Running GA4 and Self-Hosted Analytics Together
GA4 is free, and you still pay for it: 45 KB of script, a consent banner, and every visitor whose blocker stops the beacon. A self-hosted tool fixes most of that — but not all of it.
Sep 23, 2026Tools
Self-hosted software and utilities judged on whether they earn their maintenance — analytics, rank tracking, and the tooling that surrounds a content site.
llms.txt: What the Evidence Actually Shows, and What I Measured
97% of published llms.txt files received zero requests in a single month — not few, none. Most guides also still describe the v1 spec. Here is v2, what Google actually said, and a live test of the Link header on Cloudflare Pages.
Sep 23, 2026Self-Hosted Rank Tracking: Do You Need It, and Where It Breaks
A rank tracker is the SEO tool people buy earliest and need latest. SerpBear is free and unlimited because it only renders the dashboard — someone else supplies the data. Here is when tracking earns its keep, and the failure mode that quietly costs you months of history.
Sep 23, 2026