Headless architecture and the future of websites
summary
Argues that decoupling front end from back end yields faster, omni‑channel sites by exposing content via APIs instead of monolithic CMSes, cites Gatsby/Jekyll static generators for page speed, warns WordPress median time‑to‑interactive near ten seconds and that 85% of users expect faster mobile, describes migrating an e‑commerce client with an old EDI backend using a strangler pattern migration, notes tradeoffs: subscription APIs, extra hosting, no WYSIWYG and a preview-to-staging payload workaround.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction and agenda
- 1:44Challenges with monolithic systems
- 7:44What is headless architecture
- 9:10Advantages of headless approach
- 11:58Drawbacks of headless systems
- 13:24Content-first strategy for headless
- 16:15Strangler pattern for legacy systems
- 18:23Q&A session
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