GEARS / IN PRACTICE
Headless is useful when content must serve several experiences, teams need independent release cycles, or the frontend requires more control than a traditional theme allows.
When it fits
Multiple channels, complex frontend experiences, multilingual estates and teams that need content and application releases to move independently.
When it does not
A simple brochure site can become slower to operate if headless adds deployment, preview and integration complexity without a real product need.
What to decide
Preview workflow, content modelling, caching, search, localisation, image handling and how editors recover from failed frontend deployments.
GEARS approach
Start with editorial workflow and business constraints, then choose the CMS and rendering architecture around them.
GEARS / RELATED