How we run our newsletter on our own Astro stack instead of Substack
The article discusses the transition of a newsletter from Substack to a self-hosted Astro stack. This move was motivated by the desire for better SEO control and customization. The author highlights the benefits of owning the entire setup, including improved structured data and a more tailored reading experience.
- ▪The newsletter was previously hosted on Substack but was moved to gain control over SEO elements.
- ▪The new setup uses the same Astro build as the rest of the site, allowing for seamless integration and customization.
- ▪Features like sidenotes and structured data are easily implemented due to ownership of the rendering process.
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3945556) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } Vladimir Nadymov Posted on May 22 • Originally published at getbeton.ai How we run our newsletter on our own Astro stack instead of Substack #newsletter #buildinpublic #opensource #sal This is a post about plumbing. We send a newsletter, it goes out from our own site, and over the last few months that setup turned into something I actually like working on. Here is the whole thing. Why we left Substack The newsletter used to live on Substack. We moved it for one reason: SEO control.
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