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sbstjn.com
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sbstjn.com is a personal blog at sbstjn.com about programming, web and systems. Since 2017, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “Build your own Google analytics clone using Serverless”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-04-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for a serverless analytics setup on AWS Lambda and Kinesis, offered as a free, self-built alternative to Google Analytics.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
All things Serverless, GraphQL, Cloud Computing, and Software Engineering from Hamburg, Germany. Sebastian has a strong enthusiasm for Domain-Driven Design, Wardley Maps, and Event Sourcing — he loves leading project architectures from the whiteboard into production.
Most-linked posts?
- Build your own Google analytics clone using Serverless2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-08-24
What Hacker News says?
I recently found this interesting blog on rolling your own for free with AWS Lambda: https://sbstjn.com/serverless-analytics-with-kinesis-stream-... you could also consider Open Web Analytics: https://github.com/padams/Open-Web-Analytics/wiki
Comment linking /serverless-analytics-with-kinesis-stream-lambda.html
on “Ask HN: Google Analytics Replacement”Submitted Build your own Google analytics clone using Serverless as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted AWS AppSync GraphQL API with Golang Lambda Source as a story · 1 points
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