Notes from the team building Ano. Product updates, build decisions, field notes. One post per week.https://ano.chat/enhttps://ano.chat/blog/astro-6-specific-dev-website-magichttps://ano.chat/blog/astro-6-specific-dev-website-magicThree decisions made the marketing site fast: Specific.dev for deploys, Astro 6 for the user experience, typed markdown for content. Here is what each buys us, and where the stack still bites.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTengineeringastrospecificperformancemarketing-siteRuben Flamhttps://ano.chat/blog/why-we-built-ano-on-zerohttps://ano.chat/blog/why-we-built-ano-on-zeroSlack-style chat puts the server in the middle of every interaction. We picked Zero, a local-first sync engine, and worked the architecture inwards from the user. Here is what changed, and why.Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTengineeringzerosyncslack-alternativeRuben Flam