Why I Built My Own CMS (Again) — This Time with Laravel + Filament

Most developers don’t wake up thinking: “You know what the world needs? Another CMS.” And yet… here we are. The Problem with Existing CMS (From a Developer’s POV) I’ve worked with a lot of CMS platforms over the years — from WordPress to headless setups. They all work… until you try to do something slightly different. That’s when things get messy: You fight plugins instead of building features You bend your architecture around the CMS You inherit years of legacy decisions you didn’t sign up for At some point, I realized: I wasn’t building products — I was working around the CMS. The “What If” Question So I started asking: What if a CMS was built the way we build modern Laravel apps today? Not constrained by legacy. Not pretending to be everything for everyone. Just: Clean architecture Developer-first Extensible by design Actually enjoyable to work with Why Laravel + Filament? If you’re in the Laravel ecosystem, this part will make sense. Laravel gives you: Structure without being restr