Deployment philosophy: following the platform’s default

This is a framing post. There is no code change associated with it.

The platform bet

• Cloudflare as the target platform
• Why Astro v6 defaults to Workers

Pages vs Workers (light comparison)

• What changes for a mostly-static blog
• What stays the same (and what doesn’t)

The principle: follow defaults until there’s a reason not to

• Optionality without performative complexity
• Choosing a path that reduces long-term maintenance

What “success” looks like for deployment

• Simple deploys, predictable previews, clear failure modes
• A deployment posture that supports the commit-driven workflow