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Category filtering, live pagination, instant updates — built with Datastar and Craft CMS, entirely in Twig. Hypermedia-driven, zero JavaScript framework, and easy to maintain across your whole team.

 

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 28.04.2026

  Backend  

## Craft CMS is Becoming a Laravel Package. Here is What That Means for You.

 

Craft 6 runs on Laravel. Everything you need to know before it ships.

 

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 10.04.2026

  Development  

## Making Craft CMS AI-Ready — What GEO Actually Means in Practice

 

GEO is the new SEO — but most of what you read about it is either theoretical or plain wrong. Here's what I actually implemented in Craft Kit, what works, and what you can safely ignore.

 

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 10.03.2026

  Development  

## Matrix vs. CKEditor in Craft CMS — When to Use Which

 

Matrix or CKEditor? The answer depends on one thing: is your editor designing a page or writing a document. Here's how I decide on every project.

 

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 09.03.2026

  Development  

## Datastar vs. Alpine/HTMX — Why Datastar Is the Better Fit for Craft CMS

 

Discover why Datastar delivers cleaner state management, fewer edge-cases, and a more scalable architecture for Craft CMS — and how it solves problems that Alpine/HTMX can’t.

 

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 23.01.2026

  Opinion  

## Craft CMS & Hypermedia: How Agencies Build Less and Deliver More

 

Agencies don't lose projects to bad code — they lose them to accumulated complexity. Here's why a hypermedia-first approach with Craft CMS and Datastar keeps projects fast to build, easy to maintain, and free from framework lock-in.

 

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 15.01.2026

  Opinion  

## Why I Prefer Datastar Over Vue + GraphQL for Most Craft CMS Projects

 

Datastar gives me the speed and simplicity I need for most projects — without the overhead of a full frontend framework. Here’s why I often skip Vue + GraphQL.

 

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