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What I learned building it, written up while it was still fresh. Every number in these posts is checked against a primary source before it goes up.

Latest · 2 Sept 2026

Hosting

2 Sept 202615 min read

From Static to Dynamic on Cloudflare Pages

A static site takes five minutes. Then it needs a contact form — and suddenly you need code that runs on request, somewhere to keep what people send, and a domain that is actually yours. All of it fits inside Cloudflare's free tier.

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Hosting

1 Sept 202614 min read

Host a Website Free on Cloudflare Pages

Hosting a static website can cost nothing at all — no server, no monthly bill, no expiring certificate. Cloudflare Pages gives you free hosting, a free padlock, and a global CDN that keeps your site fast everywhere.

Architecture

31 Aug 202612 min read

Kafka vs RabbitMQ

It is 9:40pm on a Friday and nobody can pay you. The cause is loyalty points. This is the story of how systems go event-driven, how to spot that yours needs to, and what Kafka and RabbitMQ each actually are — told with pictures.

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