This blog costs me ~$0/month to run

No hosting bill. No VPS. No platform lock-in.

Just:

• GitHub Actions
• GitHub Pages
• Cloudflare

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The setup

This site is built with Astro and deployed automatically on every push.

git push → GitHub Actions → build → deploy → live

No manual steps. No SSH. No “did you restart the server?”

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The stack

• 🧠 Astro — static site generator
• ⚙️ GitHub Actions — build + deploy pipeline
• 🌍 GitHub Pages — static hosting
• ☁️ Cloudflare — DNS + CDN + SSL
• 💸 Cost — basically $0

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Why this setup?

I wanted something that is:

• fast
• simple
• reproducible
• and doesn’t require babysitting

Static sites + CI/CD hit all of that.

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What I like about it

• Every change is version controlled
• Deploys are automatic
• Global CDN out of the box
• No infra to maintain

It’s the same mindset I use for real systems:
automate everything, remove state, reduce moving parts

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Tradeoffs

• No server-side logic (by design)
• Dynamic features require external services
• You have to think in “build time” instead of “runtime”

For a blog and project site, that’s a feature — not a bug.

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If you’re overthinking hosting

Don’t.

You can get very far with:

• static sites
• a CI pipeline
• and good DNS

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This setup took me less than an afternoon.

Shipping content will take longer.

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