Building
Why I moved my site off Squarespace to Cloudflare Pages
For years my personal site lived on Squarespace with a “Blog Coming Soon” banner I never took down. It looked fine. It also cost me a subscription, ran slower than it should have, and gave me no real control over anything.
So I rebuilt it on Astro and put it on Cloudflare Pages. Free hosting, a real blog, and a site that loads before you finish blinking.
What I actually gained
- Speed. The whole site is static HTML. There’s no server thinking about what to send you — it’s just there.
- A blog I control. New post = a new Markdown file. No editor lock-in, no template fights.
- Zero hosting cost. Cloudflare’s free plan covers everything I need, and then some.
- Ownership. The site is a folder of files in my own repo. If I ever leave, I take everything with me.
What it cost
Honestly? A weekend of learning and a little terminal time. If you’ve never touched a static-site framework, there’s a small ramp. But the payoff compounds every time I publish.
I’ll write more about the AI-assisted way I built and iterate on this thing. For now: if you’re paying monthly for a brochure site, there’s a faster, cheaper, better-looking road. This is it.