About
This is a production-ready content site starter built with Astro. It demonstrates a clean, editorial approach to building content-focused websites without the flashiness of marketing sites or the complexity of SaaS dashboards.
Design principles
The visual baseline follows a few core principles:
- Restrained color palette — Warm-tinted neutrals that feel intentional without being stark. No pure black or white.
- Typography-first — System fonts for performance, with careful attention to line-height, measure, and hierarchy.
- Generous whitespace — Content needs room to breathe. Spacing is consistent and intentional.
- No decorative noise — No gradient text, glass cards, or gratuitous animations. The design serves the content.
Technical stack
- Astro — Static site generation with partial hydration
- Content Collections — Type-safe content with Zod schemas
- MDX — Markdown with component support
- React islands — Interactive components where needed
- Tailwind CSS v4 — Utility-first styling
SEO and metadata
Every page uses shared helpers for consistent metadata. Open Graph images, canonical URLs, and Twitter cards are generated automatically from the site configuration and page-level overrides.
The site also includes sitemap output and semantic HTML structure for accessibility.