Full Stack Waffle

Tips, insights and notes from Pendulum. Web development, workflows, AI and emerging tech. .

Content Management Systems in 2026
Web Foundations

Content Management Systems in 2026

Self-hosted CMS use has been in decline for years. Shopify, Wix, and hosted providers took part of it. Looking at the data from W3Techs and the HTTP Archive, gives us a picture of what to do with new builds and existing Content Management Systems in 2026.

CMSPlatformsData
Zero-day AI attacks. PHP critical vulnerabilities found in the wild
Web Foundations

Zero-day AI attacks. PHP critical vulnerabilities found in the wild

Two PHP flaws leaked this morning, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619. Remote code execution, scored 9.2. Which products are affected until the patches land.

SecurityPHPHosting
What to expect from AI in SaaS 2026
AI Workflow Insights

What to expect from AI in SaaS 2026

AI in SaaS 2026 often means bolting an AI layer onto jobs that were already well defined, and for a large part of the market, the result is more time and more judgement. Simple tasks now present you with an 'AI Agent' choice at almost every decision intersection, and you have to ask yourself: is this helping me achieve my goal, or just another trend money pit?

AIAutomationUX
Keep it simple, keep it safe
Web Foundations

Keep it simple, keep it safe

Complex problems do not need complex software. AI made it easy to generate a whole system from a prompt. The mantra still holds - and your agents need to hear it too.

AIArchitectureDelivery
Agents for everyday business
AI Workflow Insights

Agents for everyday business

Coding agents are moving at lightning speed. Let's face it, most businesses do not need a new system from scratch - they need insight, and tools that take the repetitive work off their plate without taking the business out of their hands.

AgentsArcAutomation
Analytics in the agentic age
Web Foundations

Analytics in the agentic age

Agent scrapes, prompt crawls, and research bots land in the same analytics charts as real visitors. Analytics in the agentic age look impressive - until you ask who actually showed up.

AnalyticsAgentsData
Data is the cornerstone
Web Foundations

Data is the cornerstone

Honest data-driven systems start in the schema - solid database design, definitive structures validated in tests, and typed APIs and UIs generated from the same source of truth. The rest of the stack follows.

DataArchitectureTypes
Stay On Point
AI Workflow Insights

Stay On Point

Focus has always been a developer power. In a world of AI-generated slop, it is the one skill that still separates productive work from busy output.

AIFocusDelivery
SEO in 2026, people, agents and HTML
Web Foundations

SEO in 2026, people, agents and HTML

Technical SEO in 2026 is still rendered HTML - built for people and assistive tech, crawlable for search, and intentional for AI agents that summarise, cite, or train.

AccessibilitySEOAgents
AI-Assisted Delivery: Owning the Architecture
AI Workflow Insights

AI-Assisted Delivery: Owning the Architecture

How do you stay in control of the architecture when the loop from question to evidence to code is a matter of minutes? Your judgement, review, and the boring work of defining "done" are still required.

AIArchitectureDelivery
Honest content needs proof
Emerging Technology

Honest content needs proof

Website content in an AI-slop world, what open-source CMS stacks are doing about disclosure, and why portable proofs will matter more than flashy agent orchestration.

CMSProvenanceAI
Exploring blockchain in governance
Emerging Technology

Exploring blockchain in governance

Building governance tools on Cardano - from constitutional workshops to the Cardano Connect portal - and why inspectable participation still matters as online spaces close.

GovernanceCardanoWeb3
AI workflow, the 5% problem
AI Workflow Insights

AI workflow, the 5% problem

Are all your ideas actually shipping? AI can build you an app in an afternoon, getting it to production and beyond is a different story.

AIArchitectureEngineering
Plan Mode - The Secret Weapon
AI Workflow Insights

Plan Mode - The Secret Weapon

Spend the time planning and save time refactoring. AI-assisted, or not - the result is less build time across the board.

AIProcessPlanning
Understand your brand's digital landscape
Web Foundations

Understand your brand's digital landscape

Brands need a focused view of analytics, SEO, accessibility, AI readiness and online brand awareness - the landscape their content lives in.

AnalyticsSEOAccessibilityAI
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