Hamed Pakdaman

Web Development

Laravel Livewire CMS: A Content Layer That Shares Your Stack

Why a Laravel-native CMS beats WordPress or headless SaaS for Livewire developers — shared stack, ops, and security.

Aug 2, 2026 · 6 min read

Web Development

CMS for Django: When a Headless Content Layer Beats Wagtail

The Django admin is not a content editor. When a headless CMS beats Wagtail, how to wire it into a view, and what you give up.

Aug 2, 2026 · 6 min read

Web Development

CMS for Rails: Stop Rebuilding WordPress One Gem at a Time

When a headless CMS beats a hand-built Rails CMS — fetch content in a controller, bust cache with webhooks, and the honest tradeoffs.

Aug 2, 2026 · 5 min read

CMS

Kirby CMS Alternatives: 5 Options When You Outgrow Flat Files

Five Kirby alternatives compared — stay flat-file with Grav/Statamic, or move to a database CMS like UnfoldCMS, Payload, or Directus.

Aug 2, 2026 · 5 min read

CMS

Grav CMS Alternatives: 5 Options Beyond Flat Files

Five Grav alternatives — Kirby and Statamic to stay flat-file, or UnfoldCMS, Payload, and Directus for a database and API.

Aug 2, 2026 · 5 min read

CMS

ButterCMS Alternatives: Own Your Content, Drop the Subscription

Five ButterCMS alternatives — self-host with UnfoldCMS, Strapi, or Directus, or find a better SaaS in Sanity or Storyblok.

Aug 2, 2026 · 5 min read

CMS

DatoCMS Alternatives: 5 Options to Own Your Content

Five DatoCMS alternatives — self-host with UnfoldCMS, Strapi, or Directus, or stay SaaS with Sanity or Contentful. GraphQL notes included.

Aug 2, 2026 · 5 min read

Headless CMS

How to Migrate From Storyblok to a Self-Hosted CMS

Move off Storyblok to a self-hosted CMS — export, map the block model, convert rich text, import, and protect rankings with redirects.

Aug 2, 2026 · 6 min read

Headless CMS

How to Migrate From Directus to a Content-First CMS

Move off Directus to a content-first CMS — export from SQL, map collections, import, and keep rankings with 301 redirects.

Aug 2, 2026 · 6 min read

Headless CMS

How to Migrate From Hygraph (GraphCMS) to a Self-Hosted CMS

Move off Hygraph to a self-hosted CMS — export via GraphQL, map models, import, rewrite the query layer to REST, and protect SEO.

Aug 2, 2026 · 5 min read

Headless CMS

How to Migrate From Cosmic to a Self-Hosted CMS

Move off Cosmic to a self-hosted CMS — export via REST, map objects, import, and keep rankings with 301 redirects. A light, REST-to-REST move.

Aug 2, 2026 · 6 min read

CMS

CMS for a SaaS Blog: Keep It on Your Domain, Ditch WordPress

What a SaaS blog needs from a CMS, and why self-hosted headless beats bolting on WordPress — same domain, same design, owned content.

Aug 2, 2026 · 6 min read