Frostfir

Setting up Frostfir reinforced a few things I already suspected, and clarified a few things I didn’t. The biggest takeaway is that static sites dramatically reduce complexity. There’s very little to break, very little to maintain, and almost nothing to secure beyond the basics. No databases, no plugins, no background services. Cloudflare Pages made deployment trivial. Once the initial wiring was done, everything became a simple Git push. That model scales surprisingly well for personal sites, documentation, and even small business use. ...

Frostfir is an experiment. I wanted a simple, durable way to publish content on the web without turning it into a product, a platform, or a surveillance surface. This site is built using Hugo and hosted on Cloudflare Pages, which makes it possible to run a fast, globally distributed website for free. The only recurring cost is the domain itself. What makes this setup interesting is not just the cost, but the tradeoffs. Static sites dramatically reduce complexity, attack surface, and dependency on third-party services. There’s no database, no login system, and nothing to track users across the web. ...