The Järvenpää Digital Solutions website

Goal

I wanted a site that loads fast, has no server to maintain and no monthly update routine, and keeps running costs as low as possible. It doubles as a working example of what I build for clients.

Solution

• Pages are generated ahead of time at release, so a visitor request never starts server code
• Finnish and English on the same site, one click apart
• Content lives in version control next to the code, so every change is recorded and can be rolled back
• The contact form is protected against spam, stores messages and sends an email notification

Why this site is static

The platform follows from what a site has to do. Client sites usually involve booking or other transactions, so they are built for ordinary shared hosting with a database. This site has neither, so the pages can be generated ahead of time.

Why the content lives in code

For client sites I build an admin panel where text, images and prices are edited in the browser. I update my own site myself, so a separate admin panel would just be one more thing to maintain. With content in code, the same automated checks cover both code and text: a missing translation or a reference to a page or image that does not exist stops the release before the mistake reaches the site.

Technical implementation

The site is built with Next.js and TypeScript, and pages are served from the Cloudflare network close to the visitor. Server code runs only for the contact form, in a small Cloudflare Worker. Every change runs through automated checks and tests, and the site is published only once they pass.

Outcome

There are no servers to maintain, and the site runs on the Cloudflare free tier, so the only running cost is the domain. There are no plugins that could go stale or become a security problem.