Almost looks like a... real website?

This article describes the author's decision to migrate their blog from WordPress to a custom-built static site using Cloudflare hosting, MDX files, and React Router for SSR. They explain the motivation for more control over interactive elements and a tighter publishing pipeline. The migration process involved an AI-assisted conversion of 78 posts from WordPress export XML to MDX files, including fixing metadata, converting GIFs to MP4, reformatting LaTeX for KaTeX, and replacing WordPress-specific syntax with custom React components. The article is a technical walkthrough of the migration, relevant to IT and technology topics like web development, static site generation, and DevOps.