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Journal · · 8 min

A Headless CMS With No Build Step: PHP + Cockpit, Server-Rendered

You can run a headless CMS without a JS build step. Here's how we pair Cockpit v2 with server-rendered PHP, FTP deploys, and zero npm pipeline. Journal · · 9 min

Three stacks we ripped out in 2026: Webflow, Sanity, AWS

What broke, what we saved, what we'd do again. Three honest migration walkthroughs with hours and invoices attached. Journal · · 11 min

Cockpit CMS v2 in production: twelve lessons from four sites

Self-hosted, open-source, headless. The things that bit us in production and the patterns that earn their keep.
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