Metawork.Studio · Website 3.0

What we built

This is the third major version of the Metawork website. We ditched Webflow entirely and rebuilt from scratch in Astro — a static site generator that gives us full control over content, components, and deployment.

The migration touched every part of the site:

• Services architecture — HubSpot and Make service pages with dedicated layouts, 18 stub pages for sub-services, and a master-detail tools directory in the footer
• Case studies — promoted 29 projects to featured status, built a new BuiltAreasBlock component for rich "What we built" sections, and restructured the project-row layout
• Testimonials — pulled from our docs system, displayed with partner badges, translated to German, and given standalone /testimonials pages
• About Us — complete rewrite with "In the last 6 months, we…" throughput tiles showing real stats, Our Tools section, and platform-accent colors
• Stats pipeline — automated sync from our docs _stats.json that powers the throughput tiles with deduplicated meeting, Loom, and scenario counts

The dev experience was a priority. We built an inline copy editor that only appears in dev mode — click any text block to edit, and it auto-commits and pushes on save. No more context-switching to markdown files.

Tech stack

• Astro — static site generation with component islands
• GitLab — CI/CD/Hosting
• Markdown — type-safe frontmatter via CONTENT-FORMATS.md data contracts
• Stats sync — JSON pipeline from internal docs to site components