---
type: Article
title: "Why I Ditched Sanity CMS for MDX (And Never Looked Back)"
description: "Why I migrated my blog from Sanity CMS to plain MDX files: the breaking points, the new pipeline, and the 4,700 lines of code I deleted along the way."
resource: "https://prerendering.info/blog/why-i-ditched-sanity-cms-for-mdx"
tags: [Next.js, MDX, CMS, Developer Experience]
timestamp: 2025-12-31T00:00:00Z
---

# Why I Ditched Sanity CMS for MDX (And Never Looked Back)

Why I migrated my blog from Sanity CMS to plain MDX files: the breaking points, the new pipeline, and the 4,700 lines of code I deleted along the way.

- Category: [Developer Experience](/categories/developer-experience.md)
- Published: 2025-12-31 · Updated: 2025-12-31
- Reading time: 9 min

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