[demetris]

> But the points it puts forward are fluff arguments like "it's a breadth of fresh air" or "it loads faster".

Fluff arguments do exist, but you can also measure. The site is static with minimal JS on the one page, and a bit more JS on the other page, so nothing surprising in the numbers, and nothing you can say was achieved thanks to the magic of Astro, but I wanted to shared them:

HOME PAGE

TTFB: .024s

SR: .200s

FCP: .231s

SI: .200s

LCP: .231s

CLS: 0

TBT: .000s

PW: 108KB

DEMOS PAGE

TTFB: .033s

SR: .300s

FCP: .281s

SI: .200s

LCP: .231s

CLS: 0

TBT: .000s

PW: 174KB