Full-Stack Software Engineer
Results-driven full-stack software engineer with 10+ years of experience designing, developing, and optimizing web applications from the ground up. Passionate about clean architecture, developer experience, and building products that scale — including UnfoldCMS, an open-source Laravel CMS built for modern workflows.
98 posts
When to self-host, what it costs, and which CMS to pick — the 2026 guide.
A methodology guide for technical evaluators benchmarking CMS performance — what to measure, the 5 scenarios that matter, and how to compare fairly.
The 2026 reference guide for developers picking a CMS — six criteria that actually matter and ten platforms ranked.
A clear breakdown of headless CMS architecture — the 3 layers, how requests flow, content modeling, caching, and the real tradeoffs.
Vendor widget APIs limit what you can change in a CMS admin. A shadcn-based admin lets you fork any file and modify it like any code in your repo. Why fork-and-modify wins over 12 months, and where vendor widgets are still the right pick.
Self-hosted CMS wins for reasons that have nothing to do with cost. The five benefits that compound over a 3-year project — and the cases where SaaS still wins.
Self-hosting your CMS collapses your DPA stack, removes Schrems II concerns, and makes GDPR erasure trivial. The compliance case for owning your CMS in 2026.
A 10-point evaluation framework for choosing a headless CMS in 2026 — with how to test each item, red flags, and what good looks like in practice.
Half of CMS bugs come from drifted types. The case for TypeScript-first CMSes — what end-to-end type safety means, who delivers it, and how to test it.
The average WordPress site runs 25 plugins. Each one is third-party code with database access. Here is what it actually costs you and when to switch.
Why WordPress sites are slow in 2026 — the 5 main bottlenecks, how to diagnose each, what fixes actually work, and when switching CMSes is cheaper.
WordPress is free, but production WordPress is not. The 5 hidden costs and the real 3-year TCO for small, mid-size, and enterprise sites.