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Demo project: rebuilt a fictional cafe landing page in Astro. Lighthouse 44 → 99, LCP 13.9s → 2.0s, no framework magic — just killed render-blocking assets and shipped less JS. Live: astro-rebuild-demo.pages.dev
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