Content modeling as afterthought. Jump into building before thinking through content types, relationships, and how editors will actually work. Three months later, the whole structure needs reworking.

Plugin overload. Strapi's plugin ecosystem is powerful. Teams install everything, then deal with upgrade conflicts, performance issues, and plugins that aren't maintained. We're selective — add what you need, skip what you don't.

Ignoring the editorial experience. Developers configure Strapi for how they think about content, not how editors work. Field names that make sense in code but confuse content teams. Missing validation that lets bad data through. We configure for both audiences.

Self-hosting without ops planning. Strapi is easy to deploy, but production requires monitoring, backups, updates, and scaling. Teams that treat it like a set-and-forget tool regret it when something breaks at midnight.

We fix these. But we'd rather help you avoid them.