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Planning your platform

Choosing a CMS, costs, migrations and partners.

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8 articles·about 62 minutes

Planning your platform

Total Cost of Ownership for Semantic Search

Enterprise search vendors like Coveo charge 100s of thousands over a 3 year period for semantic search capabilities you can build with open source tools for a tenth of the price. Here's the cost breakdown, control you're giving up, and why 95% of organisations are massively overpaying.

9 min 9 min read · George Bonnici-Carter
Planning your platform

Why Your CMS Choice Matters More Than Ever (And It's Not About Features)

When evaluating content management systems, most teams focus on features. Can it do personalisation? Does it have good media management? The real question is different: are you buying a tool or building a system?

10 min 10 min read · George Bonnici-Carter
Planning your platform

When Websites Become Infrastructure

There's a moment in a company's evolution where the website stops being a destination and starts being a foundation. Recognising that moment matters more than you'd think.

9 min 9 min read · George Bonnici-Carter
Planning your platform

Custom vs Off-the-Shelf Is the Wrong Question

Build versus buy has tormented organisations since the dawn of software. But it was never really a two-way choice - the decision that matters is where you draw the line between what you rent and what you own.

8 min 8 min read · George Bonnici-Carter
Planning your platform

AI Changes What a Website Migration Is For

AI can now understand and recreate much of a website. The bigger gain comes from moving content onto a platform built for what happens next.

8 min 8 min read · George Bonnici-Carter
Planning your platform

Your development partner should have an opinion

As building software gets faster, deciding what deserves to be built becomes more valuable. Your development partner should help you make those decisions.

5 min 5 min read · George Bonnici-Carter
Planning your platform

Your Next CMS Is a Bet on How Your Organisation Will Work

Your next CMS could open up better search, less repetitive work and connected tools. What should you evaluate before committing to the platform?

6 min 6 min read · George Bonnici-Carter
Planning your platform

Open source should be the default

Unless proprietary software fills 95% of your business needs, start with open source. More flexibility, honest security, and the freedom to leave.

7 min 7 min read · George Bonnici-Carter

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Planning your platform

Suggested reading order

Total Cost of Ownership for Semantic Search

Why Your CMS Choice Matters More Than Ever (And It's Not About Features)

When Websites Become Infrastructure

Custom vs Off-the-Shelf Is the Wrong Question

AI Changes What a Website Migration Is For

Your development partner should have an opinion

Your Next CMS Is a Bet on How Your Organisation Will Work

Open source should be the default

Let's chat.