What I build with, and what I refuse to ship with.

Edge over region

Cloudflare Workers everywhere

Every API runs at the edge, not inside a single-region app server. Lower latency, fewer capacity rituals, and fewer reasons to over-provision compute.

Router

Hono, not Express or Next

Hono treats Workers as a first-class runtime instead of a compatibility afterthought, which keeps the platform smaller and more honest.

Database

Neon Postgres via Hyperdrive

Postgres for durability, Neon for branching, Hyperdrive for sane edge connections without load-bearing pool management.

Auth

JWT via Web Crypto

Short, auditable verification paths with fewer transitive dependencies and no Node-only assumptions hiding in the background.

LLM

Three-tier cascade: Anthropic → Grok → Groq

Quality first when quality matters, lower-cost throughput when variance is acceptable, and low-latency fallback when speed dominates.

Frontend

Static first, hydrate only what moves

Most of the site is HTML and CSS served fast. JavaScript arrives only where interactivity earns its keep.

Secrets

WIF + GCP Secret Manager

No long-lived secrets in CI settings, no secrets in repo config, and a cleaner rotation story when the platform changes.

Public proof

Same-origin curated JSON, not public operator APIs

The public layer shows rigor without exposing control surfaces. Proof is public; power stays authenticated.