apps/cms-demo
ContentForge
A content workflow app for structured editorial systems, preview, approvals, versioning, and headless content thinking.
- content
- editorial
- workflow
Problem
The product or system question the lab was meant to make concrete.
Content-heavy products slow down when editorial workflow, route metadata, preview, and approvals are modeled after tooling defaults instead of product needs.
Role
How I used the lab to test architecture, UX tradeoffs, or product modeling.
I use ContentForge to show how structured content can improve navigation, SEO, publishing confidence, and delivery consistency.
Decisions
The product-system choices that make the experiment useful beyond the demo itself.
Treat content models as product architecture that shapes routes, metadata, and previews.
Make approval and versioning states visible enough for both editors and engineers.
Keep content delivery portable so the product is not locked to one remote service too early.
Outcome
What the lab clarified or proved once the model was built.
The project gives a concrete story for teams that need content systems without letting the tooling own the product model.
Proof points
Evidence that the experiment surfaced durable implementation ideas.
- The workflow covers preview, approvals, versioning, and structured editorial relationships.
- The case study connects content modeling directly to SEO and delivery reliability.
- The data shape remains easy to inspect and evolve.