September 2020 Summaries

Microservices are gaining popularity as a modern alternative to monolithic CMS solutions, as evidenced by the shift in many traditional platforms like WordPress towards more modular approaches. Prismic, a pioneer in the headless CMS movement, highlights the advantages of microservices, such as reduced costs, enhanced scalability, and the freedom to select best-in-class solutions tailored to evolving business needs. While monolithic CMSs offer rich feature sets and a unified deployment, they can restrict flexibility and scalability, with potential security concerns arising from extensive plugin ecosystems. Prismic argues that adopting microservices allows businesses to adapt their tech stack seamlessly as they grow, demonstrated through webinars and case studies showcasing successful transitions.

Prismic has disabled the use of SVGs with the Imgix integration due to security vulnerabilities associated with SVGs, which can be exploited with malicious JavaScript injections, and because Imgix query parameters do not affect SVGs. As a result, SVGs will now be treated as files rather than images and will be delivered from Amazon servers instead of the domain images.prismic. The team did not anticipate the impact on users who have SVGs with query parameters and update their documents, leading to unforeseen issues. Prismic acknowledges the oversight, apologizes for any inconvenience, and is implementing processes to prevent similar issues in the future. Users affected by this change are advised to replace SVGs with another image format or create a workaround in their web applications to manage URL strings accordingly.