Tulum Party

Tulum Party is the go-to source for experiencing the real Tulum, Mexico. The platform offers everything from top club listings and iconic event brands to a full party calendar and real-time DJ schedules. Users get access to event lineups, venue insights, artist info, insider tips, and community tools—all designed to deliver an unfiltered view of Tulum’s vibrant party scene.

Behind the scenes, a small team of five keeps things running, including a veteran software engineer with over 20 years of experience. As the sole developer, juggling other projects as well, he needed to stay focused on front-end work and ship new features quickly.

With limited resources, the team needed a CMS that was fast, lightweight, and required no backend or infrastructure management. It also had to be intuitive for both developers and non-technical users.

Key Requirements for a CMS

When looking for a content management system, Tulum Party had several key requirements and priorities. They needed a system that was lightweight and required no backend or infrastructure to manage. Ease of use was important for both the API and the Content Manager. They also required easy accessibility for non-technical people. Speed was a significant requirement for both users and administrators, particularly due to the slow network speed often encountered in Tulum and the jungle.

Why Cosmic?

Tulum Party ultimately chose Cosmic over other options primarily for its ease of use. For developers, Cosmic offered features they appreciated, including a simple API, various libraries, the ability to use plain JavaScript, image storage, image manipulation utilities, and a free starting plan that allowed them to test, experiment, and grow organically. For content creators, the platform provided an intuitive UI and tools.

How They Use Cosmic

Cosmic serves as the core of Tulum Party's content management. They utilize Cosmic's data types and related tooling to build logic around their event promotion needs and have not found any barriers in terms of data modeling.

The Cosmic API is leveraged to extract data from Cosmic to build variations of their content for different social platforms. They also generate data and content outside Cosmic and use the API to incorporate it back into their website/CMS.

Streamlined Workflow and Reduced Developer Reliance

Using Cosmic has significantly streamlined their process. A major benefit is that every team member, regardless of technical skill, can create content effortlessly. This capability has been crucial for their small team, allowing them to focus on what matters the most: Customer Support.

Cosmic has changed their team's need to involve developers in routine content management tasks. While developer time is invested upfront to code page templates and front-end code that use Cosmic data, once this is plugged in, developers are no longer needed for routine content creation.

They value how Cosmic handles all backend and infrastructure needs, freeing their developer to focus solely on front-end work and ship new features faster, which they describe as "Time To Market On Steroids". The lightweight nature and mobility of the platform have also enabled content creation and updates in challenging locations.

Future Plans

Looking ahead, the team is preparing for Tulum’s seasonal market shifts and the fast-moving landscape of AI in content creation and search. Their focus is on maintaining high content quality and strong customer support while improving efficiency. Key initiatives include automating internal workflows, powered by the Cosmic API, and exploring how taking advantage of Cosmic’s built-in AI features will streamline content creation and management.