I‘ve been looking forward quite a lot to this post because it marks the transition to my new website design. Alongside the visual update, there are also a couple of significant under the hood improvements that I find worthy to talk about. In particular, the switch to AstroJS as my static site generation framework and improvements to my dev tooling and workflow. I quite enjoy the changes, so if you’re looking to start a blog or any kind of content-driven website in 2025 this post may contain some pointers for you.

The 5 A.M. Club is a self-improvement book by Robin Sharma an acclaimed Canadian leadership and motivational speaker. Sharma’s book promotes the concept of improving your life by establishing a first-class morning routine. I decided to read The 5 A.M. Club because the core concept of starting the day with a solid routine made sense to me and I hoped to learn more about how and why this works. The book indeed introduces quite a few helpful concepts and may, therefore, be a good introductory read on morning protocols for some people. It, however, may be a little too light weight if you look for a more scientific approach to the topic and the writing is, let’ say, unique. Read more about The 5 A.M. Club in this review.