Serving the world from a remote mountain village β€” 25 years and counting

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Twenty-five years ago, hosting content from a remote village in the Catalan Pyrenees felt like an impossible feat.

Back then, my internet connection was a primitive ADSL line, with a USB modem that crashed at the slightest electrical disturbance. Every thunderstorm sent a chill down my spine. There was no fiber. No usable mobile coverage. No stability. But there was determination.

From that rural setting, powered by solar batteries and a passion for music, I began publishing web pages about historical instruments, virtual reconstructions, and educational tools. And I still do β€” but with a crucial difference: now I have Cloudflare.

The Web Application Firewall, global cache, DNS bypass via tunnels, bot control, and β€” above all β€” the JavaScript Challenge have saved both my connection and my project. Literally.

Without Cloudflare, my humble server would have collapsed long ago under the weight of automated scans, attack attempts, and endless malicious bots β€” all while running on an upload speed that still doesn’t reach 1 Mbps in 2025.

Cloudflare hasn’t just helped me survive. It has enabled me to exist, to share, and to contribute from a place most would consider too remote for anything.

Thank you.

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