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# Web Development

Stacks, hosting, headless and e-commerce — battle-tested comparisons for shipping fast, fast sites.

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## Explore _web development_

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### Stacks & frameworks

React, Next.js, Astro, Laravel and friends.

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### Headless & CMS

Sanity, Strapi, Contentful and the API-first web.

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Shopify, headless storefronts and integrations.

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### Performance

Core Web Vitals and shipping a fast site.

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### Dev workflow

Git, CI/CD, testing and handoff.

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### React Server Components, Explained Without the Headache

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### How to Choose a Web Stack in 2026

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### Headless CMS in 2026: Sanity vs Strapi vs Contentful vs Storyblok

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### Vercel

Frontend cloud built for Next.js and the edge.

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### Cloudflare

Global edge network, workers and static hosting.

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### Astro

Content-first framework that ships less JS.

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## Hire the right team

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Development is where design meets reality: the prettiest mockup is worthless if it loads slowly, breaks on mobile or nobody can maintain it. This hub covers the choices that decide whether a site is fast, stable and cheap to run.

From picking a stack to nailing Core Web Vitals and choosing where to host, the guides below favour boring, proven decisions over hype — because the site has to still work next year.

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## FAQ

Which stack should I use?

For content sites, a static framework like Astro on an edge host is hard to beat. For apps, Next.js. For classic CMS needs, WordPress still wins on ecosystem.

Where should I host?

Cloudflare and Vercel cover most modern needs with global edge delivery. Traditional hosts still make sense for full WordPress stacks.

What are Core Web Vitals?

Google’s page-experience metrics — LCP (load), CLS (stability) and INP (responsiveness). They influence rankings and, more importantly, conversions.

Headless or traditional CMS?

Headless gives flexibility and performance at the cost of more engineering. Traditional CMS is faster to launch and easier for non-devs to run.

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