EmDash Feedback

9 hours ago

EmDash is a new CMS from Cloudflare, described as a spiritual successor to WordPress, but the author disputes this claim.
The spirit of WordPress is democratization through open source, universal deployment, and no vendor lock-in, which EmDash does not fully embody as it is optimized for Cloudflare services.
EmDash claims to solve plugin security, but its sandboxing approach fails with many WordPress plugins, and security features only work on Cloudflare's infrastructure.
The author praises Cloudflare's engineering and open-source effort but critiques EmDash's vendor lock-in potential and UI inconsistencies.
Feedback includes suggestions to adopt Gutenberg over TinyMCE, praises the Skills feature, and advises building from first principles rather than copying outdated elements.
The announcement was posted on April 1st, leading the author to question its sincerity.

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