The Future of Editing Websites

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Claim: a headless/API-based CMS (Prismic) actually produces both an editor and a queryable API from a content model, yielding CDN distribution, image optimization, and availability that scale (handled heavy Black Friday traffic). Implements front ends with React/Vue/Angular and integrates services like Stripe, Snipcart, Algolia, OAuth. Compares server-side rendering vs static-site generation (Next, Nuxt) and GraphQL vs REST tradeoffs. Emphasizes modeling choices that affect editor UX and code structure and reports these patterns are implemented and working in production.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 0:36The Problem
3. 6:02The Model
4. 7:57Freedom
5. 8:36Modern JavaScript
6. 11:32ServerSide Rendering vs Static Rendering
7. 17:09Responsibilities as a Developer

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