Building Shapio
I got tired ofrestarting my CMS.So I built one.
A fast, flexible, open-source CMS for builders who just want to ship.
Read the storyOne idea led to another.
I'm Brad Jackson. I build software, games for my daughters, and tools I wish existed.
- Ideas
- Side projects
- Useful things
- Strong Opinons
Recent writing
- Development
The small decisions that make software feel good.
Thoughts on polish, feedback loops, and why the details matter more than we think.
- Family + Creative
My kids are my toughest playtesters.
What building games for my daughters has taught me about creating better software.
- Development
I got tired of restarting my CMS. So I built one.
Why Shapio treats content models as data, and what that changes for the people who use it.
- Tools
The terminal setup I keep coming back to.
A plain shell, a handful of aliases, and why I stopped chasing the perfect dotfiles.