Rebuilding colmtroy.com with Astro
A look at the tech stack, hosting setup, and little touches that went into rebuilding my personal site from WordPress to Astro.
Hi there! I'm Colm.
Building web experiences since 1997. Irish web veteran, eCommerce professional, performance and conversion optimisation nerd.
About Me
The short version
Child of the 80's, born and bred in Dublin. I live in Stepaside by the mountains with my beautiful wife Clare and our two kids. When I'm not at a keyboard, you'll find me running, perfecting pizza in my Roccbox and skiing whenever possible. Oh and I still try and find time for the odd gig.
Dublin, Ireland
Stepaside, by the Dublin mountains. Close enough to the city, far enough to escape.
CommerceGurus
Co-founder since 2014
I co-founded CommerceGurus to help eCommerce merchants sell more online. We build eCommerce software for both Shopify and WooCommerce - with a focus on conversion and performance optimisation. Our software powers over 50,000 eCommerce stores globally.
25 Years
eCommerce
From startups to merchants processing $70M+ annually. WordPress, WooCommerce, Shopify.
Performance
Obsessive
Frontend performance and Core Web Vitals are my jam. LCP, CLS, INP — making sites fast.
Infrastructure
DevOps
Battle-tested eCommerce infrastructure. Scalable systems that don't fall over on Black Friday.
WordPress
Community
Former WordCamp Dublin organiser. Open source enthusiast. Regular at WordCamp Europe.
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Pizza Obsessed
Owner of the original Gozney Roccbox. Always chasing the perfect Neapolitan.
Riding the AI Wave
The future is now
Living and breathing all things tech. Absolutely loving the rollercoaster that is the AI revolution. It's an incredible time to be building on the web.