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This article contains perspectives about potential benefits and drawbacks of using presentation technology provided by content management system vendors. If you have perspectives on the advantages and disadvantages of using head technology from a CMS vendor, please comment on this article. Update 15.Dec.2025: After years of frustration with WordPress, I am finally abandoning this blog.Continue reading “-Advantages and Disadvantages of Using CMS Head Technology”

This article contains some perspectives on concepts I’ll define as environments, instances, repositories, branches, and publishing targets. Some of this is specific to composable applications and some is even more specific to content management systems. Different vendors use different terminology. Due to my familiarity with Sitecore CMS (not Sitecore XM Cloud) and Contentstack (sorry, Interwoven,Continue reading “-Environments, Instances, Repositories, Branches, and Publishing Targets with Composable CMS”

This article describes various techniques that solutions can use to map URL paths to content entries in headless content management systems. Content management systems (CMS) separate content from presentation, which allows business users to maintain content for which developers write code to present that data. CMS supports reuse and consistent presentation of textual content andContinue reading “-Mapping URL Paths to Content Entries with Headless CMS”

This article presents my perspectives on the value of hierarchical data representation in content management systems (CMS), especially those used for websites. I used ChatGPT to make various minor corrections and improvements, but otherwise, this is basically a braindump. For a clearer picture, paste the text into your favorite LLM and ask for a summaryContinue reading “-Hierarchies and Hierarchical URLs in (Web) Content Management Systems”

This blog post describes some factors that can help headless content management software vendors differentiate their offerings from most of the competitors in their field. Please comment on this blog post to describe important factors that differentiate headless CMS offerings for you. Update 15.Dec.2025: After years of frustration with WordPress, I am finally abandoning thisContinue reading “-Headless CMS Differentiating Factors”

This article presents my personal perspectives on the MACH Alliance, which I see as an organization that pools resources from multiple software vendors to market their offerings by focusing on specific aspects of composable solution architecture. Update 16.Dec.2025: I republished this article here: Originally posted as a LinkedIn article, where more perspective appears in theContinue reading “-A Technologist’s Perspective on the MACH Alliance”

This blog post describes a technique that uses Data Transformation Script Orchestration Components (DTS) to help you investigate elements of orchestration flows in the Conscia DX Engine. In addition to obtaining information about JSON structures without consulting Conscia’s documentation, this technique can assist in diagnosing errors that you may have introduced into your configuration. ItContinue reading “-Spelunking the Conscia DX Engine with Data Transformation Script Components”

Introduction This blog post provides my personal perspectives regarding factors that lead to the success or failure of composable software solutions. If you have questions or suggestions, please comment on this post. Update 15.Dec.2025: After years of frustration with WordPress, I am finally abandoning this blog. The content will likely stay here for some time,Continue reading “-What Makes Composable Projects Successful?”

Introduction This blog post describes a technique that you can use to reduce the lists in the response from a Metadata Orchestration Component in the Conscia Digital Engine to a single value for each key. In addition to simplifying the syntax for accessing the final value in each list, this technique allows you to useContinue reading “-Reducing Metadata Component Responses with the Conscia Digital Experience Engine”