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Tracking, measuring, and making sense of how people use the web — from basic page views to real user metrics.

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2 Sept 2026 · 7 min read

Web analytics on a static Astro blog

Picking PostHog, wiring up the snippet, and keeping it out of local dev

How I added privacy-respecting web analytics to this Astro blog using PostHog, choosing between the free options, loading the snippet only in production via import.meta.env.PROD, and keeping credentials out of source control with GitHub Actions secrets.

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