Escaping Template Hell: How I built this site on Azure Static Web Apps

Saying Goodbye to Google Sites I’m sure that plenty of people have a use for Google Sites and the prebuilt templates, but I simply couldn’t find one that did what I wanted. So I built an ask list: Static content (no JavaScript, etc.) Cheap/free hosting - I didn’t want to pay $30/month for a prebuilt site with too much flash. Automated deployment onto modern infrastructure - I wanted CI/CD practice with a backend that I controlled. I wanted custom domain support with cheap/free SSL certificates. The Stack After some research, I came up with a stack that was easy to generate and maintain, hosted for free, supported custom domains, and gave me the CI/CD practice I wanted: ...

November 23, 2025