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Field notes from the build side of marketing.

Plain-spoken writing on WordPress and flat-file builds, migrations, accessibility, security and how AI search actually reads a website. For the agencies and marketing teams who have to ship.

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Payload CMS vs Grav: when a marketing site needs a database, and when it doesn’t

Payload is the best code-first headless CMS and we run it for clients. For most marketing sites it is more than they need. A buyer’s comparison with Grav: hosting, cost, security, editors, AI readability, and the signs you actually need the database.

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