PHP
Private
Kirby CMS
File-based CMS for the modern web.
Design Systems
MySQL
Type
PHP / backend system
Stack
PHP, Vue, Markdown
Year
2012
Duration
8+ years
Overview
What I built & why
File-based PHP CMS. Content stored as plain text and Markdown files alongside templates; no database required.
Commercial-licensed with a single perpetual fee per site; widely used by designers and small agencies.
Highlights
Key deliverables
- ✓ No database required
- ✓ Git-friendly content
- ✓ Blocks editor
- ✓ Multi-language built in
- ✓ Developer-first API
Process
Challenge & solution
The challenge
A vendor lock-in clause forced a tight ninety-day migration window with zero room for service interruption.
The solution
Wrote a zero-downtime migration pipeline that mirrored writes to both systems, then cut over after a clean shadow-read week.
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