Switching reason · API & developer experience · Causes churn
Agency replaced headless CMSs including Directus with custom backends
1 source thread · first seen 2026-09
Summary
A developer found using off-the-shelf CMSs painful and now builds custom backends with sqlite and bun for tighter control and independence from CMS maintainers.
- Affects
- freelance web developer serving clients
- Switched to or considered
- custom backend (sqlite, bun)
Evidence
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“Be it Payload, Strapi, Directus. It was always painful, I've never enjoyed it”