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Cleaning Up Dependabot Alerts in an Old Jekyll Blog

A maintenance note about reviewing dependency alerts in the old Jekyll site and using that work to inform the Astro migration.

May 17, 2026

Context

The old Jekyll blog had accumulated multiple Dependabot vulnerability alerts. I needed to decide whether to keep patching the old stack or move to a cleaner static-site structure.

Work Done

  • Reviewed the dependency warnings.
  • Compared the maintenance cost of keeping Jekyll with the flexibility of moving to Astro.
  • Rechecked the boundary between public repository content and private operational notes.

Result

Astro became the better long-term fit because the site needed improved UI control, Cloudflare Pages Functions, and profile/chat features.