How we built mantek.io for the price of a domain

Short summary

Building mantek.io cost only the domain renewal: Astro generates static HTML served globally free by Cloudflare Pages with git-based deployment, serverless email, and perfect Lighthouse scores. Architectural choices like preloaded fonts, immutable caching, security headers, and zero databases eliminate infrastructure costs. The trade: free infrastructure for careful engineering design.

• •Zero hosting cost using Cloudflare Pages CDN, Astro static generation, and git-based deployment
• •Perfect Lighthouse scores achieved through preloaded fonts, no render-blocking JS, immutable caching, and security headers
• •Serverless contact form and bilingual support (English/Arabic) without databases or servers

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