I’ve been wanting to put Claude Code through a real project and see what it could actually do. The goal was simple. Get off of Wix and build something I own and control. Wix served its purpose when I first launched LuminalData but I was tired of the limitations. Slow page loads. A clunky editor. Monthly fees for what amounts to a few static pages.

I pointed Claude Code at my existing Wix site and asked it to review the structure and recommend the best way to rebuild it. It chose Astro as the framework because Astro generates pure static HTML with zero JavaScript overhead by default. That made sense for a site like mine where the content doesn’t need to be dynamic.

From there it took about 4 hours to go from nothing to a fully working replica of the original site. Claude Code handled the scaffolding and component structure while I focused on the content and design decisions. The back and forth was fast. I’d describe what I wanted and it would build it and I’d adjust and move on.

What Changed

The biggest improvement is the content workflow. Blog posts are markdown files now. I don’t log into an editor or navigate through menus or fight with a rich text tool. I open a file and write and deploy. That alone was worth the migration.

The site runs in a Docker container on a VPS I already had so my hosting cost dropped to zero. Pages load in under a second instead of the 3-5 seconds I was getting on Wix. And because everything is just files in a repository I have full version control over every change.

What’s Next

With the site running on Astro I can focus on writing instead of wrestling with a platform. I have posts coming on how I use Claude Code day to day and how I automated parts of my workflow with n8n and local AI. The whole point of moving was to remove friction between having an idea and getting it out there. That’s exactly what this did.