--- title: The End Of My Gatsby Journey — Smashing Magazine | daily.dev description: This post discusses the author's decision to stop using Gatsby as their go-to framework and explores the reasons behind it. It highlights the strengths and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-end-of-my-gatsby-journey-smashing-magazine-r3bt4jykx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The End Of My Gatsby Journey — Smashing Magazine | daily.dev og:description: This post discusses the author's decision to stop using Gatsby as their go-to framework and explores the reasons behind it. It highlights the strengths and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-end-of-my-gatsby-journey-smashing-magazine-r3bt4jykx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/R3bt4jYKX.png og:image:alt: The End Of My Gatsby Journey — Smashing Magazine og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The End Of My Gatsby Journey — Smashing Magazine **[Smashing Magazine](https://daily.dev/sources/smashing)** · 15 min read · 0 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary This post discusses the author's decision to stop using Gatsby as their go-to framework and explores the reasons behind it. It highlights the strengths and weaknesses of Gatsby, as well as alternative options for developers. The post also discusses the history of Gatsby, its downfall, and the impact of the Netlify acquisition. It concludes with the author's perspective on Gatsby's viability and the tradeoffs of using rendering frameworks. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@ghost** · 1 upvotes > Everything dies at some point... Sadly! I've heard that the tech stack changes at least every 10 years. For a fast moving target it's even faster. > > *Brushing away tears ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#devtools](https://daily.dev/tags/devtools), [#gatsby](https://daily.dev/tags/gatsby), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-end-of-my-gatsby-journey-smashing-magazine-r3bt4jykx) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The End Of My Gatsby Journey — Smashing Magazine","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-end-of-my-gatsby-journey-smashing-magazine-r3bt4jykx","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-end-of-my-gatsby-journey-smashing-magazine-r3bt4jykx"},"datePublished":"2024-03-06T10:31:36.620Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T03:22:02.497Z","description":"This post discusses the author's decision to stop using Gatsby as their go-to framework and explores the reasons behind it. 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