Notes from the Roboto Studio team on agent-first websites, Astro patterns, Zod-typed page builders, and what we learn shipping Hotrod.https://hotrod.robotostudio.com/en-gbhttps://hotrod.robotostudio.com/blog/why-we-built-hotrod/https://hotrod.robotostudio.com/blog/why-we-built-hotrod/Agentic websites are no longer a thought experiment. Hotrod is the starter we wished existed when people kept asking how to vibe-code a real marketing site.Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hotrod.robotostudio.com/blog/media-vercel-blob-mux/https://hotrod.robotostudio.com/blog/media-vercel-blob-mux/Content media doesn't belong in your repo. We picked two services that get out of the way — Blob for images, Mux for video — and wired both into the starter.Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hotrod.robotostudio.com/blog/zod-page-builder-typesafety/https://hotrod.robotostudio.com/blog/zod-page-builder-typesafety/Every page-builder starts strict and ends as `any`. Here's the small set of rules that keep Hotrod's block system honest as it grows.Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hotrod.robotostudio.com/blog/welcome-to-hotrod/https://hotrod.robotostudio.com/blog/welcome-to-hotrod/Hotrod is the open-source Astro starter from Roboto Studio for agent-edited marketing sites — Zod-typed blocks, Mux + Vercel Blob built in, no heavy CMS.Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT