Smashing Magazine has migrated its site from WordPress to a new platform built using the JAMstack methodology, resulting in significant improvements to speed, scalability, and security for over 2.5 million monthly visitors. The new site is powered by Netlify's global CDN and microservices, eliminating server-side code and increasing performance by 10 times. Additionally, Smashing Magazine has introduced memberships with the goal of becoming ad-free, promoting a faster, safer, and healthier web.