Posts, a community app by Read.cv

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Mark Tomlinson

Upload your readcv export, get back a version with a built-in CMS that you then deploy yourself so it's yours forever. All profiles/sites (that opt in) feed into a community hub like before. Would anyone be interested?

Taurean Bryant
Replying to @marktomlinson

a self-hosted CMS? I can't stress enough how into that I'd be. Yes.

Taurean Bryant
Replying to @marktomlinson

Especially if the import was the JSON and not the nextjs project. I'd very much like to not use nextjs.

Mark Tomlinson
Replying to @taurean

You and me both on that last point. Yeah so the initial idea was just to build a simple admin interface into the profile site itself

Mark Tomlinson
Replying to @taurean

What I like about it is 1) People's profiles/sites doesn't go to waste 2) Non-coding folks can still actively edit and update their profiles/sites 3) People 'own' their code so there's no platform to disappear 4) We maintain the community hub / readcv homepage experience

Taurean Bryant
Replying to @marktomlinson

Yeah, I'm 100% into that.

Mark Tomlinson
Replying to @taurean

Were you thinking of a different approach or something like that too?

Taurean Bryant
Replying to @marktomlinson

no that's also what I was picturing! Like I used read.cv for my "professional" site not because I couldn't build it myself, but because if I changed it often I wouldn't want to mess with code.

Nick Noble
Replying to @taurean @marktomlinson

I’ve thought about this for so long and literally the reason I didn’t build it was readcv existed, had all the fields I wanted, etc. Why is there no “personal CMS”?!

Mark Tomlinson
Replying to @nickisnoble @taurean

Exactly. Now they've made us go and build things...argh.

Taurean Bryant
Replying to @marktomlinson @nickisnoble

100%, I’ll keep an eye out!

Mark Tomlinson
Replying to @taurean @nickisnoble

Thanks, Taurean. I hold your initial enthusiasm largely responsible for me taking this path of folly. Seriously, though, I might reach out in a few days to bounce some ideas off you, if you're not adverse to that? Been loving what you've done for the community with bsky

Taurean Bryant
Replying to @marktomlinson @nickisnoble

I don’t mind at all! I love talking through product problems. Hit me up whenever, dm or email.

Dragoș Gavrilă
Replying to @marktomlinson @nickisnoble @taurean

Personal CMS? Let's go!

James Lyons
Replying to @marktomlinson @nickisnoble @taurean

Also interested in this!