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Or in other terms: "Why haven't Content Management Systems made web development cheaper?"
by caseysoftware 6y ago
Or in other terms:
"Why haven't Content Management Systems made web development cheaper?"
- outside1234 6y agoNot sure that is the right question - because they have. Sites like nytimes.com etc. are essentially prefab websites where all of the work is on the system to automate the building and distribution articles - the articles themselves are not bespoke HTML / CSS.
- earthboundkid 6y agoI see your point, but the NYT has a whole team ("interactives") whose job is to do bespoke HTML / CSS for articles that they want to make a bigger splash.
- solarmist 6y agoClose, but how about “Why didn’t CMS make web development cheaper in the 2000s?” I’d say we’re out of the prototype stages, but we’re still working out the kinks and business models with prefab construction. It’s just very early days for it actually being a business because anything physical evolves at least 10x slower than software.