I’ve spent a long time looking for a decent yet simple cloud compute solution, and I think Cloudflare Workers solved my issue. I’ve been working on an API project that needs some persistent compute infrastructure and database access. Cloudflare’s generous free tier and hosted worker solution was the starting point I needed. So how did I set the project up?
The Stack
HonoJS for my web framework. Hono is lightweight, fast, and contains the routing features I need for the API.
Supabase for the backend database. One table holds the data that the API fetches, and the supabase-js library makes building the routes straightforward.
Cloudflare Workers. Serverless and persistent hosting means the API is operational 24/7 with limited infrastructure management on my end. Logging and observability are baked in, and a GitHub integration means I can deploy updates with one commit.
