# Blog

## [Why fivebar sets no cookies](https://fiveb.ar/blog/why-fivebar-sets-no-cookies.md)

1 November 2026

Who a cookie banner leaves out of your figures, whether it puts people off, and how fivebar counts without asking.

## [Why Go, Postgres and Django](https://fiveb.ar/blog/why-go-postgres-and-django.md)

31 October 2026

The three tools fivebar is built from, what each part does, and why we chose each one.

## [How we built our own status page](https://fiveb.ar/blog/how-we-built-our-own-status-page.md)

30 October 2026

Why fivebar runs its own status page rather than a hosted one, what it checks, and how AI assistants read it.