
MDX For Marketing Content: When It Beats A CMS
A practical guide to when MDX is better than a CMS for marketing content, and when editorial workflows need a fuller content platform.
Redstone Foundry insights on Web Development, with practical notes for technical direction, implementation risk, and durable web systems.
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Coverage: Apr 2026 to Oct 2026
89 min total read

A practical guide to when MDX is better than a CMS for marketing content, and when editorial workflows need a fuller content platform.

A practical guide to multi-tenant SaaS architecture for small teams, including tenant modeling, data isolation, roles, billing, support, and scaling choices.

A practical guide to edge runtime tradeoffs, including latency, personalization, data access, platform limits, observability, and when central servers are better.

A practical guide to webhook architecture, including signature verification, idempotency, queues, retries, observability, and recovery workflows.

A practical guide to engineering high-converting forms with clear UX, fast performance, validation, analytics, spam control, and reliable follow-up.

A practical guide to deciding when realtime web app features are worth it, which patterns to use, and how to avoid reliability and UX problems.

A practical guide to designing web app authentication around product workflows, roles, onboarding, sessions, recovery, and long-term trust.

A practical explanation of row-level security, where it helps, how to model tenant access, and how to test database policies before production.

A practical Shopify versus WooCommerce decision guide for ecommerce teams weighing speed, ownership, integrations, content, customization, and maintenance.

A practical guide to Stripe subscription edge cases around webhooks, plan changes, proration, failed invoices, trials, cancellations, and local state.

A practical approach to building custom admin dashboards by reusing proven patterns for auth, tables, forms, actions, audit trails, and reporting.

A practical guide to the business and engineering value of strict TypeScript, including where it helps, where it costs, and how to adopt it sensibly.

A practical read on using Supabase in production, including Postgres strengths, auth, row-level security, migrations, operations, and team fit.

A clear explanation of React Server Components, the practical problems they solve, where they help, and where teams still need care.

A custom CMS can publish content and grow into the marketing system your team actually runs. Here is what changes when the backend is built around the business.

A practical API design guide for products that may change direction, including resource modeling, versioning, idempotency, auth, contracts, and observability.

A practical decision guide for using Next.js on a marketing-first website, including performance, content operations, complexity, and long-term fit.
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