From Template to Production in 30 Minutes
A real walkthrough of cloning Astro Starter, customizing the design, adding content, and deploying to Vercel. No hand-waving, just the actual steps and time they take.
An honest comparison of Astro and Next.js for marketing and content websites. When each framework wins, where they overlap, and how to choose the right one for your project.
Paul Chamberlain
28 March 2025
A real walkthrough of cloning Astro Starter, customizing the design, adding content, and deploying to Vercel. No hand-waving, just the actual steps and time they take.
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A step-by-step guide to integrating Stripe checkout sessions, webhooks, and success pages into an Astro site. Covers server-side API routes, webhook verification, and production deployment.
Tailwind CSS v4 is a ground-up rewrite with CSS-first configuration, OKLCH colors, container queries, and dramatically faster builds. Here is what changed and how to use it.
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Astro ships zero JavaScript by default, uses island architecture for selective interactivity, and delivers the fastest marketing sites on the web. Here is why it beats Next.js and Gatsby for content-driven websites.
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