Why Astro is perfect for a fast portfolio

Astro ships zero-JS by default, which keeps first paint tiny even on slow networks. With content living in the repo, I can author Markdown or MDX locally, preview instantly via npm run dev, then publish via GitHub Actions without touching the server.

The build output is just HTML / CSS / JS under dist/, so the domestic server only needs Nginx + rsync to serve the files.

Key guardrails I use:

• Keep layout/components in src/ and content in src/content/.
• Use frontmatter for metadata (title, description, tags, publishedAt).
• Avoid runtime databases—everything is versioned alongside the code.

npm install
npm run dev