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Month: March 2023

(link) – Why we moved from Drupal to CodeIgniter

This post by Juliette Culver is over 12 years old but is still one of my favourite explanations of what’s wrong with Drupal and WordPress for developers.

Nowadays, Statamic (and the Laravel ecosystem in general) is a fantastic alternative if you’re a PHP specialist.

Author William TurrellPosted on March 26, 2023March 26, 2023Categories BlogTags cms, codeigniter, drupal, laravel, php, statamic

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