Hamed Pakdaman

Headless CMS

From WordPress to Modern CMS: A Developer's Migration Story

A composite developer's story of a WordPress to modern CMS migration — the trigger, the evaluation, the playbook, what broke, and the month-by-month results.

Jun 25, 2026 · 21 min read

Headless CMS

Config-as-Code vs GUI-First CMS: Which Is Right for Your Team

Schema in TypeScript files vs schema in the admin UI — the architectural fork that shapes who can ship changes on a Friday afternoon.

Jun 25, 2026 · 16 min read

Headless CMS

WordPress Market Share Declining: What 2026 Data Shows

WordPress dropped from 65.2% to 60.2% market share among CMS-using sites in 3 years. The data, the cohort story, the developer-mindshare signal, and what it means.

Jun 25, 2026 · 16 min read

shadcn/ui CMS

Tailwind v4 + shadcn/ui: Building a Themeable CMS

A complete guide to using Tailwind v4 design tokens and shadcn/ui v2 to build a CMS admin that supports unlimited themes with no rebuild.

May 10, 2026 · 11 min read

shadcn/ui CMS

51 shadcn/ui Components in a Real Production Admin: What We Built

Every shadcn/ui component used in Unfold CMS, where it lives, and what we learned building 223 admin pages on top of the full shadcn surface area.

Apr 28, 2026 · 14 min read

CMS

Laravel + React + shadcn/ui: The Modern CMS Stack

Laravel 12, React 19, Inertia 2, shadcn/ui, and Tailwind v4 — the modern Laravel CMS stack explained, layer by layer.

Apr 28, 2026 · 14 min read

CMS

Why Your shadcn/ui Admin Template Should Be a Full CMS

Most shadcn admin templates leave 80% of the CMS work to you — auth, permissions, media, publishing, SEO. Here's when a shadcn-native CMS makes more sense than a template plus weeks of glue code.

Apr 28, 2026 · 13 min read

CMS

The CMS Built on shadcn/ui: Why It Matters

The first production CMS built entirely on shadcn/ui — 50 components, 183 admin pages, Tailwind v4, and three switchable themes. Here's why the shadcn philosophy maps perfectly onto what developers want from a CMS.

Apr 25, 2026 · 13 min read

Web Development

What Makes a CMS Developer-Friendly? 8 Features

The 8 features developers should evaluate before choosing a CMS — from API design to local dev parity, migrations, and extensibility.

Apr 24, 2026 · 14 min read

Self-Hosted CMS

Self-Hosted CMS vs SaaS CMS: Which Is Right for Your Team?

The honest tradeoffs between self-hosted and SaaS CMS platforms — data ownership, real costs, vendor lock-in, and a decision framework for teams.

Apr 23, 2026 · 13 min read

Headless CMS

Why Developers Are Leaving WordPress: 7 Pain Points

A data-driven breakdown of the 7 pain points pushing developers away from WordPress in 2026 — from security nightmares to plugin bloat and ecosystem lock-in.

Apr 21, 2026 · 14 min read

Headless CMS

What Is a Headless CMS?

Plain-English explanation of headless CMS for developers who want to understand what makes it different from traditional platforms.

Apr 20, 2026 · 8 min read