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Astro at the edge: 95+ Lighthouse without boring UI

Static HTML, selective hydration, and asset discipline.

⁦The⁩ ⁦performance⁩ ⁦budget⁩

⁦Hero⁩ ⁦typography⁩ ⁦in⁩ ⁦CSS.⁩ ⁦AVIF/WebP⁩ ⁦via⁩ ⁦Sanity⁩ ⁦CDN.⁩ ⁦Comments⁩ ⁦and⁩ ⁦analytics⁩ ⁦lazy-loaded.⁩ ⁦React⁩ ⁦islands⁩ ⁦only⁩ ⁦where⁩ ⁦interaction⁩ ⁦demands⁩ ⁦it⁩ — ⁦contact⁩ ⁦form⁩, ⁦theme⁩ ⁦toggle.⁩

⁦Measure⁩ ⁦in⁩ ⁦production⁩

⁦Lab⁩ ⁦scores⁩ ⁦matter⁩ ⁦for⁩ ⁦regressions⁩; ⁦RUM⁩ ⁦tells⁩ ⁦you⁩ ⁦if⁩ ⁦Arabic⁩ ⁦fonts⁩ ⁦or⁩ ⁦third-party⁩ ⁦scripts⁩ ⁦hurt⁩ ⁦real⁩ ⁦users.⁩