Choosing Astro over Next.js
A sample field note. I default to Next.js, but for a content-first site Astro is the better-fit tool — simpler, faster, less to maintain. The fundamentals carry over, so the learning cost was low. The bigger lesson was about taste: choosing the right tool for the job is a more mature instinct than reaching for the one hammer I already know.
Lesson Pick the right-sized tool for the job, not the most familiar one.