Topic
04
Build & hydration
Tooling and performance on a PHP stack.
Architecture
Deploy a completely static Astro site to DigitalOcean App Platform
Astro's docs skip DigitalOcean, and DigitalOcean's autodetection assumes you want a Node server. Here is the path to a fully static deploy for about five dollars a month.
ToolingShipping a custom Gutenberg block with TypeScript and esbuild
A lean build setup that respects WordPress bundled dependencies and keeps your sanity intact. Config, externals, aliases, and the dev loop.
ArchitectureWhen to reach for Web Components vs React in a WordPress build
They solve overlapping problems. Here is the decision tree I use on client work, and where each one quietly falls down.