"should I go static or dynamic?"
"ssr or no?"
Astro lets you have both with the `hybrid` output mode. It defaults all pages to static except ones where you explicitly opt out. Most of the time this is good enough but there are cases where most of the page is static but is getting SSRd because of 1-2 components.

server-islands:
instead of opting out of static mode at the page level it lets you do it at the component level

astro.build/blog/astro-4120/#experimental-server-islands

vercel cto did not like the that astro came up with a solution that's better than next.js ppr

https://x.com/cramforce/status/1814152631683871131

lmao see reply

https://github.com/o-az
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https://x.com/awkroot

Bro got murdered in the comments 💀💀

WOW! The Vercel CTO approved an even better solution! 🤯👏