A Deep Dive into WordPress Performance: Reducing Noise Instead of Adding Horsepower

Rather than adding horsepower, reducing noise — bots, images, useless requests — proved the most effective lever on AWS WordPress.

May 23, 2026 · 5 min · 36one

Experiment #3 — AWS EC2 + Cloudflare Tunnel + Cloudflare Security

Replace CloudFront with Cloudflare Tunnel + WAF. Zero-trust access, hidden origin, and trade-offs vs pure AWS.

November 26, 2025 · 6 min · 36one

Experimenting with AWS Architectures to Host WordPress Securely and at Minimal Cost

Experiments hosting WordPress on AWS under strict constraints: maximum security, minimum cost, and minimum maintenance.

November 26, 2025 · 5 min · 36one