SOUTHWELL_MEDIA [v.2026]DISPATCHES
Security advisories. Development insights. Design perspectives.
We Open-Sourced Our Internal Astro Boilerplate
Velocity is the Astro 6 boilerplate we built for internal use, refined across two years of client work, 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
On January 16, 2026, Cloudflare announced that the core team behind Astro is joining Cloudflare. This isn't just a corporate merger—it's the formalization of a new standard for how high-performance websites are built and deployed.
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.