Engineering 2 min read
Why we build Forge sites on Astro
Islands architecture, zero-JS by default, and a content layer that treats Markdown as a database. Here's why every Forge site ships on Astro.
A Akshay Palimkar
Blog
The Forge blog
Practical notes on launching and running your website — product updates,
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Engineering 1 min read
Multi-vendor AI routing, and why your backlog never stalls
Claude does the work — but when it's rate-limited, the loop falls back to OpenAI and Gemini. Here's how config-driven routing keeps sites shipping.
A Akshay Palimkar
Playbooks 1 min read
Config-driven marketing sites — change the config, not the components
A rebrand should be one file, not a week. How Forge models an entire business in a single typed config so the components never need to change.
A Akshay Palimkar
Playbooks 1 min read
Local SEO that actually ranks — JSON-LD, llms.txt, and the boring basics
Structured data, a correct sitemap, an llms.txt for the agents, and NAP consistency. The unglamorous checklist that gets local businesses found.
B Beas
Product 1 min read
Designing for 360px first
Most visitors arrive on a small phone in bright sunlight with one thumb. Here's how Forge's design system starts there and scales up.
B Beas