Building Zyke: A High-Performance Community Platform with HTMX, Redis, and CKEditor (opens in new tab)

When I set out to build Zyke:zyke.social, my goal was simple. I wanted a community platform that was incredibly fast, deeply optimized for search engines, and a joy for users to post on. The modern web is often bloated with heavy JavaScript frameworks, but I took a different approach. By combining Server-Side Rendering (SSR) with HTMX, Redis, and a robust backend, I created an architecture that delivers on all fronts. Here is a look under the hood at how Zyke is built. Server-Side Rendering f...