CMS First Principles: Intent over Implementation
Every CMS forces content creators to manipulate layout builders without ever declaring what they're trying to communicate. Just like "program to the interface, not the implementation," content management should capture intent first, then let AI assistants handle the visual details through collaborative design conversations.
CMS First Principles: You will succeed
Most open source content management systems claim no vendor lock in, but is that true? How can we ensure that you will still succeed when the system is down or you want to move on?
Creating CMS First Principles
Content Management Systems have principles once you get the code out of the way.