Building a Personal Blog with SvelteKit and Cloudflare

{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"SvelteKit and Cloudflare Pages together offer a compelling stack for personal projects. The combination of server-side rendering, edge deployment, and a generous free tier makes it an easy choice for developers who want their writing to reach readers quickly, without managing a server."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"The setup is straightforward: scaffold a SvelteKit project, configure the Cloudflare adapter, and wire up D1 for the database. Drizzle ORM provides a type-safe layer over D1, so every query returns predictable TypeScript types without relying on raw SQL strings scattered through the codebase."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Deploying is a single GitHub Actions workflow. On push to main, the build runs in CI, and wrangler uploads the output to Cloudflare Pages. Cold starts are essentially zero on the edge, and R2 handles static assets cheaply."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"If you are already comfortable with Svelte and want to avoid paying for a VPS or a managed database, this stack is worth trying. The tooling is mature enough that you spend time writing, not debugging infrastructure."}]}]}