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Part 3 of 3 · From Hardcoded to Headless

Modular Is Not Modular Is Not Modular

The agents moved five pages into a headless CMS. Byte-identical output, green tests, editors publishing without a developer. Seven of the eleven blocks they built are used exactly once. Nothing detected that, because nothing was failing.

  • Engineering

Sebastian Piott8 min read

Part 2 of 3 · From Hardcoded to Headless

We pay more now, and that's great

I left a cheaper AWS setup that was working for a more expensive one. The justification is real and it isn't on either invoice: it's the number of ways a deploy can be silently wrong, and who pays when it is.

  • Engineering

Sebastian Piott7 min read

Part 1 of 3 · From Hardcoded to Headless

The framework pivot that became a tweak

Discover the real story behind a modern marketing site's transformation from a hardcoded Astro project to a headless, CMS-powered platform. In this in-depth post, you'll learn why framework choice isn't just about developer preference or the latest tools, but about balancing speed, performance, and the new reality of AI-amplified development.

  • Engineering

Sebastian Piott10 min read