Building a web after Framer
I’ve finally made this website coded and self-hosted. Four years ago I had a blast with Framer, these days it feels limiting: the ecosystem lock, gated features, Framer-specific terminology.
I also wanted to learn: to code, to think in front-end system as well as in Figma libraries, to design to build.
It still needs care and polish but it’s done in V1. Coding was done with Cursor AI help except for some simpler front-end bits. In the process, I took time to learn more about Astro, and how it compares to other front-end frameworks.
