Caching Geospatial Queries Without a Specialized Geo Database

You don’t need PostGIS or a geohash library to cache repeat road-distance lookups: rounding coordinates and a unique index gets you most of the win.

July 23, 2026 · 5 min · Hanh Pham

Self-Hosting a Routing Engine Instead of Paying Per API Call

Road distance, not straight-line distance, is what travel expense claims and delivery pricing actually need, here’s how to get it without a metered maps API.

July 21, 2026 · 5 min · Hanh Pham