CMS — Madalin

She is a developer. She is a product owner. She is a project manager. She is a systems administrator. She has a co-worker, AI. She is the new software engineer in the new world of AI.

Picture a young woman, sitting on a chair at a table in a park, working on a laptop.

All around her, imaginary elements of coding and documents and books "fly" and there is a sense of AI around her.

August 7, 2026 Madalin

Madalin

Your Agent Didn't Get Smarter. Your Workshop Did

Notes from a working developer on why some people's AI agents outperform everyone else's — and how to become one of them.

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A busy newsroom with several journalists at desks, one editor
standing at a central screen showing a clean, well-organised
content management interface. Around the edges of the screen,
ghost outlines of cluttered, confusing interfaces fade away.
The mood is calm and focused. Flat 2D editorial illustration,
warm newsroom tones with a single teal accent on the central
screen, no text in the image.

March 30, 2026 Madalin

Madalin

What a News Publication Actually Needs From Its CMS

Most publishers inherit their CMS rather than choose it. Here's what a content management system built for serious editorial work actually looks like — and why the popular defaults consistently fall short.

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March 28, 2026 Madalin

Madalin

Why Independent News Publishers Are Losing Control of Their Own Content

Independent publishers built their audiences on platforms they don't own, with tools they don't control, and data that doesn't belong to them. Here's what that actually means — and what the alternative looks like.

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