Insights
Category: CMS
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Headless WordPress with Next.js: what nobody tells you
The honest tradeoffs of a headless WP rebuild — what you gain, what it actually costs, and the four moments it usually breaks.
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Why I won’t use Elementor on a paid project
Six reasons — performance, maintenance, migration cost, accessibility, plugin sprawl, and what it teaches teams.
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WordPress 6.2 block themes: the FSE inflection point
WordPress 6.2 shipped in March. After two years of Full Site Editing being almost-but-not-quite, this release pushes block themes into production readiness for most projects.
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Why Framer is taking design-led marketing builds from Webflow
Framer relaunched as a full website builder last year. In nine months we have shipped six client projects on it. Here is why the conversation has shifted.
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Sanity vs Contentful vs Strapi: picking a headless CMS in 2022
Three serious headless CMSes, three different bets on hosting, schema, and editing experience. Here is how we pick between them in late 2022.
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Headless WordPress + Next.js: when it earns the architecture
Headless WordPress with Next.js is the architecture everyone is talking about in 2021. Here is when it is worth the complexity, and when it is not.
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Webflow vs Squarespace for design-led portfolios
Two of the most-asked-about no-code platforms for portfolio sites. The honest comparison for designers picking between them in 2021.
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ACF Pro vs Toolset vs Pods: which custom-fields plugin earns the build?
Three established custom-fields plugins, three different bets on how to extend WordPress. Here is which one we reach for first and why.
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Page builders are a productivity trap. The WordPress dev rant.
Six months with three different page builders on real client projects. Here is what they actually cost the team, the client, and the site.
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WordPress vs Drupal vs Joomla: the SMB CMS decision in 2017
Three open-source CMSes, three reasons to pick each one, and the honest answer about which one wins for small-business projects in late 2017.