In brief, the idea behind God Mode was to enable the end user to create the categories and pages they needed independently, to build and publish page content using pre-prepared components that were editable, and to present this content to visitors. There were already many ready-made systems like WordPress, Statamic, and Joomla that could do this. However, what we needed was a more customized system, completely under our control and suitable for development, so it was decided that writing such a system would be more appropriate.
Generally speaking, using an existing system can mean achieving the desired result in a short time and consequently reducing costs. However, for us, in large-scale systems fed by dozens of APIs, using a ready-made system can mean trying to fit the available data into a mold and not being able to use it effectively. Of course, it is possible to reach the desired outcome by adding to these systems, but the time spent here cannot compete with a system that will be written from scratch and controlled at every point when totaled.
The need identified at the starting point of God Mode, our web project, was to promote our products, provide pricing information related to them, share our active server information with users, and to show these as a whole with our own APIs in real-time and with other projects. Besides that, we needed areas where authorized users could write and share content, such as blogs, information areas, and discussion areas. Creating a system focused on these needs may not be very challenging and can be done in a certain amount of time. However, by doing this, any potential changes to the project later, or when a similar project is intended to be executed again, would involve developers once more, requiring repeated efforts. Instead, all potentially needed components were built at once and made available for end-users, allowing them to make updates and create new projects without needing anyone else.
Additionally, one of the most important details of writing such a system for us is user tracking. Since PlusClouds has multiple web projects, we can track user behaviors in detail—how long they spend on certain pages and what interests them—and we can present personalized data that truly meets the user's needs, taking advantage of the fact that every point of the system belongs to us.
