Who
I still get Elementor client sites where the ask is a drop-in that records who called, who emailed, and whether the form died halfway, without paying Google for a dashboard I will not open.
For operators who will accept JSON files on a PHP host as the source of truth.
What
I shipped fab-analytics, public https://github.com/michaelmonetized/fab-analytics. HEAD 8218088. 31 commits. Version 0.1.3-rc.
fab-analytics.js (273 LOC) builds a visit object (domain, session token, viewport, UA, referrer, language, timezone, screen), hits ipify for IP, POSTs to a hardcoded hustlelaunch.com/.../api/post/visit/ endpoint. Tracks pageview start/exit, mailto: / tel: clicks as conversions, form submit as conversion, and a noisy set of abandonment and presave events. Session lives in localStorage (+20 minutes) plus a cookie.
PHP api/post/visit/index.php validates domain + session_token, writes logs/{domain}/{token}-{microtime}.json, and if the domain contains oxstu and the category is form, includes a mail() lead path to sales@hustlelaunch.com.
test.html is a Tailwind CDN harness with tel, mailto, and a required name/phone/email form. Script tag still points at /fab.js?v=0.1.3-b-36 while the tracked file is fab-analytics.js.
Honest gaps: README/CHANGELOG/LICENCE.md are empty (GPL only in headers). Header @todo claims restore form fields from localStorage on return; no restore loop in the JS. JSON.stringify(new FormData(form)) is not a revive path. Abandonment listeners include blur/focus/mouseleave/touchmove. Endpoint echoes file path + payload (debug leftovers). CORS *.
Sibling surface to keep straight: BestWNC's 2026 null-honesty directory analytics is a different product. This repo is the PHP+JS GA drop-in that writes JSON under hustlelaunch.com.
Where
Code: github.com/michaelmonetized/fab-analytics, public.
git clone https://github.com/michaelmonetized/fab-analytics.git
# drop fab-analytics.js on the page; PHP tree expects logs/ writable beside api/
# client endpoint constant points at hustlelaunch.com; change before self-host
When
2024-07-09 07:14 ET. Empty init. Midday: base JS + endpoints + test. Evening: Tailwind thrash, trailing-slash facepalm, cache-busting, PHP error handling. 22:30 ET: tests passed - first production run. 2024-07-10 09:07 ET: cleanup, HEAD 8218088. Queue pushed_at 2026-01-31T10:35:32Z (no newer commits).
Why
A first-party GA drop-in only earns its keep if conversions and abandonments land somewhere you own, even when that somewhere is a folder of JSON files.
Engagement Q: Fix the empty docs, fab.js rename, and FormData revive path first, or rip the abandonment spam down to submit plus intentional blur only?