Building My Own Google Analytics for $0

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How I reverse-engineered Google Analytics and built my own analytics service for personal projects.

Yes Building a custom web analytics tool involves writing a tiny client-side beacon script, an HTTP collection endpoint, and a standard dashboard.

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Concerns raised: GDPR compliance unclear, Commercial usage implications

Feature requests: Bot tracking with bot name identification

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