Upgrade or relaunch? Why the real decision has nothing to do with TYPO3 versions
Should we modernise the existing platform, or would it be more economical to start over from scratch?
June 2026 · →
From the engine room.
Insights into our work: TYPO3 upgrades, engineering practices and how we work with agencies.
A strong open-source project needs more than good code – why we deliberately invest in the TYPO3 ecosystem
When open source is discussed, many conversations focus on new features, security updates or release cycles. It is far rarer to talk about why companies invest time, money and experienced developers at all, even though such investments can seldom be attributed directly to a single client project. This is exactly the question that has occupied us again and again for some years.
June 2026 · →
Why we believe TYPO3 should play a bigger role in North America
In Europe, TYPO3 has been one of the established enterprise CMS platforms for many years. Numerous companies, public institutions, and international corporations rely on the platform because it combines long-term maintainability, flexible permission concepts, and a high degree of adaptability. Outside Europe, by contrast, TYPO3 is still often perceived as a niche product. In our assessment, this is precisely where one of the greatest opportunities for the coming years lies.
June 2026 · →
Why we believe senior developers shouldn't spend their time on upgrade routine
Experienced TYPO3 developers are the most valuable technical resource in many agencies. That is precisely why larger upgrade projects raise a question that is discussed surprisingly rarely: is an enterprise upgrade really the task with which these developers create the greatest value for their clients?
June 2026 · →
When Third-Party Extensions Change: Why TYPO3 Upgrades Rarely Have a Perfect Solution
Many of the technical challenges of a TYPO3 upgrade can be mastered with experience, tools and a structured process. There is one area, however, where even the best preparation cannot provide a clear-cut answer: the continued evolution of third-party extensions.
June 2026 · →
Why We Can Offer TYPO3 Upgrades at a Fixed Price
A fixed price for a major TYPO3 upgrade sounds contradictory at first. After all, the appeal of a time-and-material project lies precisely in the ability to handle unknown risks flexibly. So why do we still deliberately choose a fixed price in many projects? The answer has surprisingly little to do with costing and remarkably much to do with engineering.
June 2026 · →
Why We Automate Everything Worth Automating in TYPO3 Upgrades
Many companies invest in better developers. We additionally invest in better processes. Both matter, but in our experience lasting quality only emerges when experience no longer accumulates merely in the minds of individual developers, but becomes part of the engineering process step by step.
June 2026 · →
Why We Strictly Separate Code and Database Migration in TYPO3 Upgrades
The larger an upgrade becomes, the more important the question of how to organise the process. After more than 150 TYPO3 upgrades, we have come to believe that many projects become needlessly complicated because they follow TYPO3's upgrade path rather than the architecture of the target system.
June 2026 · →