In my short career as a freelance web designer/developer, I’ve always “coded” all my projects.  I avoided content management systems that could demystify the process of creating web content.  As a Rails developer, I thought that I should use Rails whenever I could.  Until now, even my own website was a Rails project, hosted on Heroku.  I figured, “I’m a Rails developer, my website should be a Rails site.”  I was wrong.

Just today, I shut down the Rails application that used to be my website, and put my entire site on WordPress.  I’m having a blast, and couldn’t be happier with the way things are working, looking, and loading.  For me, the paradigm shift is long overdue.  From now on, all my static sites are going be hosted through a content management system, whenever possible.  Plus, I can still embed my own HTML into WordPress, if I feel the urge.

As for actually having a dynamic site to show that I am, indeed, a Rails developer, my portfolio will have to speak for itself.  Plus, content management systems for my simple sites will give me more time to focus on the more complicated ones that actually require Rails.