Comments on: How not to build an in-house CMS http://relativesanity.com/2008/11/17/how-not-to-build-an-in-house-cms/ Nerdery, curmudgeon, humanity and science Mon, 21 Nov 2011 06:57:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: John http://relativesanity.com/2008/11/17/how-not-to-build-an-in-house-cms/comment-page-1/#comment-15 John Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:45:30 +0000 http://journal.relativesanity.com/?p=77#comment-15 What this article describes is the way most companies go about producing a CMS. Build a horrible foundation and just patch the crap out of it along the way. Companies just don't want any old CMS, and if they do they'll end up just wanting something else in the end, they want a business relationship with the CMS provider. Building a solid foundation isn't tough, it's actually finding the time to do so. And the only way to do that is been through the hellish process you mention. In the end, this article seems more about scaring people off to limit the competition for WordPress than anything else. What this article describes is the way most companies go about producing a CMS. Build a horrible foundation and just patch the crap out of it along the way. Companies just don’t want any old CMS, and if they do they’ll end up just wanting something else in the end, they want a business relationship with the CMS provider. Building a solid foundation isn’t tough, it’s actually finding the time to do so. And the only way to do that is been through the hellish process you mention. In the end, this article seems more about scaring people off to limit the competition for WordPress than anything else.

]]> By: jonathan http://relativesanity.com/2008/11/17/how-not-to-build-an-in-house-cms/comment-page-1/#comment-14 jonathan Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:40:20 +0000 http://journal.relativesanity.com/?p=77#comment-14 I think this article reflects the real world as a lot of independent and small-team web developers live it, even if they don't see it. I can't actually think of a single colleague who hasn't been through this, and the sad fact is that the majority (including myself on many occasions) are still there. I think this article reflects the real world as a lot of independent and small-team web developers live it, even if they don’t see it.

I can’t actually think of a single colleague who hasn’t been through this, and the sad fact is that the majority (including myself on many occasions) are still there.

]]> By: Brad http://relativesanity.com/2008/11/17/how-not-to-build-an-in-house-cms/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Brad Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:33:43 +0000 http://journal.relativesanity.com/?p=77#comment-13 This article was the truest thing I've read in a long time. You've just described the last few months of my life in almost frightening precision. While simultaneously working at a 9-5, I've taken a few stabs now at a homegrown CMS on the side, much to the dismay of myself as well as my clients, for the exact reasons you describe. Until the opportunity arises to build something unique, we just have to get work done. This article was the truest thing I’ve read in a long time. You’ve just described the last few months of my life in almost frightening precision. While simultaneously working at a 9-5, I’ve taken a few stabs now at a homegrown CMS on the side, much to the dismay of myself as well as my clients, for the exact reasons you describe. Until the opportunity arises to build something unique, we just have to get work done.

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