Hello World

This is the first post on my new site. Built with Astro for the frontend and Effect for the backend, running on Cloudflare Pages.

The Stack

The architecture is straightforward:

• Astro handles the static site generation, blog with MDX, and content collections
• Effect powers the backend API running at the edge
• Cloudflare D1 provides SQLite-based persistence
• Cloudflare Pages deploys everything from a single GitHub repo

Why Effect?

Effect brings structured concurrency, typed errors, and dependency injection to TypeScript. It’s particularly well-suited for edge computing where you want:

• Clear service boundaries
• Type-safe error handling
• Testable, composable code

const processUser = Effect.fn("processUser")(function* (userId: string) {
  yield* Effect.logInfo(`Processing user ${userId}`)
  const user = yield* getUser(userId)
  return yield* processData(user)
})

What’s Next

I’ll be writing about Effect patterns, TypeScript, and building systems. Stay tuned.