How I researched, designed, coded and deployed my Astro blog in a single day - heavily assisted by AI tools.

My goal was to have a blog built in a way that I can write articles in markdown directly, without having to rely on a CMS. I wanted to have component architecture, like most React frameworks. I ended up with a site that is fast, beats the Lighthouse score, is SEO-friendly and is free to host.

Launching my new blog with Astro, Cloudflare Pages and Terraform. Using Claude Code to help me write it all.

I have never used anything from the stack before, as I'm exploring these new opportunities. My goal is to build it in 24 hours and not spend dramatic amounts of time in decision making.