I've been using Google Cloud Run to host my apps for years - I even use it to host this site for ~$1 / month.| hamy.xyz
I've primarily used Google Cloud Run to host my sites for the past few years. I am a big fan of Platform as a Service (PaaS) managed container hosting and Cloud Run has proven to be very reliable and easy to use for my low-traffic purposes (I run this site on it for ~$1 / month).| hamy.xyz
I reflect periodically to better understand where I am, how I got here, and decide where I want to go.| hamy.xyz
Low-js tools like HTMX and AlpineJS are the future of the web. They allow us to build modern web apps without the bloat of popular SPA frameworks.| hamy.xyz
I've built dozens of projects over the years with technologies ranging from static-site generators to old-school MPAs to SPAs with React / NextJS / SvelteKit. For the past 5ish years SPAs have been the most popular way to build frontends with React coming out on top.| hamy.xyz
I build a lot of side projects but I want to build more in 2024. I've found that there's often a lot of baggage that can get in the way when trying to plan, build, and launch a given project.| hamy.xyz
HTMX is a tiny JS library that gives your HTML superpowers - allowing it to act more like a modern interactive app than a crufty old enterprise page. It does this by allowing you to swap out only bits of a page rather than requiring a full reload to change the UI (this is what those fancy clientside frameworks like Svelte, React, Vue, etc are doing under the hood to make them feel "modern"). This essentially means that you can build modern apps without any clientside framework - just you and ...| hamy.xyz