Matt Hobbs

Using Cloudflare Workers and reCAPTCHA v3 for a Static Site Contact Form Introduction I recently wrote a blog post that involved using a Cloudflare Worker to serve Brotli 11 compressed HTML rather than the standard uncompressed HTML file. Off the back of ... See more

“As the election is nearing They’ll drop flowers on us from balconies Whilst others drop bombs on children…” ( ‘6 Heures Du Matin’ ) Fully understanding the impact of war and human cruelty as someone who lives in a cosy safe country requires an imaginatio... See more

“You want to stay in bed all day Don’t change your clothes for the next two weeks Until the memory starts to fade Couldn’t think about that name In the right heart rate “ (‘ Instant Comfort ’) Hiding away up in a quiet mountainous region of Northern Hong ... See more

Precompressed HTML at the Edge: Eleventy Meets Cloudflare Workers Introduction In 2025, I wrote a series of web performance optimisation blog posts focussing on some of the key fundamental's of Frontend Web Performance: Caching Asset fingerprinting and th... See more

“I pray for more understanding, yeah That my heart will always be sincere That my friends will always know I’m here A listening ear I pray for a sound mind above all.” (‘Good Intentions’) To be pure at heart is to have motivations free from selfishness an... See more