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Building a Multilingual Tech Guide Library for Seniors

The Problem

200 million seniors in Europe and the Americas struggle with basic technology. Governments force them online but nobody provides simple guides in their language.

facil.guide fixes this. 260+ pages, 5 languages, zero ads, zero accounts.

Tech Stack

  • Astro static site (262 pages, 1s build)
  • Cloudflare Pages + Workers
  • Geo-routing middleware (detects country, serves right language)
  • HowTo + FAQPage JSON-LD on every guide

The Geo-Routing Trick

Seniors should never see a language picker. Our Cloudflare middleware reads request.cf.country and rewrites to the correct language. Same URL, different language based on location.

Send the same link to your French dad and Spanish grandmother. Each sees their language.

Country-Specific Guides Nobody Else Has

  • France Connect (FR), SPID (IT), PIX (BR), Cl@ve (ES), MB WAY (PT)
  • Zero competition, forced demand, high search volume

Market: 1.67 Billion People

  • French: 400M speakers (France + Africa)
  • Spanish: 500M speakers (Spain + LatAm)
  • Portuguese: 260M speakers (Portugal + Brazil)
  • 200 million seniors who need this

Check it out: facil.guide

Built with Astro, Cloudflare Pages, and the belief that tech should be accessible to everyone.

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