I saw a post on LinkedIn the other day from a self-proclaimed 20 year agency veteran of WordPress saying that was it, they’re moving the entire agency off of WordPress and onto AI. Now, because I, too, am a 20 year veteran of WordPress, this kind of story catches my attention. He posted that they just rebuilt his agency’s site in a fraction of the time and he was never again going to use WordPress...
The article presents a constructive analysis of the ongoing debate about CMSes and the rise of AI-friendly static site generators. It advocates for a nuanced approach, acknowledging that both WordPress (or Drupal) and Astro/EmDash have their places depending on the project's complexity and maintenance needs. The author challenges the idea that CMSes are dead, pointing out that human labor remains the weak link in updating plugins or managing dependencies. The article also raises questions about ...