SOUTHWELL_MEDIA [v.2026]DISPATCHES
Security advisories. Development insights. Design perspectives.
Astro 6 Is Here. Here's What Actually Changed.
Astro 6 stable dropped. We've been running the beta in production since January — here's what changed, what broke, and what it means for your next build.
Astro 6 Is Coming: Key Features and Breaking Changes for 2026
The biggest Astro release in years brings a unified dev server, native CSP, Zod 4, and a Cloudflare-backed future. Here's what you need to know before the stable release lands.
We Open-Sourced Our Internal Astro Boilerplate
Velocity is the Astro 6 boilerplate we built for internal use, refined across a year of client projects, and now released under an MIT license.
CSS in 2026: 7 Features That Let the Browser Do the Work
Anchor positioning. Scroll-driven animations. Sibling functions. A few CSS features arriving in 2026 handle patterns that used to require JS libraries.
What AI Can't Replace: Experience in the Age of Instant Everything
The barrier to entry has collapsed. But the gap between what gets built and what actually works is widening. AI made creation accessible—not quality.
Astro + Cloudflare: Why Southwell Media is All-In on Edge-Native Development
Cloudflare announced the Astro core team is joining them. This formalizes a new standard for how high-performance websites are built and deployed at the edge.
Security Advisory: CVE-2025-66478 — Critical Next.js Vulnerability
A CVSS 10.0 vulnerability (CVE-2025-66478) affecting Next.js App Router applications has been disclosed. Here's the full breakdown and how to protect your applications immediately.