Alex Hoyau - Less Maintenance, More Freedom: Rethinking website production with Silex and WordPress

Abstract

Let’s dive into why the WordPress ecosystem, with its proprietary plugins, often means more maintenance and less freedom for everyone in the web production chain—agencies, project leads, and freelancers alike. We’ll show how Silex, by sticking to open standards like HTML and CSS and embracing a no-code approach, lets you build lightweight, truly open-source static sites without the usual complexity. It’s all about simplifying your workflow, boosting security, and giving you no-code freedom at scale.

Biography

Alex Hoyau is the CTO of the web studio Internet 2000, where he leads the creation of low-impact websites for French companies. He has maintained the open source website builder Silex since 2009 and is a strong advocate of free software and sustainable web practices. Alex believes in the open source business model as a foundation for long-term, ethical tech.

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