The Stack
The tools we actually use to run this place. What they're good at, where they fall short, and what they cost. Shiny doesn't list anything we don't use.
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Email & Newsletters
Websites, CMS & Hosting
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Netlify
Shiny's pickHosting, serverless functions and deploy previews for every site we run, including this one.
Best for: Developers running static or hybrid sites who want hosting, functions and deploy previews in one place.
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Sanity
The CMS behind every site we run: a separate project per brand, with content models defined in code.
Best for: Developers running several content-driven sites who want a flexible, code-defined CMS.
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