcing has been quite a popular project delegation technique for corporations for the past decades. With the internet, access to cheap labor in Asia and technical skills in remote regions of world provided a cost-effective solution to software development concerns. Considering the competitiveness in the local labor market, a potential skill shortcoming; working [...]

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Drupalcon Seattle 2019 Recap

DrupalCon Seattle 2019 was my second Drupal Conference. Everybody enjoys travel, and everybody should enjoy learning while at it! This year I had the opportunity to do both, taking benefit of the Professional Development Program that weKnow offers as well as taking my family on vacation. In my first hours in Seattle, I joined my [...]

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We’re Going to Seattle!

DrupalCon 2019 We’re Going to Seattle! We are a month away from flying out to Seattle for the one thing we have all been waiting for here at weKnow… DrupalCon 2019! Our team is beyond excited to be a part of this event once more as attendees and special conference guests. Why are we going [...]

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How to choose the best web development agency?

So you are looking out for help… Either you have a product idea to develop from scratch or need to augment your IT team, basically; you are looking for the best fit. This read will support you to set the right expectations as well as how to evaluate your future business partner effectively to gain [...]

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A simple guide to finding the right software development company

Your ultimate goal is to attract customers to your business. Naturally, you want an agency that understands your goals and vision; therefore whatever product you want to develop will need to be the end result of great synergy. Here are a few reasons why customers choose some companies versus others. Partner with an agency that [...]

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3 reasons why I love my job at weKnow

Do you like your team partners? I do! At weKnow I apply my knowledge, and thanks to my coworker's mentorship my skills have really improved to the next level. Here is why I love working at weKnow: Communication is the most important aspect to this company, I have come to understand why it is so [...]

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MagicGen – The launch of our first SaaS

It was May 2016 when we decided to create a SaaS-based on Drupal Console. While the Console is helping millions of developers code faster, there’s still a segment of Drupal users who don’t necessarily know about using a Command Line Interface such as Terminal or Shell, and that’s where the idea of creating MagicGen came. [...]

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Drupal South 2019 / Round Two

Last month I attended my second Drupal South in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Yep! the capital is Canberra, not Sydney. In my first Drupal South in 2016 I was invited to present a keynote. I also did a Drupal 8 training and a regular session. This time my experience was completely different, since I [...]

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weKnow’s remote working guide to success – Part 2

As a fully distributed company, weKnow supports remote working; a form of management and daily routine that may not be for everyone but, we prove all bumps on the road can be successfully sorted out and made our organization even surpass productivity metrics compared to the in-office style. Having a career outside of a traditional [...]

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My take of BADCamp 2018

weKnow gave me the opportunity to attend my first BADCamp as part of the team that represented the company at this awesome event. First day I attended the Drupal Frontend Submit, a roundtable format that I had not experienced before. It was very rewarding to discuss my experience as a developer who has worked with [...]

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My First BadCamp

BADCamp 2018 was the first real big event I attended, aside from actively participating in Drupal Camp Costa Rica for three years. Kindly enough some co-workers who had already assisted shared with me their experience which gave me great expectations. In addition, I was excited to sightsee San Francisco and Berkeley. After dedicating this year [...]

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weKnow’s crew landing at BADCamp 18!

Autumn is in the air… and part of the weKnow team is heading to BADCamp18, each one of them excited to share experiences, our team culture and contribute to strengthening ties among the members of the Drupal community. ![badcamp](/sites/default/files/inline-images/BADCamp%202018%20weKnow%20Team-%5Bpost-image%5D.jpg) This is a very special BADCamp edition as it sets a milestone in weKnow’s journey. Back [...]

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weKnow’s remote working guide to success

People’s work needs and styles have changed to facilitate never before comforts; as it offers many benefits such as avoiding the dreadful commuting time, saving on corporate location’s expenditure or even the weather getting in the way of work; these are all well-known pro’s associated with remote working, so let us dig in a bit [...]

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Our line-up for Drupal Camp Costa Rica 2018

We were thrilled to share our team’s knowledge with the rest of the attendees at Drupal Camp Costa Rica. This year we had 220 participants between students and professionals from a wide range of fields. One of the key goals of Drupal Camp Costa Rica is to spread the word on Drupal and its surrounding [...]

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DrupalCamp Singapore 2018 Recap

Last week I was honored with the opportunity to participate in DrupalCamp Singapore 2018 as their Keynote. I want to extend a big thank you to the organization of the Singaporean community lead by SolihinJinata a.k.a. SJ from Pixel Onion for this great event. Pixel Onion Headquarters My Keynote wasn't about how fantastic Drupal is, [...]

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JS Conf Australia 2018 Recap

Last week I attended my second JS conference ever since my time at Backbone Conference 2014. This was a completely different experience, since I have been working in earnest for about 18 months on JS platforms to build and deliver products. During this time I’ve been using mostly Meteor, which is a Mongo + NodeJS [...]

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CSSConf Australia 2018 Recap

There is always a first time for everything. In my case, today was my first fully CSS-oriented conference, at CSS Conf Australia 2018, which took place at Melbourne and was attended by 350 people. Caveats: As a backend developer, I am very far removed from the frontend and UX world, so my perspective of this [...]

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2017 Technology Recap

Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks… These are not just hot “buzzwords” anymore. 2017 has seen the deployment of very real solutions that are no longer confined to the imagination of innovators of the likes of Elon Musk, and before the year wraps up we wanted to take a look at some of the main [...]

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Managing a Distributed Team

weKnow is a fully distributed company, something we proclaim loudly and proudly to our partners and potential clients when engaging with them. It’s a characteristic that gives us the competitive edge because it highlights weKnow’s core values and the character of every individual that works at here. I decided to write this because our clients [...]

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WordCampUS 2017 Recap

For the weKnow team, WordCamp U.S. 2017 was our first representation at an official WordPress event. It was a little nerve racking once again playing the role of the ‘new kid in school', we've spent years participating in the Drupal community, so it was different starting from the ground up at an event. As a [...]

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weKnow’s Best Of BADCamp 2017

BADCamp holds a special place in the history of weKnow. Kenny Abarca and Enzo Garcia co-founders of the company, had their first foray into the Drupal community at BADCamp 7 years ago. Enzo and Jesús met at BADCamp, and this meeting changed the trajectory of the Drupal Console as we know it. So this time [...]

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BADCAMP Here We Come!

The weKnow team is excited to announce that we’ll be attending BadCamp October 18-21. BadCamp is a celebration of open source software and one of the most prominent events in the Drupal universe. We take great pride in our track record for giving back to the open source community, so we are also happy to [...]

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weKnow line-up for Drupal Camp Costa Rica 2017

We are excited to announce our line-up for the 2017 Drupal Camp Costa Rica. As proud members of a great community in Costa Rica, weKnow is committed to growing the community by sharing information and insights. We also take this opportunity to thank our team members for consistently sharing knowledge with the Drupal community in [...]

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WeKnow Training at DrupalCon Baltimore

After all the hard work we have been putting into building “WeKnow” as a company that primarily focus on training, we are excited to announce that the company is reaching one of its first milestones and that is to provide a training in a DrupalCon. This goal is coming to a reality in Baltimore where [...]

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