Writing Privacy-First Web Applications

Modern users deserve software that respects their data. This post walks through practical principles for building web apps with privacy as a first-class concern.

Minimal Data Collection

Only collect data you actually need. Every extra field is a liability — technically, legally, and ethically.

Self-Hosted Architecture

Encourage users to run their own instances. A flat-file CMS like this one is trivially self-hostable on any PHP server.

The best data breach is the one that never happens because you never stored the data.

Zero Third-Party Trackers

Audit every external script. Fonts, analytics, ad networks — each one is a potential privacy leak.