Field notes on Astro, WordPress and the open web.
Migration stories, Lighthouse breakdowns, CMS comparisons. Long-form, written from the trenches — not from a marketing deck.
Astro 7 — what is actually new (and why your site gets faster)
The Astro 7 release moved most of the compiler to Rust, swapped in Vite 8 + Rolldown, and shipped a new caching layer. Here is what changes for the sites I build.
Read articleWhy I pair almost every Astro build with Sanity
Sanity is the headless CMS I reach for first — for schools, foundations, businesses and anyone who needs a comfortable editor without giving up control of their content. Here is the honest case for it.
Read articleAstro vs WordPress: a real-world Lighthouse comparison
Two identical landing pages. One in WordPress with a popular theme. One in Astro. The Lighthouse scores, side by side, with the exact configuration.
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