Contributor acknowledgementsApplicants receive a clear confirmation message after a valid contributor application is accepted by the website.
TRUST & TRANSPARENCY
How Tech Satahan is built.
Understand the development partner, infrastructure providers, security practices, backup safeguards and communication services behind the publication.
HTTPS by default
Private editorial Studio
Public status monitoring
PRIMARY DEVELOPMENT PARTNER
Built and maintained by PastelDev
PastelDev designed and developed the Tech Satahan public website, private administration panel, editorial workflows, publishing automation and ongoing platform improvements.
Website engineering
Admin panel development
Publishing automation
Technical maintenance
Active · Application acknowledgements
SMS COMMUNICATION PROVIDER
Text.lk SMS Gateway
Tech Satahan uses the Text.lk SMS gateway under the TechSatahan sender identity to deliver automatic acknowledgement messages after contributor applications are submitted.
Secure server-side integrationThe API token stays on the server while Text.lk queues the acknowledgement through the approved TechSatahan sender identity.
OUR EXPERIENCE
Our onboarding experience with Text.lk has been excellent. Their customer support has been responsive, clear and genuinely helpful.
OPERATIONAL SAFEGUARDS
Security and reliability by design
These controls protect the public website and keep editorial access separate from the reader-facing experience.
CONNECTION SECURITY
HTTPS and browser protection
Encrypted HTTPS connections, HSTS and security headers are applied to the production website.
TRAFFIC PROTECTION
Cloudflare security layer
DNS management, traffic filtering and Turnstile protection help reduce automated abuse on public forms.
EDITORIAL ACCESS
Private, role-based Studio
Article creation, review and publishing tools are separated from the public website and protected by authenticated team roles.
PUBLIC AVAILABILITY
Independent status monitoring
Readers and team members can check website and publishing availability through public status pages.
SERVICES WE USE
Platform and infrastructure
These providers support Tech Satahan's hosting, publishing, security, analytics, media workflow, search discovery, performance diagnostics, off-site backups and day-to-day platform operations.
Hosting & deployment
Vercel
Production hosting, automated builds and serverless API deployment.
Code & article data
GitHub
Source code, article files, version history and deployment workflow. Legacy site media may remain in repository assets.
DNS, protection & media
Cloudflare
DNS management, traffic protection, Turnstile verification and R2 storage and delivery for new Media Library uploads.
Encrypted off-site backup
Backblaze B2
Private daily off-site copies of Cloudflare R2 media, with prior file versions retained for up to 30 days.
Live application data
Upstash Redis
Views, reactions, comments, polls and other live site data.
Email delivery
Resend
Newsletter, contact, application and system email delivery.
Audience measurement
Google Analytics
Aggregate visitor and content performance measurement.
Publishing automation
cron-job.org
Scheduled checks that trigger the publishing endpoint.
Status & uptime
Better Stack
Website availability monitoring and public status reporting.
Error diagnostics
Sentry
Limited website and server error monitoring without session replay or performance tracing.
Image analysis
Sightengine
Featured-image AI detection and disclosure support.
Media optimization
Tinify / TinyPNG
Server-side compression of new editorial Media Library uploads before they are stored. Article text, applications and private account information are not sent for this purpose.
Search discovery
IndexNow
Notification of public Tech Satahan article URLs after publication, update, removal or scheduled release. Drafts and Studio URLs are excluded.
Owner-only diagnostics
Google PageSpeed Insights
On-demand performance, accessibility, SEO and best-practice checks for public Tech Satahan pages. Admin, API and external URLs are blocked by the Studio.
Editorial stock media
Pexels
Authorised editors can search and import selected stock photos into the Media Library. Photographer, source and licence metadata are retained for attribution.
Openly licensed media discovery
Openverse
Authorised editors can search open collections and import selected images while retaining creator, source and Creative Commons or public-domain licence metadata.
Typography
Google Fonts
Noto Sans Sinhala and supporting web typography.TRANSPARENCY NOTES
Clear about what powers the platform
Operational disclosure
Providers are listed because they support a specific technical or operational function. Services may change as Tech Satahan evolves.
No paid endorsement implied
Listing a provider does not imply sponsorship, partnership or editorial endorsement. It is simply an operational disclosure.
Privacy remains documented
Information about analytics, forms, comments and newsletter data is available in the Privacy Policy.