Build static first: when Hugo and GitHub Pages are enough, and when Cloudflare helps
When Hugo plus GitHub Pages is enough, when it is not, and how this site grew into CI/CD, search, validation, and a small Cloudflare backend.
Web Development
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Adding a serverless backend to Hugo: How I built payment flows without losing static site speed
Hugo is static HTML, so payments and webhooks need a backend. I added a Workers API with Effect TS, D1, and PayU/Cashfree while keeping GitHub Pages.