I’ve built affiliate sites on WordPress, run my own VPS, and moved projects to Astro. This site is where I document the trade-offs, mistakes, and stack decisions I’d actually repeat.
A detailed head-to-head comparison of WordPress and Astro covering performance, CMS features, developer experience, and which to choose.
Honest breakdown of WordPress hosting options for developers. From budget shared hosting to managed cloud and self-managed VPS. With real trade-offs, not just promotional copy.
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A 100 Lighthouse score is useful technical hygiene, but it is not an SEO strategy without search intent, content quality, authority, and internal links.
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Astro Lighthouse scores are not automatic. Real production sites still need image optimization, gzip, font cleanup, delayed analytics, and accessibility fixes.
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Astro image optimization with Sharp: responsive WebP variants, srcset, lazy loading, hero priority, and automated build-time image generation for Lighthouse.
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Astro Lighthouse optimization case study: how I fixed gzip, Google Fonts, analytics, accessibility, and Sharp images to reach cleaner 98-100 Lighthouse scores.
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Should you remove Google Fonts from Astro? A practical font performance case study covering system fonts, CSS @import, preconnect, and display=swap tradeoffs.
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How to serve Astro with Nginx on a VPS: dist folder deploys, HTTPS redirects, try_files, gzip, cache headers, security headers, curl tests, and 404 pages.
Read →An honest Cloudways review for developers and WordPress site owners who want cloud performance without managing a Linux server themselves. What it is, who it fits, and where it falls short.
Read review →Honest Rank Math review from a developer who uses it on affiliate and content sites. What it does well, where it gets bloated, and whether you actually need Pro.
Read review →ReHub review from someone who ran it in production for affiliate, coupon, and price comparison sites. What it does well, where it becomes heavy, and when to move on.
Read review →A practical comparison of Divi and Elementor for WordPress developers and agencies. One side is hands-on. The other is research-based. Both are labeled clearly.
Read comparison →Practical comparison of Astro and Next.js for content sites and React apps. From a developer who builds with Astro in production and knows Next.js well enough to tell you when to use it instead.
Read comparison →A practical comparison between WordPress and Webflow for developers, designers, and agencies deciding on a platform.
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