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CMS rambling

2024-11-10

So my thinking is to maybe have some sort of CMS (probably strapi), and then to use that for this blogs content (for starters). Thinking that could be a nice replacement for my old WP blog.

Then I could write and write with nary the slightest worry in the world! For one, the quite possibly random content doesn't get committed to a VCS, so that's nice (in case I say something incredibly stupid and want to easily retract my words! I could always force push... hmmm, there truly is a world of opportunity out there). On the other hand, storing the content in a VCS will also let me time travel!

Points against CMS:

  • I'd have to host a CMS... >:(
  • Another moving piece of machinery! (it could will break at some point and require more maintenance)
  • kinda KISS for a blog with no two-way communication to simply generate everything at build time from source 😌
  • Whenever I scaffold something "bigger" for the sake of future unknown usage patterns, it always falls flat!
  • CMSes are good for dynamic data, but do I really want to do dynamic data?! (I don't want to make my blog into a job! I just want to occasionally rant into the void)

Points for CMS:

  • CMSes could be simple!
  • Separate concerns: Content is content 👏, and presentation is presentation! 👏

I'll leave room for future me to make some choices here.

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