Static-first is a maintenance strategy

Why public content benefits from a smaller, more explicit runtime surface.

Static output is not a claim that a site has no risk. It is a way to make the public path smaller and easier to inspect. A page can still have a domain, build dependencies, client scripts, and an account boundary that deserve care.

The practical test

The useful question is whether a runtime dependency earns its place. Content, documentation, and public routes often become more durable when they can render before a server decides what to do. Dynamic parts can remain narrow and explicit.

Related practice

Use this note as a prompt for a concrete review: identify the current public route, the source that owns it, the people it needs to serve, and the failure state it must survive.

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