Tech
How I built this site (and what it costs: almost nothing)
20 June 2026 · Yash Gokhale · 1 min read
People assume a personal website is expensive or complicated. This one costs about £7 a year - the domain - and nothing else.
The stack
The site is built with Astro, a framework designed for content sites. Pages are written once, built into plain HTML, and served from a global CDN. No servers to manage, nothing to patch, no monthly bills.
Writing posts
Every post on this blog is a simple Markdown text file. I write it, save it in a folder, push it, and the site rebuilds itself automatically. No CMS logins, no databases.
Hosting for free
The site is hosted on Cloudflare Pages’ free tier, with the contact form handled by a free form service - no backend code at all. The only thing I pay for is the domain name.
The takeaway
Simple tools, thoughtfully arranged, go a long way. If you’ve been putting off building your own site, this is your sign.