The Evolution and Future of Content Publishing
summary
Argues that static HTML is fastest and shows site load drops from ~4s to 0.4s after moving off a PHP CMS; demonstrates Jekyll’s pipeline of Markdown + front matter + Liquid and the rise of Jekyll + GitHub Pages site generators; names Webhook and Siteleaf as CMS layers that add visual editing and image resizing while still producing static builds; highlights the wp REST API and content-as-JSON endpoints as the route for multi-platform publishing.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:43History of the Web
- 7:50State of Today
- 8:05Performance
- 11:43Jekyll
- 15:50Webhook
- 16:57GitHub
- 28:14JavaScript
- 28:44Content Publishing
- 29:12Building CMSs
- 30:38Requirements
- 31:20Conclusion
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