Blyth's Blog: A Technical Architect's Musings

Explore Optimizely CMS's latest roadmap, packed with developer-focused updates. From SaaS speed to Visual Builder enhancements, developer tooling upgrades, and Graph-first architecture in CMS 13, see how these innovations empower modern content delivery.

Andy Blyth has been honoured as an Optimizely MVP, recognising his contributions to the Optimizely community. Learn how this achievement will enhance 26 DX’s ability to deliver cutting-edge digital solutions.

Discover the future of content management with Optimizely SaaS CMS. Enjoy seamless updates, reduced costs, and enhanced flexibility for developers and business practitioners. Boost your digital strategy with enterprise-grade security and an improved...

As always, it depends. With it's comprehensive and proven support for complex business needs across various deployment scenarios, it fits very well to enterprise needs. And you should always choose based on your needs, not on hype or buzzwords. If you...

Explore why C# developers should embrace Node.js especially with Optimizely's SaaS CMS on the horizon. Understand the shift towards agile web development and how mastering Node.js can open up new opportunities in the evolving digital landscape.

Explore the step-by-step guide to setting up Optimizely with dotnet aspire and C# 8.0, tailored for developers seeking to enhance their digital projects. Dive into my comprehensive walkthrough on the Optimizely Aspire GitHub repository.

Now that Optimizely 12 runs on .NET 5 it can be run on a Mac, and with most front enders using Macs, I thought it might be useful to demonstrate the steps on how to get it up and running on a Mac.

After sitting the exam, I thought I would document some of the ways I prepared for the exam, and what I found most useful out of the material.

This week I successfully passed my Optimizely (formerly Episerver) Content Cloud certifcation.

My approach to dynamic CMS content using Mediatr (and Automapper)

A simple episerver project with a couple of basic page types to show how an Initializable Module can be used to generate pages that QA and UAT teams can use during their testing/sign off process. I have used Bogus and Waffle to generate realistic...

After primarily working with SDL Tridion for the past 5 years (along with Contentful) and prior to that Umbraco. I have recently started working with Episerver, and I wanted to give my initial thoughts on it. After starting the training/certification I...