Podcast
We present Craft CMS and the whole ecosystem in detail in the podcast. Talks with developers, designers, and editors who use the user-friendly content management system. And, of course, news about releases and plugins.
Latest Episode
Staying small on purpose
Episode 25 with Angie Herrera 41:09
Angie Herrera has been running Block 81 in Portland on her own since 2003. She started because there were no agency jobs that year, and told her partner she’d get a real job if it didn’t work out. She talks about ExpressionEngine, keeping plugins to a minimum, and why she never wanted to manage people.
All Episodes
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Episode 16 with Bastian Allgeier 1 hr 10 min
Inside Kirby CMS
Bastian Allgeier, creator of Kirby CMS, discusses how Kirby began as a website for a friend's design studio, why he chose a file-based approach, and what makes Kirby a compelling option for Craft developers looking for alternatives.
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Episode 15 with Ryan Irelan 1 hr 10 min
CraftQuest on Cast
Ryan Irelan studied German and planned to become a teacher. That never happened, but teaching a foreign language turned out to be the perfect preparation for teaching web development. He talks about CraftQuest, the subscription model, and running a one-person education business in the Craft community.
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Episode 14 with Shawna O'Neal 1 hr 26 min
Dodgy takes on price increases
Shawna O'Neal from Dodgy Code never built a WordPress site and hated Craft the first time she used it. She and Thomas discuss the Craft CMS price increase, what it means for small agencies, and whether a lighter license tier would make sense.
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Episode 13 with Brandon Kelly 1 hr 18 min
Craft CMS: ten years and beyond
Brandon Kelly, creator of Craft CMS, looks back on ten years: from learning ExpressionEngine in a day to plugin revenue surpassing his salary to almost naming it "Blocks CMS" to leading a 16-member team running conferences on multiple continents.
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Episode 12 with Andrew Armitage 53 min
Selling a relationship: running an agency
Andrew Armitage from A Digital talks about the realities of running a small Craft CMS agency: managing a team, competing in an increasingly crowded market, and why the hard work starts after a website launches.
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Episode 11 with Andrew Armitage 45 min
Not hard to sell: using Craft CMS as an agency
Andrew Armitage from A Digital was in the room when Craft CMS was first shown publicly under the name Blocks. He talks about building a Craft-only agency, deliberately staying small, and selling Craft to clients who have never heard of it.
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Episode 10 with Andrew Welch 53 min
Lost in the Sierra Nevada with Andrew Welch
Andrew Welch taught himself Pascal at 15, ran a Mac software company for two decades, got a threatening letter from General Electric's lawyers, and eventually wound it all down to build Craft CMS plugins alone from a converted barn. He talks about that journey and how SEOmatic came to be.
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Episode 9 with Charlie Dowley 32 min
From Dreamweaver to Craft: the story of a female web developer
Charlie Dowley's employer sent her on a Dreamweaver course. She found it more interesting than design, quit shortly after, and spent eight years in WordPress before Gutenberg pushed her toward Craft CMS. She talks about that journey, accessibility, and working as a female developer in tech.