CMS Wars

Noun · Hacker Culture

Definitions

  1. Ongoing arguments over which content management system is best, often involving tradeoffs around extensibility, hosting, editorial workflow, performance, and developer ergonomics. The phrase is used half-seriously because these debates often become tribal and repetitive.

    In plain English: The recurring fights over which website content system people should use.

    Example: "The client asked one plugin question and suddenly the meeting turned into CMS wars."

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