As developers , we often build our workflows around tools that make our lives easier.

We use Git for version control, hosted platforms for repositories, and managed services to deploy our websites. When everything works, we rarely think about what would happen if one part of that setup suddenly became unavailable.

Recently, I had a reason to think about exactly that.

GitHub had been my home for repositories and my personal website . I used GitHub Pages because it made publishing a website simple, especially for someone building personal projects without a dedicated hosting budget.

Then I encountered a problem.

My account was still accessible, but I could no longer publish my website as expected. I did not know the exact cause, and I did not want to speculate about what had triggered it.

What I did know was that my existing workflow was no longer working for me.

The timing was unfortunate, too. I had recently connected a custom domain to my personal website.…