When I decided to create this blog, I wanted to use AstroJS because it is a fast and powerful static site generator.
At the same time, I didn’t want to reinvent the wheel and create the layout from scratch. Then I started to look for a theme that I could use as a base. And, I found that AstroJS has a large collection of themes that can be used to fastly build a blog in few steps.
I chose the AstroPaper theme since its built from developers to developers and it has mostly all the features that I wanted:
- mono spaced font
- built-in search
- simple UI
- tags for posts
However I’ve done many changes to the theme to fit my needs, thus I cannot use the built-in functionality to update the theme that could be useful for the lazy ones. See the update guide if you are curious.
I saved a lot of time by using the AstroPaper theme and I’m really happy with the result. I hope you will use that too or any other existing theme to create your blog. After all, a blog is not a design project, so the main focus should only be on the content.