Write the boring version first
The abstraction you skip today is the one you would have got wrong anyway.
Notes on building things well
Short, practical posts on writing things down, reviewing your week, and shipping often.
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Pagination is a content decision
Cursor or offset is an implementation detail. How many items belong on a page is not.
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Build-time secrets are still secrets
A static site has no server to leak from, which makes it easy to forget the build had credentials.
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Your CMS should not know what your website looks like
Page builders are a trap. Model the content, then decide separately how it renders.
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The static site is back, and it never really left
Rendering pages at build time is not a nostalgia trip. It is the cheapest way to serve content that changes a few times a day.
Frequently asked questions
How often do you publish?
A new post goes up every other week, give or take.
Is there an RSS feed?
Yes. The feed is at /rss.xml and is linked from the header and the footer.
Can I contribute a guest post?
Occasionally. Send a short pitch and a writing sample first.
How is this site built?
Astro renders it to static HTML at build time, pulling posts from a headless CMS's delivery API. There is no server and no client-side data fetching.