I added ActivityPub support to my static Hugo blog hosted on Vercel. It now automatically announces new posts to followers on the Fediverse. Key challenges included implementing the ActivityPub protocol for a static site, handling WebFinger discovery, managing Follow/Unfollow requests, and sending signed HTTP requests. I used Vercel Serverless Functions for dynamic request handling and Firebase Firestore for storing follower data. Check out the code and follow me @paul@paul.kinlan.me to see it in action!
Post Deploy Webhook for Vercel
I needed to find a way to send webhooks after a successful deployment on Vercel, which wasn't a built-in feature. Since Vercel integrations can listen for deployment events, I created one to solve this. It's a simple tool hosted on GitHub that lets you set up custom webhooks for your Vercel projects. It's not on the Vercel Marketplace, and it's more of a workaround until Vercel natively supports deployment webhooks. Check out the GitHub repo for instructions on setting it up with Firebase Firestore.