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- reference$5K WordPress refresh vs $20K custom build — performance alone does not justify the $15K delta
- referenceFor sub-100k pageviews/mo SMB sites, Cloudflare Pages + Workers is default; flip only when Postgres connection pooling or existing Vercel contract
- referenceReact Compiler 1.0 went stable October 7, 2025; battle-tested on Meta apps and fully production-ready
- referenceNext.js 16 (October 2025) made Partial Prerendering production via "Cache Components" with dynamic-by-default semantics
- referenceAstro 6 went stable in March 2026; removes legacy APIs (getEntryBySlug, getDataEntryById, Astro.glob, Astro.canonicalURL)
- referenceResearch brief: Candid Creative 2026 Build-Standards — web stack decision framework for SMB marketing sites & lightweight apps (piece 16)
- referenceFeature-parity replacements for common WordPress plugins (forms, SEO, search, comments, commerce, membership, newsletter, analytics)
- referenceReference: research-first tooling stack 2026 — Obsidian + Git + Quartz/Astro + AI overlay (RAG)
- referenceReference: minimum viable data stack for a $1M-$10M Canadian service business (2026, C$100-C$500/month)
- referenceReference: open-data ingestion stack for a 1-3 person SMB operation (2026) — under $50/mo realistic
- referenceMotherDuck pricing 2026: Lite ($25/mo) removed; Business moved to $250/mo between Dec 2025 and Feb 2026
- referenceECCC/MSC Open Data: free anonymous access to weather/climate/water via OGC-compliant GeoMet APIs
- referenceReference: alternative-stack recommendations by use case and budget (Candid 6-tier framework)
- referenceAstro on Cloudflare Pages: ~$0/month vs Next.js SSR ~$20-200/month (Bobes 2026 benchmark)
- referenceChrome Aurora team: Google Tag Manager with 18 tags increases Total Blocking Time ~20×
- referenceAstro vs Next.js (eastondev benchmark, Dec 2025): ~40% faster, ~90% less JS for static content
- referenceCounter-argument: a $200/mo managed platform buys you a larger security team than most agencies have
- referencePatchstack 2026: 91% of new WordPress vulnerabilities are in plugins; only 6 CVEs in core
