- Constraint
- Editors need flexibility without allowing every page to become a one-off implementation.
- Decision
- Pair composable CMS models with a documented library of reusable interface contracts.
- Why it mattered
- Content teams can assemble experiences while product behavior and visual states remain consistent.
- Trade-off
- New content patterns require coordinated model and component changes instead of arbitrary markup.
Custom CMS ecosystem
Selected client engagementRetirement Fintech Platform
A custom CMS ecosystem connecting structured content, reusable interface contracts, preview, and a retirement-fintech delivery surface.
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The system at a glance.
- System delivered
- A composable content platform for building and publishing retirement-fintech experiences.
- Technical contribution
- Content modeling, reusable UI contracts, GraphQL integration, and Next.js delivery.
- Complexity handled
- Keep authoring flexibility, component consistency, preview behavior, and frontend delivery aligned.
- Key technologies
- Strapi, Next.js, GraphQL, Storybook, Atomic Design
Capability flow
How the system works.
Each step connects a user action to the system capability behind it.
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Model the content
Strapi defines structured entries that editors can compose without encoding layout in prose.
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Define the UI contract
Storybook documents reusable components, states, and the interface expected by each content type.
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Query the graph
GraphQL gives the delivery surface an explicit contract for content and relationships.
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Preview and validate
Editors and product teams can inspect assembled experiences before publication.
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Render the experience
Next.js maps structured content into a consistent customer-facing product surface.
Engineering judgment
Decisions that shaped the system.
Technical evidence
Skills backed by this system.
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- Next.js Renders structured CMS content into the customer-facing retirement-fintech experience.
- Storybook Documents reusable content components and their states as an explicit delivery contract.
- GraphQL Connects content models and relationships to the frontend through a typed query boundary.
- Strapi Provides the structured authoring model behind composable pages and preview workflows.
Technology stack
- Strapi
- Next.js
- GraphQL
- Storybook
- Atomic Design
Engagement context