Building My Personal Site with Astro

After years of putting it off, I finally built my personal website. Here’s why I chose Astro and what I learned.

Why Astro?

Astro stood out for a few reasons:

1. Zero JS by default - Ships static HTML unless you need interactivity
2. Component islands - Add React/Vue/Svelte only where needed
3. Content collections - Built-in support for Markdown/MDX with type safety
4. Fast - Seriously fast build times and page loads

The Stack

• Framework: Astro 5.x
• Styling: Tailwind CSS v4
• Hosting: Vercel (auto-deploys from GitHub)
• Typography: Inter from Google Fonts

What’s Next

I plan to write more about:

• Multi-agent systems and AI research
• Lessons from building production ML systems
• The intersection of formal verification and AI

Stay tuned.