Supply chain attacks in the AI era: the state of open source in 2026
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Building a Multilingual Slide System Inside Astro with Reveal.js
How I built a two-type slide deck catalog inside my Astro website — discriminated unions, AEO twins, asset isolation, and live theme sync.
2/2 Slides as Code
The Best Slides-as-Code Presentation Tools for Developers
A hands-on comparison of Reveal.js, Slidev, Marp, Spectacle, and more — with a feature matrix to pick the right slides-as-code tool for developer talks.
1/2 Slides as Code
Reaching 100 on isitagentready.com: What Your Site Needs in the Era of Agents
Five categories, eight artifacts, one concrete guide: what your site needs to be agent-ready — including the commerce layer I deliberately don't fake.
5/5 AEO: From Invisible to Cited
The Agentic Web: Everything Cloudflare Launched in Agents Week 2026
Around 30 launches in one week. Everything Cloudflare shipped at Agents Week 2026 — runtime, MCP, standards, measurement — organized by layer.
Isaac Asimov and his work: the man who saw the future before anyone else
A journey through the life and work of Isaac Asimov, from the Foundation saga to the Three Laws of Robotics, and why his predictions are coming true in the age of artificial intelligence.
PreTeXt: The Library That Makes Text Programmable
I didn't get the hype around a text measurement library. So I built dozens of demos — from masonry grids to a sphere that reflows text at 60fps.
Migrating to Astro 6: Was It Worth the Wait?
How I migrated XergioAleX.com to Astro 6 in minutes, what broke, and why the experimental Rust compiler turned perception into measurable speed.
9/9 Building XergioAleX.com
The Scorecard: How to Measure What AI Can't Tell You
AEO measurement is years behind AEO optimization. Here's what the industry has, what's still missing, and one audit framework that gives you something concrete to work with.
4/5 AEO: From Invisible to Cited
Markdown for Agents: Making Your Content Speak AI's Language
Markdown for Agents: content negotiation meets AI—what the pattern means and a working Astro plus Cloudflare Pages implementation.
3/5 AEO: From Invisible to Cited
The Shift: Why Rankings No Longer Mean Visibility
The search landscape changed — and most sites aren't ready. Here's what the shift looks like, why AI answer engines work differently, and the two foundations every site should have in place.
2/5 AEO: From Invisible to Cited
AEO: What Changes When AI Starts Answering Instead of Linking
AI agents are now some of the most important visitors to your site — and they don't click links. A practical guide to Answer Engine Optimization: what it is, how it differs from SEO, and why the first-mover window is still open.
1/5 AEO: From Invisible to Cited
Why I Ditched ESLint + Prettier for Biome
After years of chasing ESLint upgrades and managing the Prettier conflict dance, I switched to Biome. One config file, one binary, and I haven't looked back.
GoCarga: My First Startup Adventure and the Art of the Pitch
How building a cargo transport platform with university friends taught me the most valuable entrepreneurial skill: telling a story that makes people believe.
Tracking the Invisible: How I Built AI Bot Analytics with Zero Client-Side JavaScript
One Cloudflare Pages middleware file reveals AI crawler visits that client-side JavaScript analytics completely miss—no extra scripts required.
8/9 Building XergioAleX.com
The Best Way to Deploy Your Astro Site for Free
After years deploying static sites on GitHub Pages, I evaluated the free options and landed on Cloudflare Pages. Here's what I learned and what surprised me.
7/9 Building XergioAleX.com
How I Built a Multilingual Website with Astro
Designing multilingual Astro from scratch: typed translations, the Page Wrapper pattern, and scaling to more languages without rewiring components.
6/9 Building XergioAleX.com
Astro and Svelte: Why I Believe They're the Future of Web Development
Why Astro and Svelte simplify modern web development—State of JS 2025 data, benchmarks, and practical lessons from building this website.
Architecture of a Scalable Blog Without a Backend
How this blog scales without a backend: Content Collections, tag taxonomy, client search, series navigation, and bilingual builds.
5/9 Building XergioAleX.com
Measuring What Matters: How I Set Up Free Analytics Without Sacrificing Performance
Chapter four while building XergioAleX.com: free analytics with privacy-first tools that keep Lighthouse at 100—no cookie banners.
4/9 Building XergioAleX.com
The Road to 100: How I Achieved Perfect Lighthouse Scores on Every Category
The story of reaching 100/100/100/100 on Lighthouse PageSpeed for Performance, Accessibility, Best Practices, and SEO on mobile and desktop.
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