Company
Date Published
July 9, 2024
Author
Charlie Bell
Word count
1578
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Specsavers, a multinational retailer offering optometry services and selling glasses, sunglasses, and contact lenses, recently adopted a more modern approach to content management by moving away from its legacy monolith and adopting a headless, composable content platform. The company's Director of Digital Technology, James Skinner, shared the story of how they transitioned from Drupal to Contentful, which allowed them to improve their internal user experience, reduce hosting costs, and increase the performance of their content with customers. The key to a successful transition was identifying what content really mattered, taking an incremental approach, and relying on stakeholders for input. By adopting a headless, composable technology, Specsavers is able to reuse its content across multiple experiences, provide better product information, and make more informed business decisions.