How to Use claude 22

Why Static Sites Are Back

For a few years, “static site” sounded like a step backward — no database, no dynamic pages, no admin panel. Then people noticed something: the fastest, most reliable sites on the internet were, quietly, all static.

What Changed

Modern static site generators like Astro don't just spit out flat HTML anymore. They pre-render everything at build time, then hydrate only the interactive bits you actually need — which means visitors get a page that's already fully formed the instant it arrives, with no waiting on a database query or a server spinning up.

Where the CMS Fits In

The missing piece was always content editing. Nobody wants to hand-write Markdown files and git push every time they fix a typo.

That's the gap tools like this one fill — a familiar editing interface that still commits straight to your Git repo, so you get the writing experience of a traditional CMS without giving up the speed and simplicity of a static site.

The Tradeoff, Honestly

It's not free. You give up plugin ecosystems, one-click extensions, and the “install and go” simplicity of something like WordPress.

What you get back is:

• ⚡ Speed
• 🔒 Security — there's no database to breach
• 💰 Low hosting costs — often close to nothing
• 🛠️ Simplicity and reliability

Worth it? Depends on what you're building.

But for blogs, docs, and marketing sites, it's hard to argue against.