Jonny Smillie

Web developer 🇬🇧

[Jonny Smillie @jonnysmillie]

If you need help migrating from your PHP/Wordpress website to a static site hit me up.

[Jonny Smillie @jonnysmillie]

Hi @Typeform it seems overnight all of my client’s payment form fields have broken and the support function on your website doesn’t work…

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Not sure what to expect with Omarchy 🙂

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@jekuer Very nice Jens!

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If you spend much time on X, you’d be forgiven for thinking the entire web is React and Next.js (or run completely by agents), and founders who prompt new companies into existence before breakfast. I spend a lot of time looking at various actual websites and they are often still jQuery and WordPress and have been for years.

How does the web that people talk about compare with the one that actually exists?

https://t.co/1joWA6OFiC

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How many times can a person reasonably play BG3 all the way through?

Asking for a friend…

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I’m 36.

Solo builder from the UK 🇬🇧

Looking to connect with builders and indie hackers from around the world.

[Jonny Smillie @jonnysmillie]

Freelancing in the age of AI means I can do more for you, for less money.

The typing got cheap. Taste and responsibility did not.

If your web quote hasn't moved since ChatGPT launched, someone is still billing you for hours that no longer exist.

📷 https://t.co/KXFvswp8cF

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@SuttonThings Hello 👋

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@davidcafor Hey 👋

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@astrodotbuild + Starlight is ridiculously nice for documentation sites.

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My newest web template is Astro Mag: a Swiss-inspired editorial template for magazines and culture journals. Photography-led layouts, MDX collections, Pagefind search, agency licence for unlimited sites. $49.

All templates: https://t.co/yL5e17r0NG

Demo: https://t.co/ladZZ0ZA48

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Dead Internet Theory treats AI text as the end of the real web. Human fakery got there first. What matters is not whether a model typed it, but whether anyone still means anything by it.

https://t.co/Fr3lv5xxA6

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Cursor is no longer just an editor.

Origin is its new git forge: hosted repos, pull requests, GitHub sync, and agents in the same place. Built for the speed AI agents actually work at.

https://t.co/IOi06FdpNV

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The repo is the CMS. Claude is how you talk to it.

I built Astro × Claude so agencies and freelancers can edit content, update components, and ship new pages from natural language, then deploy through Git. No admin panel.

https://t.co/ikTcGo24Zf

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Astro and Next.js are both excellent frameworks but they are not interchangeable.

I wrote up when I pick Astro, when Next.js earns the complexity, and a simple decision rule for 2026.

https://t.co/pctJP3bv3g

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Currently onboard Mymlan for a week in the Med. Premium charter, brilliant food and drinks, and hospitality that actually feels personal.

I built their website too. Instagram sells the lifestyle. The site has to sell the decision.

Case study: https://t.co/MgdXQGXTGD

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Instant site makers sell the feeling of having made something. Cursor and Claude Code help you actually ship something in a codebase you own.

https://t.co/wnbUlK5nKq

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Your CMS does not have to be a dashboard.

Claude + GitHub + Netlify (or Netlify Agent Runners) can handle edits, previews, and rollback without the traditional admin panel.

New post comparing both approaches:

https://t.co/oPe5JaT3do