Migration to Directus?

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Directus is a very featureful, FOSS headless CMS. Currently testing with Jon on ecobytes

Pro

• Standard database and exchange formats (sqlite, md)
• New features: cron, E-Mail autodispatch
• Very accessible CMS for Renae to manage content on the fly

Con

• Additional layer of indirection
• Additional layer of maintenance work (although Directus has shown excellent legacy support)

Implications

• We don't strictly need to add an md pane #23
• We might even transfer the local properties of segments to md frontmatter: uuid, orientation, width, heading.
• We can push some build steps to the edge (perhaps inside the flowgraph): for example making a compressed append-log, or daily snapshotting.
• We can even explore extremes such as storing the zipper as a giant md list of actions. Elm gets a

Open questions

• Is the md editor in Directus local-first and concurrent?
• Does Directus create iterative snapshots?
• Can I host an instance on my uberspace? Or will Jon donate an instance running on ecobytes?