ARCHITECTING THE MODERN BLOG

A visual guide to choosing the right web paradigm: from traditional monoliths to modern composable architectures.

Three Core Paradigms

Tightly-coupled system where presentation, logic, and data are intertwined in one server.

User Request

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Server (PHP + DB Queries)

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Generates HTML On-the-Fly

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Sends Page to User

A fully managed, all-in-one service that abstracts away all technical complexity.

User Manages Site via Visual Editor

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Platform Manages Everything

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Global CDN Delivers Site

Decoupled architecture that pre-builds the site and serves it from a global edge network.

Pre-built Static Site

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Deployed to Global CDN

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Instantly Served to User

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APIs for Dynamic Features

Each architecture presents a unique profile of strengths and weaknesses. A larger shape indicates stronger performance in a given area.

The ongoing effort required to keep a site running securely and efficiently is a major operational cost.

The ability to handle sudden, massive traffic spikes without performance degradation is a key architectural differentiator.

Jamstack & Integrated PaaS offer

"Infinite" Scalability

by leveraging global CDNs, while Monolithic architectures require complex and costly engineering to scale.

An architecture's choice profoundly impacts the daily workflows of the developers who build it and the editors who use it.