u/Surreal_Wit

I’ve become really tired of the bloat with Elementor. The speed of building with Claude Code is making Elementor feel way less efficient, especially for clients who don’t really need or want the drag and drop / full edit control on their site. I feel like if Elementor doesn’t adapt to AI (beyond their near useless built in AI) page builders are going to get phased out almost entirely by AI. This is just the next thing.

I get it that Elementor and page builders get a shit ton of hate here. I know. Main reason we have used it for years is speed and clients feeling comfortable and able to update fully on their own without code if needed. Now the speed is not really an edge anymore.

I’ve dabbled a bit with other CMS platforms like Sanity. Our agency is so WordPress focused though that it would be a really hard pivot to move to a new CMS entirely.

Looking for advice on any setups for WordPress FSE and Claude Code. Is it best to just build off Twenty Twenty Five, or use another theme like Kadence?
I’ll admit I’ve never been a huge fan of Gutenberg / the block editor, it’s always felt clunky. Is there a good middle ground to start with? It’s okay if it’s not fully friendly to non devs, but non dev users should still be able to add new blocks/sections and edit content without entirely guessing what it’ll look like on the front end.

We typically use Hello Elementor as our theme for Elementor builds, so we’re looking for something similarly reliable for whatever we end up building with going forward.

I feel like losing some of the freedom to edit quickly or build without code is much less of a loss compared to the time and efficiency gained from having Claude Code do the majority of the driving when it comes to creating blocks and patterns.
What is everyone using?

Anyone else coming from Elementor who can relate and has had a good experience making the change?

TIA!

I know over the years, I've scoffed at quite a few things. SPAs. TypeScript. Tailwind. Serverless. AI coding assistants.

Most of the huge trends in web development went through a phase where people swore they were overhyped.

Some deserved the criticism. Some evolved and became genuinely useful.

Lately I'm seeing similar debates around AI agents and agent tooling. Claude Code, LangGraph, CrewAI, OpenAI Agents SDK, AutoGen, Lyzr(Control Plane) and a bunch of newer projects all seem to be pushing toward a different way of building software. Maybe we're still early, maybe most of it won't matter, but it does remind me of how people talked about TypeScript or serverless a few years ago.

What's something being dismissed today that you think will become a normal part of every developer's workflow in the next 3-5 years?

Hi,

first of all, thanks for this sub and all the information I got, which sometimes helped and or entertained me.

This time, I need some advice about my webprojects and the way how they are hosted. Everything started very small and as time goes on, I faced with the following setup:

• 1 vServer (4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 200GB SSD, Debian 11)
• 8 Webprojects (php, nodejs, ruby | postgresql, mariadb, mongodb, sqlite) ; 3 of which are public available websites; 5 have a limited user pool
• nginx as reverse proxy
• daily backup (with transfer to different server) of databases and uploaded files

As EOL of Debian 11 approaches, for a upgrade to Debian 13 my hoster recommends me to buy a new Hosting Solution and install everything from scratch.

>‘If your server is on an OS that is no longer supported, we strongly recommend you take this opportunity to open a new server with the latest OS and proactively migrate yourself to the new server.

I’m concerned having multiple projects running on just one machine, so this is a good opportunity to think about the way everything is hosted. I was thinking about splitting up projects and having at least two vServers. one for public available sites and one for intern projects.

I think one disadvantage will be the multiple setup expense.

What experiences do you have? Is one server just fine?

Thanks for any information and or advice!
Luc

^(Note: I know containerization, e.g.: docker is a thing, but I willingly tried to avoid it; I told myself, I want to be in control of everything, but basically its about not adapting to new tech. So for everyone just writing, “do docker”, please explain why and outlining a possible solution.)

For me it's newer Outlook, Word, and Excel. They feel worse than the older versions, slower, with features buried or missing, and a lot more pushed toward cloud defaults instead of just working the way they used to. And Windows 11 is a total disaster. Curious what other apps or sites people feel got worse after an update or redesign.

https://preview.redd.it/pn6fel9rty6h1.png?width=1644&format=png&auto=webp&s=14ac6943c31b9708c57a17702d1fb933e5668194

For the first time in awhile I felt like Claude was ahead of Codex again..

Hello, I'm looking for a software that would auto put files into a folder of the same name.

I work for a nonprofit that’s had an outdated website for decades at this point. Upper management is kinda desperate and is getting quoted left and right.

$15K for a Wix site which includes: event management, volunteer management, shop, donor management, and general blogs, etc.

I thought Wix was one of the lower quality sites… especially as I can just go in and drag and drop elements myself.

Are we being highballed? How can I convince my management who has zero website experience that this is not the route we want to go for that price point?

EDIT: wow y’all really came for blood in here. I mean no disrespect when I say “click of a button” and “drag and drop,” as I know web dev is not easy and requires tremendous skill and knowledge. All I’m saying is if we’re going to be paying $15K+ (as a small nonprofit with over 10K database) then a site like Wix just isn’t acceptable? I know y’all agree with me! I appreciate all of y’all’s knowledge and advice.

I'm wondering what the worst software you've ever used or tested was, and why it was so bad. Maybe it was the user interface, a lack of user-friendliness, an update, or something else. I'm asking so we can improve it, and I'd really appreciate your feedback. Best regards