In this first episode of my new and improved CMS Development Series, we’ll kick things off by setting up the foundation for a powerful, modern content management system built with Laravel Jetstream, Livewire, and PHP 8.2 — all completely Filament-free and Lifeline-free. I’ll walk you through configuring the development environment, setting up PostgreSQL, installing Filament, and creating our very first Article model with integrated media management using the Curator plugin. By the end of this episode, you’ll have a working admin panel and a functional article system ready to build on. This is just the beginning of an exciting journey toward creating a fully customizable, production-ready CMS from scratch!