frontend-architecture

HTML-First Frontend in 2026: When to Ditch the SPA for Plain HTML + Islands

HTML-first ships server-rendered HTML on first request and hydrates only interactive islands. Ditch your React SPA when LCP is over 2.5s, bundle is over 250 KB gzipped, or SEO tanked after a redesign — use Astro if your team knows React, htmx if your backend is Rails, Django, or Go.

astro

Astro 5 vs Next.js 15 for Content Sites: Which One Should You Actually Pick?

Pick Astro 5 for content sites — blogs, docs, marketing pages, portfolios. Pick Next.js 15 for actual apps with auth, dashboards, or per-user state. Astro ships 5-20x less JavaScript and builds 5-10x faster; Next.js earns its complexity only when interactivity is the rule, not the exception.