Notes from building Webamend

What it is, how it works, and what I have learned handing websites to the people who own them. Written by the person who builds it, on no schedule.

Does Webamend need an autoscaler?

hosting4 min read

People who run Kubernetes ask whether Webamend fits a Horizontal Pod Autoscaler. It does not, and this is why that is the right answer rather than a missing feature.

Amit Malul Lev

Decap CMS or Webamend, a form or an agent

comparison4 min read

Decap is the free, open source, Git-based CMS most static-site builders reach for first. Here is where each one is the right choice, and why the answer is often both.

Amit Malul Lev

Sitepins or Webamend, for the same client

comparison4 min read

Sitepins and Webamend are aimed at the same person, the builder handing a static site to a client. They solve it differently, and the cheaper one is not always the right one.

Amit Malul Lev

Where to run Webamend, a VPS or your own server

hosting5 min read

Webamend runs on any Linux box that can run rootless Docker. Here is how to pick between a rented VPS and a server you own, and the one number that decides it.

Amit Malul Lev

What is Webamend, and what it is not

product6 min read

A plain answer for anyone who looks after somebody else's website and is tired of being the person who changes the headline.

Amit Malul Lev

The technology behind Webamend

engineering7 min read

What actually happens between a client typing a sentence and a pull request appearing in your repository, step by step, with nothing left out.

Amit Malul Lev

Why an agent instead of a CMS

agents6 min read

A CMS is a bet that you know today what the client will want to change tomorrow. For a lot of sites, that bet loses. Here is the case for editing the file instead.

Amit Malul Lev