How to Add Passkey Login in 2026
What it actually takes to add passkey sign-in to an app: the two WebAuthn flows, and the four things that surprised us once the demo worked.
Colin Shand6 min read
Blog
Notes from inside Canadian tech.
Long-form writing on Canadian cloud infrastructure, the CLOUD Act, deploying without Git, and what it actually takes to build a software company in Canada — written by the founder.
Engineering Sovereignty A Sovereign Canadian Stack: A Reference Architecture
A layer-by-layer map of a fully Canadian-owned application stack — compute, database, storage, analytics, DNS, email, payments, CDN — with the sovereign option for each and an honest note on where the ecosystem is still thin.
Colin Shand8 min readSovereignty A Weekend on the Wrong End of the Stack
One Google Safe Browsing flag took down our website, our ads, and our email at once — fixed in fifteen minutes, but restored only when Google decided.
Colin Shand9 min readProduct A Native Astro Cache Provider for Canner — Plus Draft Mode and Stale-While-Revalidate
Canner is now a native Astro 7 cache provider — the same Astro.cache.set() API you'd use on Netlify or Vercel, pointed at Canadian infrastructure — with draft mode and stale-while-revalidate built in.
Colin Shand5 min readData Scheduled SQL Queries: Run SQL Against Your Databases on a Schedule
Run SQL on a cron schedule against your own Postgres databases in Canada — read and write them by name, join across projects, and write results straight to your backend, with no external ETL tool.
Colin Shand4 min readDevelopers Canner Now Has a REST API, an OpenAPI Spec, and an MCP Server for AI Agents
Manage your Canadian-hosted projects from code — a documented REST API under /v1, an OpenAPI 3.1 spec, a --json CLI, and a zero-dependency MCP server for AI agents.
Colin Shand4 min readDeploy How to Deploy a Gradio or Streamlit App on Canadian Infrastructure
Built a Python AI demo with Gradio or Streamlit? Deploy it to sovereign Canadian infrastructure in about 30 seconds — plus Go, Ruby, PHP, and Rust. No Docker, no config.
Colin Shand3 min readSovereignty Shared Services Canada Wants a Sovereign Cloud. Here's What That Actually Requires.
In August 2025, Shared Services Canada asked the market for a fully sovereign public cloud — Canadian-owned, Canadian-controlled, beyond foreign-government access laws. Here's what that means and where Canner fits.
Colin Shand4 min readSovereignty Data Sovereignty Isn't Just a Quebec Problem: PIPEDA, BC & Alberta PIPA, and the CLOUD Act
Quebec's Law 25 gets the headlines, but Ontario and most of Canada run on PIPEDA, with BC and Alberta on their own PIPA. The sovereignty case is the same coast to coast — and it's about ownership, not geography.
Colin Shand3 min readDeploy How to Deploy Your Cursor or Bolt Project Without Git
Built something with Cursor, Bolt, or v0? Get it online in 30 seconds — no Git, GitHub, or terminal. Drag the folder onto Canner for a live URL.
Colin Shand4 min readWorkflow Deploy Client Sites in 30 Seconds: A Workflow for Agencies Tired of DevOps
Agencies waste hours configuring hosting per client. Canner makes deployment a folder drag — live URL in 30 seconds, billed in CAD, no per-seat fees.
Colin Shand4 min readSovereignty Why a Canadian AWS Region Isn't Canadian Hosting
A Canadian AWS region doesn't make your hosting Canadian — if the provider is US-incorporated, the CLOUD Act applies wherever your data sits.
Colin Shand8 min readFounders Canadian Pre-Seed Funding: What Each Program Actually Gives You
Futurpreneur, IRAP, SR&ED and Investissement Québec, with the terms stated plainly: what each one pays, what it requires first, and when it's worth your time.
Colin Shand4 min readLandscape The State of Canadian Cloud Infrastructure in 2026 — What Exists, What's Missing, and Why It Matters
A map of the Canadian-owned cloud infrastructure that exists in 2026: compute, PaaS, CDN, database, DNS, email — what's there and what's missing.
Colin Shand10 min readProcurement Does Your SaaS Meet GC Cloud Guardrails? A Guide for Canadian Tech Vendors
Selling software to the Government of Canada means meeting cloud security rules. A plain-language guide to the GC Cloud Guardrails and Protected B.
Colin Shand8 min read