Quiz: Deploy and Go Live

1. When should you choose Cloudflare Pages over a VPS?

When you need custom server-side logic When you need to consolidate multiple sites behind nginx For fully static sites — it's free, globally distributed, has automatic SSL, and deploys on git push When you have specific compliance requirements

2. What does the --delete flag do in rsync deploy?

Deletes local build output after deploying Removes files from the server that no longer exist locally, keeping the site in sync Deletes old backups on the server Removes cached files that might cause conflicts

3. Why use R2 for large assets instead of the site's own hosting?

R2 is the only CDN for Astro Assets load fast from R2's CDN, don't count against VPS bandwidth, and R2 has zero egress fees VPS doesn't support image files R2 automatically optimises images

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