A developer shares their experience building a low-maintenance technical blog using Astro and deploying it to Cloudflare Pages via GitHub. The setup eliminates database management, plugin maintenance, and complex infrastructure while keeping content in Markdown and Git, making it ideal for technical authors who prioritize simplicity over traditional CMS features.
mdjango is a Django app for quickly setting up a technical documentation site from markdown files, featuring navigation, search, dark mode, and machine-readable artifacts. It offers a fixed design system with minimal customization, can be deployed as a dynamic Django app or exported as static HTML, and is designed for 30-minute setup without extensive tweaking.