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Profile page of Joe Holmes

Joe's headline: Freelance developer and technical writer from Virginia, U.S.A.

Joe's email: hello@joeholmes.dev
Joe's location: United States
Joe's website: joeholmes.dev
Joined: October 2020

Latest contributions

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API-first CMS: What it is and why it matters

An API CMS is a decoupled content management system that delivers content via an API, allowing for multichannel presentation and more flexible digital experience management.

Joe Holmes
Article

The best static site generators

Static site generators (SSG) are some of the most popular web development tools on the internet today. Learn about their different features and which is best for your use case.

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What is a static website?

Learn about static sites, content management systems, and which solution is right for your team.

Joe Holmes
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Headless CMS vs. Traditional CMS

Learn the key differences between headless and traditional CMSes in 2026. Discover which approach fits your needs for AI-powered content operations.

Joe Holmes
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The benefits of headless CMSes

Learn how headless CMSes improve speed, security, and flexibility. Discover omnichannel delivery, automation capabilities, and why enterprises choose headless.

Joe Holmes
Guide

Build an e-commerce site with the Stripe API

Studio v2

In this tutorial, we'll make a no-frills "merch store" for a personal blog using the Stripe API, Next.js, and Sanity. We'll leverage Stripe's fantastic checkout platform to redirect our customers to Stripe's servers for their checkout process.

Joe Holmes
Guide

Top 5 rich-text React components

This post discusses top 5 rich-text components for React.js, the pros and cons and how to use each in your next project

About Joe

Joe has been writing professionally for 6+ years and coding for 3. His articles have been featured in outlets such as Slate and Splice Today, and his instructional writing on computer science has been taught at Quantic School of Business and Technology and Synthesis.

Joe joined Sanity in January of 2021 as a guest author and now writes about web development and the JamStack ecosystem.

He lives in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, and enjoys gardening and cultivating gourmet mushrooms in his spare time.