Over the last five years, decoupled Drupal has grown from a fringe topic among front-end enthusiasts in the Drupal community to something of a phenomenon when it comes to coverage in blog posts, tutorials, conference sessions, and marketing collateral. There is now even a well-received book by this author and a yearly conference dedicated to the topic. For many Drupal developers working today, not a day goes by without some mention of decoupled architectures that pair Drupal with other technologies. While Drupal’s robust capabilities for integration are nothing new, there have been comparatively few retrospectives on how far we’ve come on the decoupled Drupal journey.