A static-first Next.js 16 site
Two seasonal themes chosen per request, fully prerendered, with a contact form that emails you through Resend behind Cloudflare Turnstile.
Rebuilding jonathandobson.com
One VPS, one Cloudflare account, and a week's worth of decisions written down so you can do it in an afternoon. Everything here was built, broken and fixed for real.
What you end up with
Section titled “What you end up with”A locked-down origin
Traefik with Let’s Encrypt certificates, reachable only from Cloudflare. SSH only through a Cloudflare Tunnel.
Your own Git forge
Gitea on PostgreSQL 18 with an Actions runner and a container registry.
Push to deploy
Push to main: tests, image, live in under four minutes — with automatic
rollback if the new version isn’t healthy.
How to read this
Section titled “How to read this”Each part builds on the last. If you are recreating the setup, follow it in order; if you are here for one problem, the lessons page is a list of every surprise, each linked to where it happened.