Cloud Platforms

Hosting platforms, infrastructure decisions, and deployment models for modern web apps.

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Cloud Platforms Static Architecture Web Architecture Signal vs Noise

Cloudflare R2 vs S3 for Static Assets: The Egress Bill Is the Whole Argument

S3 is the default because it's been the default. For static assets served at scale, R2's zero-egress pricing rewrites the math — and the cases where S3 still wins are smaller than people think.

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Wordpress Static Architecture Cloud Platforms Signal vs Noise

The Business Case for Dumping WordPress: Static Sites and CDNs as a Line-Item Decision

Most arguments against WordPress are technical. The stronger case is financial — hosting costs, security incidents, page-speed revenue impact, and maintenance hours add up to a budget line that a static site on a CDN simply doesn't have.

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Web Architecture Next.js Static Architecture Cloud Platforms

When Static Isn't Enough: Adding Edge Functions Without Losing the Benefits

Static-first doesn't mean static-only. Here's how to add server-side logic at the edge without giving up the performance and simplicity you chose static for.

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Cloud Platforms DevOps Static Architecture

The $0 Hosting Tier Is the New Default

Free-tier static hosting from Render, Vercel, Cloudflare Pages, and Netlify is so capable that paying for hosting is now a choice, not a requirement.