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Astro Rocket —
Web Designer
& Developer

A free, lightning-fast Astro 7 starter theme to build anything on, with 57+ designed components.

Work with me

Let's build your website

What you get when we work together.

Custom design

Designed around your business, your content, and your customers.

A lightning-fast website

Pages that open instantly, on every phone and every connection.

Found by Google and AI

Every page built so search engines and AI assistants read it cleanly and customers can find you.

Zero maintenance

Kept up to date and secure with the care plan, so you can focus on your business.

Selected work

Projects I've built

A selection of recent work.

Testimonials

What clients say

Real words from finished projects.

The new site launched on time and hit every goal we set. Performance improved dramatically — load times dropped and the feedback from our customers has been overwhelmingly positive.
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Alex Morgan

Founder, Bright Studio

Straightforward from first conversation to final handover. The right questions were asked, we were kept in the loop throughout, and the end result exceeded what we imagined. Would recommend without hesitation.
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Sarah Chen

CEO, Luma Agency

About me

Designer, developer,
and blogger.

Sixteen years of hands-on experience, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and available for clients worldwide. I build with Astro because it aligns with how I think about the web: lean, purposeful, and built to last.

On the blog, I share the ideas and decisions that shape my work.

More about me

A few things about me.

16 Years Experience

Building with Astro

Working worldwide

Based in
Amsterdam, the Netherlands

From the blog

Featured

Getting Started with Astro Rocket — From Install to Live in Minutes

How to install, configure, and deploy Astro Rocket — covering site.config.ts, brand colours, navigation, writing posts, and deploying to Vercel.

H Hans Martens
4 min read
#astro-rocket #getting-started #configuration #vercel

Astro Rocket Configuration — Every Toggle, Theme, and Layout Option Explained

A complete walkthrough of Astro Rocket's configuration options: 12 colour themes, OKLCH colours, typography, radius and shadow tokens, header styles, dark mode, and more.

H Hans Martens
16 min read
#astro-rocket #configuration #customization #themes

YouTube in Your Posts — the Click-to-Play Embed

Embed a YouTube video in any post or page with one component. The page ships only a thumbnail; the player loads from youtube-nocookie.com when the reader presses play. Lighthouse stays at 100.

H Hans Martens
3 min read
#astro-rocket #features #components #performance
Let's talk

Let's talk about what you need

The first talk is free and informative, with no obligations. And from the first conversation to the final delivery, it's me.