You should never build a CMS
Sanity's reply to Lee Robinson's move of cursor.com off Sanity
About
This Sanity blog post answers Lee Robinson's article about moving cursor.com off Sanity to a custom setup. It accepts some of his points and argues what the migration story leaves out about content operations at scale. It is a vendor perspective in a public debate about headless CMS use.
For an agent
Read it together with Lee Robinson's original post before you choose a CMS approach. Remember that the author sells a CMS.
Why it is here. It shows both sides of the build-or-buy CMS decision.
Install command, framework, licence and component list.
Notable for
- Reply to Lee Robinson
- Vendor perspective
Provenance
Verified 2026-10-09. HTTP 200. https://www.sanity.io/blog/you-should-never-build-a-cms (HTTP 200, page fetched 2026-10-09), depo.zip listing https://www.depo.zip/tools/j57fq4t1hb1hd1bj4039gyx1wd834hx7
