Why I Chose Astro

Simplicity Is the Best Complexity

Choosing Astro as the blog framework came down to a few simple reasons:

1. Zero-JS output by default — a page load needs only HTML and CSS
2. Native Markdown support — articles are written straight as .md files
3. Content Collections — type-safe content management
4. Free to deploy — supported by Vercel, Netlify, and Cloudflare Pages alike

Content Collections

Astro’s Content Collections provide schema validation and type inference:

const blog = defineCollection({
  type: "content",
  schema: z.object({
    title: z.string(),
    date: z.date(),
    tags: z.array(z.string()),
  }),
});

Writing an article means creating a .md file under src/content/blog/ — that’s all.

Performance

Because no JavaScript is output by default, this blog’s Lighthouse score should be near perfect. Page load speed is roughly equal to the size of the HTML file.

For a content site, that’s already enough.