The software development industry often forces agencies into a binary choice. You are expected to be a Python shop or a JavaScript house. You either swear by robust legacy systems or you chase every new trend.
We decided to reject this limitation at WDF. Years of experience have taught us that a universal tool simply does not exist. That is why we build our solutions on two distinct pillars Payload CMS and Django CMS.
Where Payload CMS fits best
Payload CMS has proven itself invaluable for specific types of projects recently. It is our primary choice when the situation calls for a headless approach where content is strictly separated from its visual presentation. This system offers us immense freedom.
It allows us to build administrative interfaces tailored exactly to the data rather than bending data to fit a template. We typically deploy it for extensive corporate presentations or web applications requiring instant response times. Payload lets us focus on application logic in a modern environment. The result is extremely fast websites that never slow users down with unnecessary bloat.
When Django CMS is the safer foundation
However, it would be unprofessional to bet everything on a single card. Django CMS and Python form the backbone of many of our robust solutions. There are situations where experimentation makes no sense.
When we need enterprise stability, advanced database management, or specific data processing libraries, Django is the clear choice. It provides certainty for projects such as complex knowledge bases or portals with demanding data relationships. We know we can build systems on it that will operate securely even a decade from now. It handles complex approval workflows or content versioning that would require expensive custom programming elsewhere.
Pragmatic choices that reduce cost
You might think the end user does not care what runs in the background. That is not entirely true. While clients may not need to know the technical details, they care deeply about avoiding unnecessary development costs.
We are not an agency selling boxed solutions. We are engineers who analyze the brief and pragmatically decide on the best technology. Sometimes that means Python for its robustness and other times Node.js with Payload for its agility.
Open source and long term ownership
The result of this approach is that the client never ends up trapped in a proprietary solution. We always use Open Source technologies so the code and data remain the property of the client.
Whether we choose one path or the other, the goal is always an administration interface editors can use without a manual and a website that achieves top performance. Technologies are merely a means for us at WDF to achieve a functional project that meets business goals.
