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      Is decoupled Drupal still a thing?
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      <p>A few years ago, decoupled or headless Drupal - where Drupal is used as an API with a separate front-end - was very popular with some large Drupal agencies and clients using it.</p>

      <p><a href="/talks/decoupling-drupal-vuejs">I gave a conference talk</a> about how to use Drupal as a backend application for a Vue.js frontend.</p>

      <p>Recently, though, I haven't heard much about it.</p>

      <p>Some previous advocates have moved back to the more traditional approach.</p>

      <p>Interestingly, though, I did hear quite a bit about it at DrupalCon and about Drupal and Next.js in particular.</p>

      <p>I want to try using Drupal with Astro in the future and see what the landscape is like now.</p>

      <h2 id="what-about-you%3F">What about you?</h2>

      <p>Do you use Drupal in a decoupled or headless way? If so, what do you use for the frontend?</p>

      <p>If not, or if you've moved back to a more traditional approach, why?</p>

      <p>Reply and let me know.</p>

              
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      <p>A few years ago, decoupled or headless Drupal - where Drupal is used as an API with a separate front-end - was very popular with some large Drupal agencies and clients using it.</p>

      <p><a href="/talks/decoupling-drupal-vuejs">I gave a conference talk</a> about how to use Drupal as a backend application for a Vue.js frontend.</p>

      <p>Recently, though, I haven't heard much about it.</p>

      <p>Some previous advocates have moved back to the more traditional approach.</p>

      <p>Interestingly, though, I did hear quite a bit about it at DrupalCon and about Drupal and Next.js in particular.</p>

      <p>I want to try using Drupal with Astro in the future and see what the landscape is like now.</p>

      <h2 id="what-about-you%3F">What about you?</h2>

      <p>Do you use Drupal in a decoupled or headless way? If so, what do you use for the frontend?</p>

      <p>If not, or if you've moved back to a more traditional approach, why?</p>

      <p>Reply and let me know.</p>

              
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