Why we’re adding a CMS to Build UI
Sam and Ryan chat about issues they’ve run into in the past when building media sites that store content alongside other dynamic data like user accounts, and how they’re using a CMS to alleviate these problems in Build UI. They also talk about the approach they’ll be using for access control to the CMS.
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Show Notes
Sam and Ryan chat about issues they’ve run into in the past when building media sites that store content alongside other dynamic data like user accounts, and how they’re using a CMS to alleviate these problems in Build UI. They also talk about the approach they’ll be using for access control to the CMS.
Topics include:
- 0:00 – Intro
- 0:27 – Unintentional security attack vectors
- 11:20 – Environment-specific vs. environment-independent data
- 23:43 – Architecture discussion for an environment-independent CMS
- 34:39 – Added complexity for testing
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