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Engineering Blog
Technical insights on Optimizely CMS, Commerce, and the modern .NET ecosystem.
Engineering Notes
Upgrading Ginbok CMS from Optimizely 12 to 13: A Step-by-Step Developer Guide
Optimizely CMS 13 is currently available as a developer preview. It introduces a more composable, headless-first architecture — and with it, several breaking changes that require hands-on code migr...
Apr 15, 2026
Development
How I Used AI to Build Ginbok.com — From Idea to Production in My Spare Time
Ginbok.com started as a side project I spun up in my spare time — a personal blog powered by Optimizely CMS 12 on the backend and Next.js 14 on the frontend. What made this build different from my...
Mar 17, 2026
CMS & Content Platforms
Custom Dojo Property Editor Optimizely CMS 12 | Step-by-Step Guide
Optimizely CMS 12 provides a rich set of built-in property editors, but sometimes your content model requires a custom editing experience. The CMS editor UI is built on the Dojo Toolkit, and unders...
Feb 26, 2026