Infrastructure and SEO
GEO KPIs in 2026: Citation Rate, Mention Rate, Position
Citation rate, mention rate, position: the three GEO KPIs worth tracking in 2026. Everything else is a dashboard moving without meaning.
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Field notes on AI-native products, design systems, web engineering, SaaS economics and modern infrastructure. New articles every week, sources included.
Infrastructure and SEO
Infrastructure and SEO
Cloudflare R2 vs Supabase Storage: when to add R2 in 2026
You already run Supabase. Its Storage egress runs $0.03 to $0.09 per GB, R2 charges zero. Here is the line where adding Cloudflare R2 pays off in 2026.
Infrastructure and SEO
Upstash Redis: the 5 patterns we use in every SaaS in 2026
Rate limiting, sessions, cache-aside, distributed locks, and QStash queues. The five Upstash Redis patterns we wire into every SaaS, with real cost math.
Infrastructure and SEO
Cloudflare R2 vs S3 vs Supabase Storage in 2026: which to pick
Cloudflare R2 charges no egress, S3 has the deepest ecosystem, Supabase Storage hides the wiring. Here is how to pick for a 2026 SaaS without overpaying.
Infrastructure and SEO
Supabase Supavisor: when the pooler saves you and when it does not
Supavisor multiplexes thousands of serverless connections into a small Postgres pool, but it adds latency and breaks prepared statements. Here is when it fits.
Infrastructure and SEO
Supabase RLS at scale: 7 patterns for queries that stay fast
RLS slows queries 2x to 11x on large tables when policies skip the SELECT wrapper, miss indexes, or hide joins. Here are 7 patterns that fix it.
Infrastructure and SEO
Cloudflare blocks AI crawlers by default: how to fix it without breaking security
Since 1 July 2025, every new Cloudflare domain blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot and friends. Here is how to selectively allow the ones that cite you.
Infrastructure and SEO
The 7 schema markup types every blog needs in 2026
Article, BreadcrumbList, Organization, Person, WebSite, FAQPage, HowTo. Which schema types still earn rich results in 2026, and which are pure AI citation fuel.
Infrastructure and SEO
llms.txt: what it is, what to put in it, and if you need one
llms.txt is a markdown index that hands LLMs a curated map of your site. Here is what to put in it and whether it actually moves AI citations.
Infrastructure and SEO
How to write the first 200 tokens so AI engines cite your article
The first 30% of an article drives 44% of AI citations. A practical guide to an opener ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity quote cleanly.
Infrastructure and SEO
The 12 GEO best practices that actually move citation rates in 2026
Twelve GEO practices we apply on every article, with the measured lift from Princeton, Averi, and Search Engine Land citation benchmarks.
Infrastructure and SEO
What is Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) vs SEO
Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is how content gets cited inside ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI answers. Here is what it changes versus SEO.