Problem
WordPress felt bloated for what is really a blog, it outgrew shared hosting, and the PHP, MySQL, and plugin stack was more overhead than the writing needed.
How it works
I rebuilt it as a static AstroJS site for speed, with full-text search and tag filtering, and recently moved it to Astro 5's Content Layer API. ChatGPT helped convert the old WordPress shortcodes to Markdown.
I skipped comments and user accounts on purpose. The blog is for people who want the content, not an engagement platform.
A look inside
