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Practical write-ups with sources and tested code. We cite what we reference and say when something is our opinion.
Speed to lead: what 2,241 companies' response times show
Harvard Business Review audited how fast U.S. companies answer web leads. The gap between fast and slow responders is large, and most firms are slow.
5 min read →EngineeringVerify webhooks properly: HMAC, replay protection and idempotency
A tested, copy-ready webhook verifier for Cloudflare Workers: raw body, constant-time HMAC-SHA256, timestamp tolerance, and idempotent processing.
7 min read →SecurityA GitHub hardening checklist: ten settings that close the common holes
Ten concrete GitHub and GitHub Actions settings, with commands, that remove the most common ways repositories get compromised.
8 min read →Case studyCase study: shipping bizdev-hub.org on Cloudflare Workers, and what broke
An honest build log: edge hosting, a lead form, and three real problems we hit and fixed (DNS caching, a www redirect, and a free-tier KV limit).
6 min read →RevOpsLead qualification that routes itself: a scoring model you can read and test
A transparent, tested lead-scoring and routing function: explicit rules, visible reasons, and where an LLM should (and shouldn't) fit in.
7 min read →ArchitectureMicroservices, macroservices or a modular monolith: how to size your services
A practical decision guide for small and mid-sized teams: when to split a system into services and when a well-structured monolith is the better answer.
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