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Glossary

Plain-language explanations of the technical terms Maad Dev uses often — no prior tech background needed.

Glossary

Maad Dev's documentation uses a few technical terms that might be unfamiliar if you've never built a website before. This page explains all of them in plain language, in one place.

The storage box holding all the code and files for your website — think of it as a digital safe that keeps a history of every change, so you can always look back at older versions. Lives on GitHub.

GitHub

The company that hosts your Repository for free. It's the global standard developers use everywhere (now owned by Microsoft). Your website is stored in your own GitHub account.

Deploy / Deployment

The process of "putting your website online for real." After you edit content and click Publish, the system deploys it automatically — this takes about 2–5 minutes.

Static Website

A website where every page is pre-built into files ahead of time, instead of being generated fresh on every visit. This is what makes it load extremely fast and more secure than typical websites that recompute data on every request.

JAMstack

The modern web-building approach (Static + APIs) that Maad Dev is built on. It's what makes your site fast, secure, and free of monthly server costs.

Serverless

Literally "no server," but that doesn't mean there's no computer running behind the scenes — it means you never rent, manage, or pay for a server yourself. The provider (like Cloudflare) handles that part entirely.

Hosting

The service that "puts your website online" so people worldwide can reach it. Maad Dev uses Cloudflare Pages, which is free and fast.

Cloudflare

A company providing world-class internet infrastructure (high-speed CDN, security, free hosting) that Maad Dev uses to host your website.

Domain

The website name people type to find you, like yourbusiness.com. It's registered separately through a domain registrar (a few dollars per year, and it's registered in your own name).

CMS (Content Management System)

The system used to manage your website's content. Maad Dev uses Nuxt Studio — it lets you edit text, images, and content yourself without writing code.

Source Code

All the original files that make up your website.

One-time Payment vs. Subscription

One-time Payment means paying the setup fee once and using it forever. Subscription means paying again and again — monthly or yearly — to keep a service running. Maad Dev uses the first model.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Here is a compilation of frequently asked questions from customers about Maad Dev.