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964: Markdown as a CMS is a bad idea
December 17, 2025·1 hr 3 min·5 clips
Wes Bos reveals why managing thousands of markdown files as a CMS is a terrible idea for content creators.
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A blunt, practical take on content tooling, shortcuts, and developer workflow tradeoffs.
The episode uses its potluck format to land on a familiar but useful point: markdown can serve as a content system, but once the files start piling up, maintenance gets messy.
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You need a blunt answer on whether markdown can replace a CMS.
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