351 - Building and hosting a static site in 2026
Summary
Hosts Tobias and Jussi discuss migrating personal blogs from CMS platforms like Ghost and WordPress to static sites using Astro. They detail their AI-assisted workflows, leveraging tools like GitHub Copilot and Claude to automate content migration and site generation. The episode covers the shift toward Markdown-based content ownership and compares hosting options on Azure, specifically App Service versus Static Web Apps.
Topics discussed
Introduction and vacation stories
Overview: Building static sites in 2026
The changing value of blogging in the AI era
Why leaving CMS platforms like Ghost and WordPress
Migrating content to Markdown and Astro
Using AI agents to build and migrate sites
AI-assisted development workflows for enterprise projects
Hosting static sites on Azure: App Service vs Static Web Apps
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