workers-sdk VS GoatCounter

Workers

https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/blob/main/packages...

The Wrangler, Cloudflare's Developer Platform command-line interface (CLI), allows you to manage Worker projects and has an in-built Miniflare, which runs an HTTP server.

/** * Welcome to Cloudflare Workers! This is your first worker. * * - Run `npm run dev` in your terminal to start a development server * - Open a browser tab at http://localhost:8787/ to see your worker in action * - Run `npm run deploy` to publish your worker * * Learn more at https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/ */ export interface Env { // Example binding to KV. Learn more at https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/kv/ // MY_KV_NAMESPACE: KVNamespace; // // Example binding to Durable Object. Learn more at https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/durable-objects/ // MY_DURABLE_OBJECT: DurableObjectNamespace; // // Example binding to R2. Learn more at https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/r2/ // MY_BUCKET: R2Bucket; // // Example binding to a Service. Learn more at https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/service-bindings/ // MY_SERVICE: Fetcher; // // Example binding to a Queue. Learn more at https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/javascript-apis/ // MY_QUEUE: Queue; } export default { async fetch(request: Request, env: Env, ctx: ExecutionContext): Promise { return new Response('Hello World!'); }, };

$ npm create cloudflare@latest using create-cloudflare version 2.9.0 ╭ Create an application with Cloudflare Step 1 of 3 │ ├ In which directory do you want to create your application? │ dir ./apps/worker │ ├ What type of application do you want to create? │ type "Hello World" Worker │ ├ Do you want to use TypeScript? │ yes typescript │ ├ Copying files from "hello-world" template │ ├ Retrieving current workerd compatibility date │ compatibility date 2023-12-18 │ ╰ Application created ╭ Installing dependencies Step 2 of 3 │ ├ Installing dependencies │ installed via `npm install` │ ├ Installing @cloudflare/workers-types │ installed via npm │ ├ Adding latest types to `tsconfig.json` │ skipped couldn't find latest compatible version of @cloudflare/workers-types │ ╰ Dependencies Installed ╭ Deploy with Cloudflare Step 3 of 3 │ ├ Do you want to deploy your application? │ no deploy via `npm run deploy` │ ├ APPLICATION CREATED Deploy your application with npm run deploy │ │ Navigate to the new directory cd apps/worker │ Run the development server npm run start │ Deploy your application npm run deploy │ Read the documentation https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers │ Stuck? Join us at https://discord.gg/cloudflaredev │ ╰ See you again soon!

Except that there is. Cloudflare is pretty great for free SSL certificates and DNS management, but they also offer a free Workers plan. A Cloudflare worker is basically JavaScript code that runs on Cloudflare's edge network and handles HTTP traffic. You can do a lot with workers, including modifying/rewriting HTML responses. You can probably see where this is going: If a worker can modify HTML responses, then it can inject the umami script into every HTML response.

Cloudflare Workers

And what about the DX of using Workers with Pages?

I tried to use that recently and it was a disaster. I wrote about my experience here:

https://twitter.com/pierbover/status/1641474067013271552

I then opened these two issues:

https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/issues/2962

https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/issues/2964

I ended up moving the project over to Netlify + Edge functions. I had it all working in like 5-10 mins as it should. Took me two hours to figure out why Workers weren't working in my Pages project, and could never get Workers working properly with my Astro project.

I think you're working exclusively on the engine of Workers which is really top notch, but Cloudflare really needs to improve the outer layer which affects DX considerably.

If you think this is a bug, please open an issue at: https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/issues/new/choose ```

GoatCounter — GoatCounter is an open-source web analytics platform available as a hosted service (free for non-commercial use) or self-hosted app. It aims to offer easy-to-use and meaningful privacy-friendly web analytics as an alternative to Google Analytics or Matomo. The free tier is for non-commercial use and includes unlimited sites, six months of data retention, and 100k pageviews/month.

> Not sure when GoatCounter started

"Hello, world" - arp242 committed on May 28, 2019 - 66a4d7f9b7af8dccacaf3ad8a9fb57a9f9008030 - https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter/commit/66a4d7f9b7af8dc...

Location: Ireland (Galway)

Remote: yes

Willing to relocate: yes

Technologies: Go ("Golang"), Python, Ruby, JavaScript, Linux, Unix, PostgreSQL

Résumé/CV: https://www.arp242.net/cv/cv-martintournoij

Email: [email protected]

I've been using Go as my primary language for the last seven years, although I don't overly care about the specific language and have experience with a wide variety of tools and languages such as Python, Ruby, PHP, C, JavaScript, Lua, and probably some more. While I've mainly focused on backend in the last few years, I also have written plenty of frontend code over the years, from the "pre-jQuery" days to VueJS.

In the last few years I mainly focused on GoatCounter (https://www.goatcounter.com) with the occasional contract job, but I'm keen to start working on something new for the longer term.

I've got quite a bit of code on my GitHub, so you can take a look at that if you want: https://github.com/arp242/

I suggest using analytics that you can self-host, like https://www.goatcounter.com/ and renting a cheap vm to run it on along with your blog. It is way better, you have more control and you can be sure that javascript tracking is working for 100% of people using the site since you have full control over it not getting blocked by adblockers.

I'm self-hosting GoatCounter and using it across all my websites.

Apart from controlling my data, I also have more accurate visitor statistics, as it doesn't get picked up by script blockers, unlike GA.

https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter

https://www.goatcounter.com

I first used basic google analytics but found it too invasive/heavy so I switched over to https://www.goatcounter.com/.

For comments, most solutions were also too heavy, paid or had ads, but I finally found https://giscus.app/.

So while I did add these 2 features, I'm happy with those variants that I managed to find.

Location: Ireland

Remote: yes

Willing to relocate: yes

Technologies: Go ("Golang"), Python, Ruby, JavaScript, Linux, Unix, PostgreSQL

Résumé/CV: https://www.arp242.net/cv/cv-martintournoij

Email: [email protected]

I've been using Go as my primary language for the last seven years, although I don't overly care about the specific language and have experience with a wide variety of tools and languages such as Python, Ruby, PHP, C, JavaScript, Lua, and probably some more. While I've mainly focused on backend in the last few years, I also have written plenty of frontend code over the years, from the "pre-jQuery" days to VueJS.

In the last few years I mainly focused on GoatCounter (https://www.goatcounter.com) with the occasional contract job, but I'm keen to start working on something new for the longer term.

I've got quite a bit of code on my GitHub, so you can take a look at that if you want: https://github.com/arp242/