5 Strapi Alternatives Developers Are Actually Switching To in 2026
For years, Strapi was the answer. Need a headless CMS? Open source, self-hosted, developer-first. Done. That's not true anymore. In 2026, developers a…
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Choosing a headless CMS
A headless CMS separates where content is edited from where it's displayed. Editors manage content in a friendly interface; your front end pulls it ov…
5 questions for your next platform evaluation 🏗️
We often spend forty-five minutes debating a single CMS while ignoring the three hundred unmanaged applications running on production hotfixes and 201…
Building a typed CMS for business data with PHP, OpenAPI, and MCP
In my previous article, I introduced the NeNe series: a family of small, self-hosted business tools for teams operating in Japan. Previous article: ht…
Payload v4: every block gets its own TypeScript interface (hashed on collision)
A nice quality-of-life change in Payload v4's type generation. Previously, a block only got its own TypeScript interface if you set interfaceName . In…
Why We Don't Call Cosmic an "AI CMS"
A new report from WordPress VIP landed on Hacker News this week. The headline: 60% of US consumers say seeing 'AI' in brand messaging makes them less …
Is There a CMS Built with shadcn/ui? Yes — UnfoldCMS
📝 Originally published on unfoldcms.com — reposted here for the DEV community. (I work on UnfoldCMS.) Search "is there a CMS built with shadcn/ui" and…
Self-Hosted CMS Backup Strategy: Practical Guide 2026
📝 Originally published on unfoldcms.com — reposted here for the DEV community. (I work on UnfoldCMS.) TL;DR: A self-hosted CMS without a tested backup…
Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs 4.6: What Changed and Which Should You Use?
Anthropic shipped Claude Sonnet 4.6 in February 2026, roughly five months after Sonnet 4.5 launched in September 2025. Both carry the same API pricing…
We built MDCMS, a Markdown-first CMS for teams using AI agents
Working with Markdown files for content is super convenient. As a developer, it is hard not to like it. Content is just files. You can search it, diff…
The Best Next.js SaaS Starter Kits with a Built-in CMS (2026)
It's month two of your SaaS. Your co-founder pings you on Slack: "Can we change the hero headline? I think it's confusing." You open the repo, edit a …
Building a standalone CMS admin with Hono and vanilla CSS glassmorphism
For a while the Orbiter admin lived inside the Astro integration. It was convenient — one package, one deploy, no extra process to manage. It was also…
How to Build a React Blog with Next.js and Cosmic
Building a blog with React and Next.js is one of the most common use cases for modern web development. But where you store and manage your content mat…
MCP vs Agent Skills: What's the Difference and Which Do You Need?
Originally published at cosmicjs.com Two terms keep coming up in every AI developer conversation right now: MCP (Model Context Protocol) and Agent Ski…
What Agent-Native Means for Your Content Infrastructure
"Agent-native" is being claimed by a lot of companies right now. Here's what it actually means at the content infrastructure layer — where agents read…