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Why Go? Static site generators such as Hugo were developed recently using Go. Go is a compiled language designed for today’s multi-processor, scalable, high-performance systems. Other platforms have inherited dependency chains that can lead to infeasible build times. Realizing these benefits, Cloudfare recently migrated from Gatsby (a web framework based on JavaScript).
Demo website I first created a demo website using the Hugo Winston theme. This theme does have a Live Demo which made it simple to deploy onto Netlify.
WhatsApp bookings that collect an advance and post the payment themselves Pakka is a WhatsApp bot for small businesses in India that take bookings and an advance payment. Built for sports venues first, though the same pattern fits any shop that takes an appointment and a deposit. A customer books in Hindi, the owner approves with one tap, and the advance goes straight to the owner’s own UPI id. The moment their bank texts them that the money arrived, Pakka reads that message and confirms the booking automatically, no payment gateway and no human re-typing anything.
A live AI cricket helper for American sports fans cricketfornoobs.com, live now
Cricket for Noobs is a production web app that explains live cricket to Americans in baseball terms. It is built for the fan that Major League Cricket and prediction markets are creating: someone staring at “311 & 126/7 (43 ov)” with real curiosity, sometimes real money, and no translator. Users pick a live match and ask anything; a live mode narrates the game ball-by-ball in plain English, with spoken commentary, per-over score summaries, player career stats, and side-by-side win probabilities from the betting market and an in-house model.
