The notion of using Drupal as an API-first CMS has been floating around the community for many years. There has been a dream to fully use Drupal as a content platform and a cool React-based technology for the front of the house. It's been a slow road of adoption; why?

Drupal is a Content Management System (CMS). Although there's sophisticated code powering the platform, the bottom line is that content management systems are primarily used by editors who are responsible for adding, updating, and editing content, not code. Drupal has editorial tools that work well and importantly, can be customized to user needs. We spend a lot of time creating a smart, clean editorial experience during our builds. In fact, we think the effort to build fantastic content administration experiences are just as important as a beautiful front-end design, if not more so.