Practical notes on converting heavy WordPress sites into faster Astro front ends, using Valet for local development, and testing new ways to work with Claude, Codex, Fireworks, Kimi, MiniMax, and local models.
Sharing the patterns, tradeoffs, and practical decisions behind hybrid WordPress and Astro builds, plus the AI tools that actually help day to day.
Astro as the fast layer on top of WordPress
Claude, Codex, and model comparisons that inform real work
Valet, Zed, Ghostty, and tools that keep the loop fast
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Part 2 of the Forge series: choosing Proxmox over the alternatives, installing it on a dual Xeon workstation board, and the sequencing mistakes worth avoiding
Part 3 of the Forge series: carving four old drives into two deliberate tiers — a ZFS mirror for the data that matters and SSD thin pools for the containers that move
Part 1 of the Forge series: turning an old dual Xeon workstation into a documented, rebuildable home platform for AI-assisted development, self-hosted Git, and automation
Why a lightweight Valet setup works well for WordPress and Astro projects when you want fast startup times and less container overhead
How to use Astro Content Collections as a structured landing zone for WordPress content migrations, with schemas, import scripts, and a safer path from CMS to static front end
A practical guide to writing better prompts for Claude when you want usable article drafts, cleaner outlines, and less editing after the first pass
Notes from trying new coding assistants, local models, prompt patterns, and orchestration tools. Some experiments stick, some don’t, but the useful ones end up here.
name: Draft article with Claude
on:
workflow_dispatch:
jobs:
draft:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Generate outline
run: node scripts/generate-blog.js
- name: Review and refine
run: echo "Edit the draft, then publish once the structure and examples are solid."