To Blog or To CMS or To Build from Scratch? That’s the Question

For every Programmer out there, especially those idealistic geeky ones who got the urge to find everything out themselves so that they can brag about it in forums, comes the idea to literally create their website from scratch. I know, i’ve been there. It took me years (yes, it’s true), to realize, “why reinvent the wheel?”.

A Couple of years ago, when i was at college, i dreamt about creating my own CMS wich is so customable it has a Plugin to start your Coffe Machine. The idea was Brilliant, but the Site never got Published, hell i didn’t even finish 5% of it. Everytime U get to an obstacle, u stop working. Maybe i wasn’t driven enough. Like Seth Rogan in Knocked Up who wanted to do that site.

Now that i work at a Position wich has no Shift (IT), and i wan’t to build my own Website again, i came to realize why don’t use the tools already used by millions. So i tried Joomla, Drupal, and WordPress. I haven’t got the time to test all their features (did i mention i work at an IT Solution Company?).

So i decided to use WordPress. It’s reaaalllyyy easy to use, and the plugins, themes and widgets available are awesome. You just have to know where to find. And while i use these, I’ll try to research more on the my other options. Who knows, the possibilities are endless.