Resources

A curated starter list of free resources useful for this blog.

Core stack

• GitHub — source code, issues, discussions, Actions.
• Cloudflare Pages — static hosting and preview deployments.
• Netlify — static hosting alternative.
• Kinsta Static Site Hosting — static hosting alternative.

DNS and domain

• Cloudflare DNS — DNS, SSL, CDN, analytics.
• deSEC — free DNS hosting with API support.
• Hetzner DNS — free DNS hosting.

Search, comments, analytics

• Pagefind — static site search, no hosted service required.
• Algolia — hosted search with a useful free tier.
• Utterances — comments powered by GitHub Issues.
• counter.dev — lightweight privacy-friendly analytics.
• Cloudflare Web Analytics — free analytics without cookies.

Forms and newsletter

• Formspree — contact forms.
• Formcarry — form backend.
• Buttondown — newsletter, free for small lists.