Commerce + API
Fulton Fried Pies
Astro + Express pre-order platform that scores 99 on Lighthouse performance.
Lighthouse scores
Live URL audit ·
- Performance
- 99
- Accessibility
- 96
- Best Practices
- 100
- SEO
- 92
Lighthouse CLI against https://fultonpies.com (mobile emulation).
Challenge
The shop needed more than a brochure site: flavor voting, pre-orders, admin workflows, and social automation — without the bloat of a WordPress + plugin stack that agencies typically ship.
Solution
We engineered a split architecture: Astro 6 SSG for blistering page loads, Express 5 for orders and admin, Firebase App Hosting for the runtime, Square for payments, and SendGrid for transactional email. One repo, two environments (prod + demo), full code ownership.
Stack
- Astro 6
- Tailwind CSS v4
- TypeScript
- Express 5
- Firebase App Hosting
- Firestore
- Square
- SendGrid
- Twilio
Engineering highlights
Architecture
Static marketing surface + Cloud Run Express API
Payments
Square checkout wired into pre-order flow
Ops
Prod/demo backends from one repo via App Hosting YAML
Ownership
Full source on client-accessible GitHub
Results
- Lighthouse Performance 99 / Accessibility 96 / Best Practices 100 (live audit)
- LCP ~1.9s on mobile lab — agency WordPress rebuilds rarely clear 4s
- Pre-order + flavor-vote APIs without a page-builder tax
- Client owns the GitHub repo — no vendor lock-in
