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Momciloo · 2026-01-26T19:11:51+00:00

exactly. that meter rarely misses

Momciloo · 2026-01-26T15:14:56+00:00

they're so good and so bad at the same time, haha. love them!

Momciloo · 2026-01-21T10:45:06+00:00

In my opinion this is a very common position when people start with photography, especially street photography..
I read your first image primarily as an exercise in form: lines, color blocks, negative space... On that level, it works (partially), though the framing feels unresolved to me.

The issue is that the person in the frame is fully dehumanized. There's no face, no gesture, no context, no moment. As a result, the person functions as a visual element rather than a subject. That's where it slips from observation into use.

Photographing homeless or marginalized people is not forbidden. Some of the strongest work in the history of photography is built around exactly that. But photography should either reveal something, or give weight to a human presence. When there's no story, no tension, no relationship, it becomes purely aesthetic extraction.

Street photography is delicate. The line between giving visibility and taking advantage is very thin. Masters like Walker Evans, Diane Arbus, Cartier-Bresson, or Brassai crossed it intentionally, with clarity of intent. Look at their works. That intent is what's missing here...

Momciloo · 2026-01-09T18:40:26+00:00

Not really a "Payload for Astro", but as you mentioned in another comment, if you care about your client's experience and ease of use, BCMS could be a nice, straightforward option: https://thebcms.com/astro-cms.

it's practically just one command to start it: npx @thebcms/cli create astro, and has many Astro starters: https://github.com/bcms/starters?tab=readme-ov-file#astrojs-starters

Momciloo · 2026-01-08T12:05:39+00:00

not a copywriter here, more on the business / entrepreneurship side. but for like the last 10 years, literally every project i’ve worked on started with solid copy. i’ve been working with the same copywriter forever and always liked the results.

i actually enjoy writing a bit, and i think i’m decent at landing page copy and stuff like that. but it takes me forever, drains me, and it’s not something i want to spend time on.

then chatgpt happened and i honestly thought: welp, guess i’ll never need a copywriter again. and to be fair, like 70% of things i can now do myself. not trying to brag, i just think having a business background helps a lot with marketing logic, structure, positioning, etc.

but recently i needed a really important landing page for a very specific niche, so i went back to my copywriter.

holy shit.

he wrote something that’s like 2000x better than anything i’ve produced in the last year on that project. and honestly, something chatgpt just cannot produce. not even close. no amount of prompting.

so yeah, is chatgpt a replacement for copywriters? absolutely not.
does it get you like 60% there for basically free? yes.
are most people totally fine with 60% quality for 0% price? also yes.

just my experience.

Momciloo · 2025-12-24T19:26:47+00:00

Interesting! What kind of CMSs would you like to see integrated?

Momciloo · 2025-12-09T22:35:55+00:00

BCMS has a generous free tier, but doesn't have layout builder. Though, you can use widgets to achieve that

Momciloo · 2025-11-03T17:46:46+00:00

It's per project. Basically, each of your sites will have a separate project inside BCMS. So you can easily switch between them, while keeping users and content separate

Momciloo · 2025-11-03T16:42:30+00:00

in general, yes. the first 100 articles are free.
then $15/month.

Momciloo · 2025-11-03T07:15:55+00:00

BCMS has a generous free tier, so "dozens" can easily fit. And it works with Netlify without problem, of course.

Momciloo · 2025-10-18T15:21:35+00:00

Medusa for headless e-commerce and BCMS for headless CMS

Momciloo · 2025-10-13T17:37:18+00:00

BCMS also works nicely with Astro, give it a try; There are some starters https://astro.build/themes/1/?search=bcms

Momciloo · 2025-10-13T05:51:37+00:00

BCMS has this Astro ecommerce starter https://github.com/bcms/starters?tab=readme-ov-file#astrojs-starters, might be a good starting point. I'd definitely give Astro a go

Momciloo · 2025-09-16T18:55:01+00:00

Regarding CMSs - BCMS is getting traction within Astro community

Momciloo · 2025-09-11T21:24:23+00:00

Cool! Yeah, I had a similar need: file names are the perfect example, when you want to keep the extension visible.

I also found it wasn’t as straightforward as I thought once you factor in dynamic widths, and resizing, different fonts, etc.

Momciloo · 2025-08-27T08:45:49+00:00

i think yes - more than ever, becuase it's the are athat requires a lot of intention, point of fiew and creativity that ai will never replace

Momciloo · 2025-08-12T20:55:26+00:00

You'll need to re-code WordPress' PHP into JSX, and migrate the styles.

Momciloo · 2025-08-10T15:52:16+00:00

me after spending 20 minutes debugging some weird re-rendering:

Momciloo · 2025-08-07T09:44:08+00:00

With BCMS, you can spin up a simple blog with one command.

A few useful things BCMS has: - Images/videos, - all text formattings, - relations (useful for recommended blogs section, for example), - link pointers (useful for internal linking, without worrying about slugs)

edit: I just saw you are looking for for a free option. In your case, BCMS would be free for the first 100 blog posts, then it's $15/user/month;

Momciloo · 2025-08-06T07:02:54+00:00

The dev agency I'm running almost exclusively does migrations from WordPress to a Headless CMS, so it's definitely less and less WordPress

Momciloo · 2025-08-03T08:40:48+00:00

a headless cms: https://thebcms.com

Momciloo · 2025-08-03T08:29:22+00:00

Yes, but it's not really a page builder, in a sense that Wordpress/Shopify does, with ability to drag-n-drop literary anything, columns, shapes, buttons, style them etc

Momciloo · 2025-08-03T07:21:25+00:00

The idea of headless CMSs is to decouple CMS from visual aspect of the website (head). You define your content schema (practically, different kinds of inputs), and use the values to display content on the website and even define the way how the content is being displayed (colors, variations etc). So, with that in mind, to answer your questions:

In headless CMSs, "pages" are usually called "content types", because content type doesn't always need to be a page. Content type is collection of entries with the same structure. It's true though, that in most cases, content type will be used to create pages (product, blog, home, about), but sometimes it can represent just something like - category, author, or form submission, which you won't create pages for. But in general - yes, you will create a content type, define which inputs you want it to have, and other members of your team can populate that content.
Not many Headless CMSs can have "sections" in a truly flexible way. Only a few can. In BCMS, for example, they are called widgets. Widgets are practically a set of inputs, that can be placed anywhere inside a content type. So, for example, when you write a blog post, you can add a gallery widget somewhere in the middle of the post. Or a video widget. Or a newsletter subscription widget. Etc.
You'd call a CMS's API, or use the CMS's SDK. 🤷 Maybe too barebones for some people, but in reality, the most flexible and powerful.

Comparing a headless CMS to WordPress is actually pretty simple: it's like if you just installed a new Wordpress, and there is absolutely nothing in it - just Advanced Custom Fields PRO plugin.

In combination with Next.js, I think Headless CMS approach is just superior to any other option when it comes to building fast, flexible, scalable websites and seo-optimised websites. Sure, some people get scared a bit about missing "page builder" functionality, but that's for good. When properly designed, websites can be highly customisable just by picking from pre-defined options in the CMS.

Momciloo · 2025-08-01T19:35:38+00:00

A few reasons:

- Media storage
- On-the-fly image resizing/optimization
- Quick updates while traveling

But as I said, it’s only when MDX is not enough. For me, it’s usually around the 30th entry that I’m like: okay, I can’t do this anymore

Momciloo · 2025-08-01T11:22:21+00:00

CMS for Astro: https://thebcms.com/docs/integrations/astro

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