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What happened when a customer got over 10m pageviews in a few hours?
(Jack Ellis) What happened to our infrastructure when a customer got over 10 million page views in a few hours?
technical
An update on the Schrems II judgment/ruling
(Rie Aleksandra Walle) As per 17 August, there is still no unified conclusion or advice on how to manage it on a practical level.
news
Schrems II Judgement (Privacy Shield invalidation)
(Rie Aleksandra Walle) The Court of Justice of the European Union (EUCJ) has ruled on the Privacy Shield certification for US businesses, effectively making it invalid as of July 16, 2020.
news
What tech stack does Fathom Analytics use?
(Jack Ellis) When developers use a product like Fathom Analytics, the first question that comes to mind is “What tech stack is this company using?”. I personally love reading through company tech blog posts where they talk about their stacks.
technical
Let’s talk about Friday and the Cloudflare outage
(Jack Ellis) On Friday 17th July, the internet collapsed for 27 minutes due to a Cloudflare outage.
news
SaaS lessons shared on the Framework podcast
(Paul Jarvis) Last month I joined Tom Creighton and Robert Hayes on the Framework show to chat about how Fathom Analytics works as a privacy-focused and fully self-funded software company.
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A 1 year review of Laravel Vapor
(Jack Ellis) As one Laravel Vapor’s first customers, we wanted to walk you through a review of costs, scaling, reliability and more. Here’s what we’ve found after using Vapor for almost a year.
technical
Fathom Analytics vs the competition
(Paul Jarvis) Fathom Analytics is simple to use, and fully respects the privacy of your website visitors. Let’s compare it to the competition (and Google Analytics).
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20 years to overnight success
(Paul Jarvis) A detailed look at how to create a lasting and successful product.
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Does removing Google Analytics hurt SEO rankings?
(Paul Jarvis) The short answer is no, using Fathom instead of Google Analytics will not hurt your SEO ranking.
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