How I Built One Dashboard for All My Self-Hosted Services
How I built fzlaunchpad: a fast, YAML-configured dashboard that puts my self-hosted services and their current status on one page.
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How I Added Self-Hosted Comments to My Static Blog
How I added Google-authenticated comments to an Astro blog with Remark42, Docker, a dedicated comments subdomain, and Traefik.
Running split DNS at home with dnsmasq
How to resolve the same hostname locally at home and through a public route outside, using dnsmasq on a Raspberry Pi.
A professional email address on my own domain—for free
How I connected Cloudflare Email Routing, SMTP2GO, and Gmail so I could receive and send mail as contact@afzalex.com without paying for a hosted mailbox.
How I Made My Static Website Form Send Real Email
How I connected a static website form to a verified inbox using a small Cloudflare Worker, Turnstile verification, and an Email Service binding.
Cloudflare Turnstile: A Smarter, Free Alternative to CAPTCHA
How Turnstile protects web actions from automated abuse with less friction, and why its server-side verification matters as much as the visible widget.
Pulling the backup home
What I learned while replacing a server-driven push with an automatic Ubuntu-to-Mac pull, and the small details that made it reliable.
The quiet craft of writing on the web
Notes on publishing slowly in a fast medium, and why the open web still rewards patience and care.
A conversation with a bookbinder
On hand-stitched signatures, the smell of linen thread, and what a centuries-old craft still has to teach the rest of us.
What I learned from a year of walking
Three hundred and sixty-five days, one slow route, and a small notebook. A report from the pavement.
