Upload a PDF resume, get a live web portfolio. I built clickfolio.me entirely on Cloudflare's edge stack, D1 for data, R2 for files, Queues for async processing, Durable Objects for real-time WebSockets, and Gemini for AI parsing. Here's every technical decision, including the ones I regret.
I built an open-source Telegram bot that grew to 300k+ real users, 200+ GitHub stars, and 300+ forks. Here's the brutally honest story of how—including the tactics I'm not proud of.
Every logging tool felt like overkill—ELK's operational complexity, Datadog's pricing, Loki's LogQL learning curve. So I built Logwell: one Docker Compose, PostgreSQL-native, real-time streaming. Here's what I learned.
How I shipped 30+ projects while getting my MS in Computer Science at ASU. The stack choices that let me build fast, deploy faster, and actually sleep at night. Real lessons from PickMyClass, Alita Robot, and projects serving 250K+ users.