For years, web development has drifted towards complexity. To build a simple content site using Astro or Next.js, we suddenly needed a database, a backend API, an authentication provider, an image hosting service, and a frontend framework.
We call this the “Fullstack Bloat”. It’s expensive to host, a nightmare to secure, and overkill for 99% of content websites.
The Fullstack Fallacy
When you use a Headless CMS (like Contentful or Strapi), you are essentially adding a second source of truth. Your code lives in Git, but your content lives in a proprietary database silo.
This decoupling breaks the atomic nature of version control. You can rollback your code, but you can’t easily rollback your content to match that specific code commit.
Enter the TinyStack
“The TinyStack Philosophy: Eliminate the middleman. Your Repository is your Database.”
Pageel was built to enable the TinyStack for modern SSGs.
- Database: GitHub/GitLab (JSON/Markdown files)
- Backend: None (Direct Browser-to-Git API calls)
- Frontend: Astro, Next.js, or any SSG
- CMS: Pageel (Client-side Admin Interface)
The Browser is the Backend
Pageel is unique because it runs 100% in your browser. We don’t have servers. We don’t store your data.
When you click “Save” in Pageel, your browser encrypts your token, formats the markdown, compresses the images, and sends a commit directly to GitHub’s API. This means:
- $0 Hosting Costs: You can host Pageel on GitHub Pages or Vercel’s free tier.
- Zero Security Maintenance: No database to patch, no servers to hack.
- Infinite Scalability: GitHub handles the storage and API load.
Ready to shrink your stack?
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