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Why We Built Nexus Content

The story behind creating a modern, multi-site content management system with developer-first principles.

Nexus Content Team
October 26, 2025
3 min read

The Problem

Managing content across multiple websites is painful. Traditional CMSs are either too bloated or too simple. We needed something in between - powerful yet elegant.

Our Solution

Nexus Content is a headless CMS built for developers who want:

  • Multi-site management - One CMS, many websites
  • API-first architecture - RESTful API with rate limiting and CDN caching
  • Modern tech stack - Next.js 15, Prisma ORM, TypeScript, TipTap editor
  • Type safety - Full TypeScript autocomplete on all database operations

Key Features

Built with production-ready features from day one:

  • Rich text editor with search, tables, code blocks
  • Document export (PDF, DOCX, Markdown, HTML)
  • Soft delete with recovery
  • API key authentication and rate limiting
  • Row-level security with Clerk authentication

We're using Nexus Content to power our own blog, FAQ, and legal pages. That's dogfooding done right.

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