I'm looking for CMS recommendations, including possibly a headless CMS with a statically built site (I'm actually leaning in that direction).

In the past, I would normally just use #WordPress, but with the latest #WordPressDrama, I'm honestly concerned about its future.

The project I'm working on is for my Church. It's not for a single congregation, though. It's a regional thing serving ten congregations across the South Houston, Texas region. Not a huge amount of traffic, but not inconsequential.

Here are some basic requirements. I need it to support multiple users, with role based access. I need some amount of extensibility, as I plan to build out more features over time, including notifications of new content being pushed out to various destinations (SMS, mobile push, etc.). I haven't discussed with the church leaders what the budget is, but I imagine minimizing costs would also be a need. Localization will also be a concern. Seven of the congregations are English-speaking, two are Spanish, and one is Mandarin. So being able to have some content available in all three languages would be beneficial.

Any customization will be built by me, so, a language I'm familiar with, or can reasonably easily learn would be good. So, PHP, go, or node are the best options.

The site will host a few different things. It will serve as a directory of resources for folks with various needs. It will also serve as a hub for announcements.

Right now, I'm looking at a Directus headless CMS, hosted probably on AWS or DigitalOcean, and probably an Eleventy generated site, probably hosted on Netlify or Vercel. But, I'm certainly not married to the idea. And I still haven't completely ruled out just using WordPress, or perhaps even ClassicPress.

It's been so long since I've set up a content-driven site (aside from my own personal sites, which just use hugo), that I'm not sure what the best options are nowadays. Suggestions for hosting are also appreciated.

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Another day, another job rejection.

It's been almost three months since my layoff, and I keep getting close, and then losing out at the end.

This time, I had an interview with the hiring manager, two live coding challenges, and then another interview with upper management. In the end, they told me I didn't have enough front-end experience for the position. They had another candidate with more front-end experience than me. They wanted to bring me on anyway as another back-end developer, but the budget didn't warrant it.

So, I didn't do anything wrong, and they were impressed with my experience and talent, but still not enough to get the job.

This is frustrating, but also really getting scary. My savings is not going to last forever, and my insurance coverage ends at the end of August.

Anybody with any leads on jobs that maybe aren't posted yet, for a Senior or Staff developer in PHP or go (or some other language that I can learn), I would be forever grateful for them.

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I need to vent a little bit.

I've been out of work for close to two months now. I know that many people have been looking for a lot longer than me. But, I had a really good prospect at a company that I respect, and felt that I was a great fit for what they were looking for.

After a bunch of interviews, all of which seemed very positive, I got word this morning that they wouldn't be making an offer.

This was so incredibly disheartening. I even have a friend who just started working there who was talking me up to them.

This is now the third time I've gotten far in the interview process, only for them not to make an offer.

I'm just feeling so frustrated now. The last time I lost a job (four and a half years ago) I had an offer at another company is less than two weeks.

Now, it's been nearly two months. I've sent out over 80 applications, gotten interviews at five or six companies, with three of them getting pretty far. But I can't get to the offer.

Anybody who I've ever worked with would tell you that I'm smart, talented, a hard worker, and a fast learner. But, none of that seems to be enough right now.

I've got an initial interview at another company on Tuesday. So I'm going to keep plugging away at this. But right now, man, I feel really demotivated.

In a couple months my severance is going to run out, and I have to have a new job before then.

If anybody knows any jobs for a senior PHP or golang developer, please let me know. This can't go on much longer.

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My company has just announced that there will be a round of layoffs soon. They just laid off a bunch of C-levels. They're giving us the opportunity to "opt in" to "workforce reduction" with a promise of three months severance.

It's been pretty tumultuous here, lately, to be honest, and I'm considering it.

But, I've got a wife and four kids to take care of, and I've never willingly left a job when I didn't have another one already lined up. And we've got good benefits (healthcare and dental) right now, so I really don't want to give that up.

Maybe if I had something lined up with similar pay and benefits, I could do it.

So, I'm looking for any recommendations. I'm a #PHP developer (of roughly twenty years), who has been doing a lot of #golang for the past year, and I've gotten very proficient at that as well.

I'm looking for a US-based company, and a Principal/Staff/Senior Developer role.

Anybody have any good leads? My website is at https://danielrayjones.com, and I can be emailed at [email protected].

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I got a computer for my kids for Christmas. I've been setting it up for them, and they really like playing retro games. So, in addition to RetroArch and a bunch of old console games, I also installed @[email protected] with a handful of adventure games that I've loved since I was a kid (Monkey Island, King's Quest, Maniac Mansion).

I'm looking for suggestions for other ScummVM compatible games that adventurous kids might like that may be less well known.

Any point and click adventure games you played as a kid that you could recommend?

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I need the Internet to settle an argument.

Is banana bread bread or cake?

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Do you ever take a power nap during your work day?

Sometimes, I'll set a short alarm (about ten minutes), close my eyes, lean back in my chair, and take a really short nap. Does anybody else do this, or something like that, to refresh themselves during the day?

Comment with other suggestions on how to quickly refresh your brain in the middle of a work day.

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