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Why do people still build their own CMSes and frameworks?

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+title: Why do people still build their own CMSes and frameworks?
+date: 2024-12-31
+permalink: daily/2024/12/31/build
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+  Why do companies still build and sell their own CMSes and frameworks? I'm surprised this still happens.
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+A few times in the last couple of years, I've come across companies or agencies writing their own CMSes or frameworks.
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+Not as a learning exercise, which I think every Developer does at some point as part of their learning, but to host production applications.
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+With so many free and open source options - there are Drupal, WordPress, Symfony and Laravel just in the PHP ecosystem - why would people use custom or proprietary CMSes or frameworks?
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+One reason is [vendor lock-in][0].
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+If someone is locked into your CMS, framework or hosting platform, it's difficult for them to move away.
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+That's one of the main benefits of open source software.
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+There isn't just one company that provides services for it and customers can choose who they want to work with.
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