Infrastructure for public interest work in Consett
Consett and the wider Derwentside area have a habit of producing people who refuse to let things slide. When that turns into a public interest project, the website carrying it should be as stubborn as they are.
I build and protect the sites behind that work. Static builds, Cloudflare setups, lawful fingerprinting, and evidence grade logging, tuned for small teams and community projects that are likely to be watched closely by larger organisations.
Who this fits in Consett and Derwentside
The projects that need serious infrastructure are rarely the ones with the sleekest branding. They are the ones asking awkward questions and documenting what happened.
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Community watchdog projects
Residents tracking decisions by councils, housing providers, contractors, or services that affect Consett and surrounding villages.
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Advocacy and support groups
Peer led groups and informal networks that need a stable public site to explain what they do and record patterns over time.
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Local campaigns and reform efforts
Issue focused campaigns around planning, environment, transport, or service cuts that expect pushback when they gain traction.
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Independent voices
Small blogs and citizen journalism projects that want to keep their site online and defensible when institutions start paying attention.
If your work is lawful, serious, and likely to attract attention, it fits here whether you are a constituted group or a few determined people with a shared drive.
What I actually do for Consett projects
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Static sites that behave under pressure
Fast static builds served through Cloudflare, designed to cope with sudden spikes when a story lands, a post goes viral, or a large organisation starts refreshing your pages.
See Secure static sites.
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Cloudflare firewall and routing
Firewall rules, bot mitigation, rate limits, and Workers tuned for public interest work. Search engines are treated as welcome guests, hostile automation is treated as a cost centre.
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Evidence grade logging
Edge level logs, exported timelines, and clearly labelled events that can be dropped straight into complaints, internal reviews, and correspondence with regulators or oversight bodies.
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Monitoring aware fingerprinting
Lawful fingerprinting on your own domain so you can see repeat devices and evasive patterns, especially where you suspect quiet interest from institutions, contractors, or firms outside the immediate area.
Detail and examples on Fingerprinting and Edge Tracker.
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Email and DNS basics that actually work
SPF, DKIM, DMARC, DNS and routing tuned so your messages reach supporters, journalists, and decision makers instead of sitting in spam just when you need them.
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Governance checks that match reality
Simple fixes to privacy notices, cookie wording, and data handling descriptions so they line up with what your infrastructure is really doing, not with a template that never met your site.
Local realities around Consett
Consett has lived through heavy industry, rapid change, and long memories. When people start documenting what went wrong, the audience is rarely just local.
That can bring interest from councils, contractors, national agencies, and organisations with more resources than the people calling them out. Websites built on fragile platforms tend to fold under that kind of attention.
Static infrastructure, Cloudflare in front, and evidence grade logging behind give you a very different starting point.
How I build for that context
- A simple, hardened setup that small teams can actually run.
- Clear separation between content and infrastructure, so you keep editorial control.
- Logging and fingerprinting that make patterns obvious without overcomplicating them.
- Documentation that trustees and volunteers can read without needing a security background.
Boundaries, spelled out
These limits are there to keep the work defensible. They are not optional extras.
- Ki-Ki provides technical services only. I am not a publisher, editor, investigator, or legal adviser.
- I do not draft, upload, or assist with allegation content about named individuals. If you publish that kind of material, it is your decision and your responsibility.
- Any limited SEO or onboarding copy I prepare is neutral and only goes live after your written approval.
- You must not imply that Ki-Ki endorses your campaign, your allegations, or your politics.
- If a project crosses into unlawful or high risk territory, I will refuse or terminate the work.
The full position is set out in the Neutral infrastructure policy, alongside the Terms of use and Privacy policy.
Questions Consett projects usually ask
Do you only work with registered charities?
No. I work with small charities, CICs, informal groups, and individual projects, as long as the work is lawful, serious, and in the public interest.
Can you help if we already have a basic site?
Often yes. I can harden a simple existing site by placing it behind Cloudflare, tightening DNS, and introducing logging. For more fragile setups, we might move to a static build instead.
Will fingerprinting identify real world people?
No. It works at the level of devices and patterns that hit your site. It is set up as defensive monitoring that supports your evidence base, not as a tool for personal doxxing.
Do you meet in person in Consett?
Most work is done remotely, backed by written notes and clear diagrams. If a project is a good fit and travel is practical, we can discuss occasional in person sessions across the North East.
What happens if things escalate with a large organisation?
I cannot give legal advice, however I can make sure your logs and technical position are clear enough to support conversations with lawyers, regulators, or oversight bodies if you choose to involve them.
Start a Consett focused conversation
If your project is based in Consett or the surrounding Derwentside area, tell me what you are building, what worries you, and what level of attention you expect. I will be honest about whether I am the right fit.