Jamstack was founded on the idea that developers wanted to eliminate the negative aspects of static sites so that users would find working with static files more engaging. The goal was to create a website that could be both static and dynamic by leveraging techniques such as JavaScript's robust functionality.

JAM is an acronym that stands for JavaScript, APIs, and Markup. The jam stack methodology is a modern approach for creating websites, mobile applications, and web applications. Stack technologies include JavaScript, static site generators(such as Gatsby jamstack, Gridsome, TezJS, and Netlify jamstack), CDNs, and headless CMS.