Out of Boredom, I Made This Personal Blog

Here's a quick rundown of the tech stack behind the site:

• Web framework: Astro with TypeScript.
• Interactivity: A few lightweight Preact components handle article editing, tag input, the AI chat dialog, and the media library. When you're just reading articles, none of those heavy client-side frameworks get loaded — so it stays snappy.
• Hosting & deployment: Cloudflare Workers for static assets + Astro's Cloudflare adapter.
• Database: Cloudflare D1 (basically managed SQLite).
• Image storage: Cloudflare R2 Standard.
• Admin auth: Since it's just me using it, I set up Cloudflare Access.
• Scheduled publishing: A single Worker cron trigger that scans for due content and publishes it automatically.
• Styling: Custom CSS variables plus component styles.
• Writing: Markdown.
• What's not here: External databases, third-party login services, external object storage, public comment SaaS, paid analytics SDKs — none of that.