Abdullin.com: designing lean analytics pipeline for a website

Hi,

I removed Google Analytics from my website, replacing it with standard access logs. No cookies, session tracking or relying on IP addresses. Your identity stays private.

This requires reimagined data architecture. I design by writing, so here are a few more blog posts for you:

• Lean web analytics - using logs from Caddy (nginx with automatic HTTPS) with goaccess to visualise visits;

• (Over) Designing privacy-first analytics - how scalable and privacy-first pipeline could look like;

• Analyze Caddy logs with Clickhouse - validate data architecture by charting daily visits and user flow.  

Changes are already in "production" :)

Best regards,
Rinat