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Jürgen Haas

In IT since 1989, started as a documentation writer. I maintain ECA, an open source workflow engine on 25,000+ websites. LakeDrops. Topics: automation, AI without vendor lock-in, who pays for open source.

Co-Founder and Drupal Specialist @ LakeDrops GmbH & Co. KG

Hi vutuv. I’m Jürgen. I got into IT in 1989 by writing software documentation, before I owned a computer. I never stopped writing.

At LakeDrops, a small Drupal agency, I maintain ECA, a workflow engine on more than 25,000 websites. Since July 2025 almost all my working time has gone into open source. The community never got an invoice for that. In September it did. More on that later.

So far I’ve only written for the Drupal crowd. Here I’m looking for people who have never installed Drupal and still ask the same questions. How do I automate work without chaining myself to a vendor? Which AI tools do I actually control? Who pays for the open source my business runs on? Who should I follow here who has nothing to do with Drupal?

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2011 - Present
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Co-Founder and Drupal Specialist

LakeDrops GmbH & Co. KG · 16 years

2004 - Present
23y
Managing Director

PARAGON Executive Services GmbH · 23 years

2010 - 2019
9y
CTO

Tineon AG · 9 years

2011 - 2013
2y
Vorstand Finanzen & IT

GiroSolution AG · 2 years

2006 - 2009
4y
Managing Director

HIP Handelskontor für innovative Produkte GmbH · 4 years

2007 - 2009
2y
Managing Director

ANI Publishing Ltd · 2 years

2007 - 2009
2y
Managing Director

Lexical Technologies Ltd · 2 years

2006 - 2007
1y
Senior Partner Executive

Triple-J Capital Partners GmbH · 1 year

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