đź“‹ Mission Brief
Primary Objective: Eliminate technical debt and high operational costs of the previous version of rodmarzavala.com (hosted on AWS Lightsail), transforming it into the high-performance static site you are visiting right now.
Legacy State: The previous system operated on a heavy AWS Lightsail instance backed by a PostgreSQL database.
- Cost: Disproportionately high for the traffic volume.
- Maintenance: Constant manual cycle of updates, security patches, and resolving version conflicts.
- Performance: Sluggish response times due to unnecessary dynamic server-side processing.
- DX (Developer Experience): While the editor was familiar, the infrastructure management was a burden.
🛠️ Technological Arsenal
To execute this override, we deployed a precision-engineered artisanal stack:
- Astro: The core engine for zero-JS-by-default performance and content-first architecture.
- Cloudflare Pages: The global edge network ensuring instant delivery worldwide.
- Wrangler (CLI): Command-line supremacy for local dev and edge deployment.
- MDX: The perfect fusion of markdown content and component interactivity.
- TypeScript: Type-safety layer ensuring code robustness.
⚔️ Battle Report
Phase 1: Extraction & Architecting
The relational model (PostgreSQL) was decommissioned in favor of a Content Collection architecture. We moved from dynamic database queries to build-time content generation, ensuring 100% uptime and zero database connection latency.
Phase 2: Feature Preservation
Critical capabilities were re-engineered for the static paradigm:
- Search Protocol: Implemented via Pagefind for client-side static indexing.
- Navigation: Handled natively by Astro’s file-based routing system.
🏆 Mission Outcome
The operation was a decisive victory.
- Performance: Lighthouse scores hit a perfect 100/100.
- Efficiency: Operational costs plummeted by migrating to the Edge.
- Stability: Zero maintenance mode achieved—no more plugin nightmares.
- Professionalism: The site now runs on a stack that reflects seniority and engineering excellence.
System Status: OPTIMAL
Next Objective: Expanding the edge capabilities with Cloudflare Workers.