Simen Svale - sanity.io

Simen Svale - sanity.io

Author: Andrew Lisowski, Justin Bennett March 17, 2025 Duration: 53:54

This week we're joined by Simen Svale, the co-founder and CTO of Sanity.io Sanity is a content management system that's built for developers, and it's a great alternative to traditional CMSs like WordPress. Sanity focuses on developer experience, and it's a great choice for building modern, scalable content-driven applications.


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