Interesting, I have a similar goal but in the Drupal space. My partner and I have been building Drupal sites for clients for almost 15 years and we keep running into hosting issues for our clients at scale. Most of the "managed" options get extremely expensive very quickly, but they're also not managed from a content/modules perspective.
We're trying to do the best of both worlds and provide a managed (albeit opinionated) install that leverages our experience on the development side with performance and ease of use on the hosting side. Would be happy to compare notes as it comes together. Our website is in my profile and our email is hello@ the domain listed there.
Interesting. I have zero experience with Drupal, but I assume its similar to WP in its architecture since you bring it up :)
I think any good solution to working with these 50/50 code and configuration mgmt technologies have to start with a solid analysis and understanding of what the actual business needs are(?). And then (re)evaluate how things are done.
And then perhaps also pricing models when it comes to the ‘“managed”’ part you mention. I think, for what Im building, there will end up needing to be a “managed hosting” offering which is more restricted and a custom development/T&M work which will be hourly.
Could be interesting to compare notes when get more of the setup up and running
We're trying to do the best of both worlds and provide a managed (albeit opinionated) install that leverages our experience on the development side with performance and ease of use on the hosting side. Would be happy to compare notes as it comes together. Our website is in my profile and our email is hello@ the domain listed there.