A beginner's journey on the edge

From zero to shipped
on Cloudflare

7 real apps built by a novice. Each one explores a different piece of Cloudflare's developer platform — Workers, Pages, D1, R2, KV, AI, and MCP.

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Projects Built
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Prior Experience
6+
CF Services Used
∞
Free Tier Deploys
// 01 — 07

The Projects

Each app is a standalone tutorial that teaches a core Cloudflare concept from scratch.

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01
Landing Page
This very page. A static site deployed on Cloudflare Pages with zero config, instant global CDN, and free SSL.
Pages
Live ↗
📖
02
Guestbook
A form that saves messages to a D1 SQLite database. Your first taste of serverless persistence with Workers + D1.
Workers + D1
Soon ↗
🖼️
03
Image Gallery
Upload and display images stored in R2 object storage. No egress fees, S3-compatible, globally distributed.
Workers + R2
Soon ↗
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04
Visitor Counter
A real-time hit counter powered by Workers KV — a globally replicated key-value store. Simple, fast, satisfying.
Workers KV
Soon ↗
🔗
05
URL Shortener
Create short links instantly with a Worker that stores mappings in KV and redirects at the edge. Classic project, edge speed.
Workers KV
Soon ↗
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06
AI Chatbot
A chatbot powered by Workers AI — Cloudflare's built-in LLM runtime. No external API keys needed. AI at the edge.
Workers AI
Soon ↗
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07
MCP Server
Build a remote Model Context Protocol server on Workers that exposes tools any AI client — like Claude — can call directly.
Workers + MCP
Soon ↗
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The Stack

Every project is built with free-tier Cloudflare services. No credit card required to get started.

Cloudflare Pages
Cloudflare Workers
Workers D1
Workers KV
R2 Storage
Workers AI
MCP Protocol
Wrangler CLI
TypeScript
Hono Framework