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Direct link to the article Using Pages CMS for Static Site Content Management
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Using Pages CMS for Static Site Content Management

I know, I know: there are a ton of content management system options available, and while I've tested several, none have really been the one, y'know? Weird pricing models, difficult customization, some even end up becoming a whole 'nother thing to manage.
Ryan Trimble on May 12, 2025
Direct link to the article The Basics of Remix
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The Basics of Remix

You’ve probably heard a lot of hype around one of the newest kids on the framework block, Remix. It may be surprising that it got its start back in 2019, but it was originally only available as a subscription-based premium …

Brittney Postma on Sep 13, 2022
Direct link to the article Syntax Highlighting (and More!) With Prism on a Static Site
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Syntax Highlighting (and More!) With Prism on a Static Site

So, you’ve decided to build a blog with Next.js. Like any dev blogger, you’d like to have code snippets in your posts that are formatted nicely with syntax highlighting. Perhaps you also want to display line numbers in the …

Adam Rackis on May 4, 2022
Direct link to the article Rendering Spectrum
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Rendering Spectrum

Here are the big categories of rendering websites:

  • Client: ship a <div id="root"</div and let a JavaScript template render all of it.
  • Static: pre-render the HTML.
  • Server: let a live server process requests and generate the
…
Chris Coyier on Nov 25, 2020
Direct link to the article “The Modern Web”
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“The Modern Web”

A couple of interesting articles making the rounds:

  • Tom MacWrite: Second-guessing the modern web
  • Rich Harris: In defense of the modern web
…
Chris Coyier on May 22, 2020
Direct link to the article Emergency Website Kit
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Emergency Website Kit

Here’s an outstanding idea from Max Böck. He’s created a boilerplate project for building websites that fit within a single HTTP request. This is extremely important for websites that contain critical information for public safety. As Max writes:

In cases

…
Robin Rendle on Mar 27, 2020
Direct link to the article How To Create A Headless WordPress Site On The Jamstack
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How To Create A Headless WordPress Site On The Jamstack

Just this morning, Chris shared a streamlined way to get a static site up and running with Netlify. As it happens, Sarah and I also wrote up a little something that expands that idea where a static site can …

Geoff Graham on Nov 8, 2022
Direct link to the article JAMstack CMSs Have Finally Grown Up!
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JAMstack CMSs Have Finally Grown Up!

This article is based on Brian’s presentation at Connect.Tech 2019. Slides with speaker notes from that presentation are available to download.

In my experience, developers generally find the benefits of the JAMstack easy to comprehend. Sites are faster …

Brian Rinaldi on Nov 21, 2019
Direct link to the article JAMstack Tools and The Spectrum of Classification
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JAMstack Tools and The Spectrum of Classification

With the wonderful world of JAMstack getting big, all the categories of services and tools that help it along are as important as ever. There are static site generators, headless CMSs, and static file hosts.

I think …

Chris Coyier on Oct 24, 2019
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