Making static sites dynamic with Cloudflare D1
Nov 16, 2022Kristian Freeman

Summary
This post introduces Cloudflare D1, a serverless SQL database service that integrates with Cloudflare Workers. It details how D1 enables developers to add dynamic, relational data to applications, specifically demonstrating its use for adding comments to a static blog site. The post covers setting up a D1 database, configuring bindings in wrangler.toml, executing SQL commands, and building API endpoints for creating and retrieving comments. It highlights D1's ability to augment existing applications and websites with dynamic data, bridging the gap between static site generators and fully dynamic applications.
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