Journey

I’ve been working on this portfolio for a while, and today I finally deployed it to production.

I wanted a place to showcase my projects and document my learning journey. The combination of Astro for performance and Keystatic for content management felt like the perfect fit.

The design is minimal but functional, focusing on content over flashy animations. I’m particularly happy with the Journey timeline you’re looking at right now!

After years of using React for everything, I decided to give Astro a try. The promise of “zero JavaScript by default” was too good to ignore.

What I Learned

• Islands Architecture: Loading interactive components only when needed is a game changer for performance.
• Content Collections: Type-safe frontmatter makes managing blog posts so much easier.
• View Transitions: Native-feeling navigation without the complexity of a SPA router.

It’s been a refreshing change of pace, and I’m excited to use it for more projects.