diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/GuestbookController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/GuestbookController.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aff30ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/GuestbookController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Controllers;
+
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use DB;
+
+class GuestbookController extends Controller {
+    public function guestbook() {
+        return view('pages.guestbook');
+    }
+
+    public function guestbookPost(Request $request) {
+        $this->validate($request, [
+            'name' => 'required',
+            'message' => 'required'
+        ]);
+
+        DB::insert('INSERT INTO guestbook_entries (name, timestamp, ip_address, agent, message) values (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)', array(
+            htmlspecialchars($request->get('name')),
+            time(),
+            $request->ip(),
+            $request->userAgent(),
+            htmlspecialchars($request->get('message'))
+        ));
+
+        return back()->with('success', 'Entry submitted successfully!');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Http/Kernel.php b/app/Http/Kernel.php
index 1fb53dc..4eab7b8 100644
--- a/app/Http/Kernel.php
+++ b/app/Http/Kernel.php
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ class Kernel extends HttpKernel
         ],
     ];
 
+    protected $routeMiddleware = [
+        'rate_limit' => \App\Http\Middleware\RateLimiter::class,
+    ];
+
+
     /**
      * The application's middleware aliases.
      *
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/RateLimiter.php b/app/Http/Middleware/RateLimiter.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c81da43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/RateLimiter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Middleware;
+
+use Closure;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
+
+class RateLimiter
+{
+    /**
+     * Handle an incoming request.
+     *
+     * @param  \Closure(\Illuminate\Http\Request): (\Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response)  $next
+     */
+    public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next): Response
+    {
+        $ipAddress = $request->ip();
+        $cacheKey = 'rate_limit_' . $ipAddress;
+
+        if (Cache::has($cacheKey)) {
+            // If the cache key exists, the IP has submitted an entry within the last hour
+            return response()->view('errors.ratelimit-guestbook', [], 429);
+        }
+
+        // Add the IP address to the cache and set the expiration time to one hour
+        Cache::put($cacheKey, true, 60);
+
+        return $next($request);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index e4c5e7d..451f135 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
         "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^7.2",
         "laravel/framework": "^10.10",
         "laravel/sanctum": "^3.2",
-        "laravel/tinker": "^2.8"
+        "laravel/tinker": "^2.8",
+        "spatie/laravel-honeypot": "^4.3"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "fakerphp/faker": "^1.9.1",
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 4664da4..3018272 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "aa322c53454393ed775cfe4807d54a50",
+    "content-hash": "505f8d503188864625fc855900ea2202",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "brick/math",
@@ -2994,6 +2994,142 @@
             ],
             "time": "2023-04-15T23:01:58+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "spatie/laravel-honeypot",
+            "version": "4.3.2",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/spatie/laravel-honeypot.git",
+                "reference": "eab92dd2096f1cdb83c28ced4f4632d3cfde2872"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/spatie/laravel-honeypot/zipball/eab92dd2096f1cdb83c28ced4f4632d3cfde2872",
+                "reference": "eab92dd2096f1cdb83c28ced4f4632d3cfde2872",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "illuminate/contracts": "^8.0|^9.0|^10.0",
+                "illuminate/encryption": "^8.0|^9.0|^10.0",
+                "illuminate/http": "^8.0|^9.0|^10.0",
+                "illuminate/support": "^8.0|^9.0|^10.0",
+                "illuminate/validation": "^8.0|^9.0|^10.0",
+                "nesbot/carbon": "^2.0",
+                "php": "^8.0",
+                "spatie/laravel-package-tools": "^1.9",
+                "symfony/http-foundation": "^5.1.2|^6.0"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "livewire/livewire": "^2.10",
+                "orchestra/testbench": "^6.23|^7.0|^8.0",
+                "pestphp/pest-plugin-livewire": "^1.0",
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.4",
+                "spatie/pest-plugin-snapshots": "^1.1",
+                "spatie/phpunit-snapshot-assertions": "^4.2",
+                "spatie/test-time": "^1.2.1"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "extra": {
+                "laravel": {
+                    "providers": [
+                        "Spatie\\Honeypot\\HoneypotServiceProvider"
+                    ]
+                }
+            },
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Spatie\\Honeypot\\": "src"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Freek Van der Herten",
+                    "email": "freek@spatie.be",
+                    "homepage": "https://spatie.be",
+                    "role": "Developer"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Preventing spam submitted through forms",
+            "homepage": "https://github.com/spatie/laravel-honeypot",
+            "keywords": [
+                "laravel-honeypot",
+                "spatie"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "source": "https://github.com/spatie/laravel-honeypot/tree/4.3.2"
+            },
+            "funding": [
+                {
+                    "url": "https://spatie.be/open-source/support-us",
+                    "type": "custom"
+                }
+            ],
+            "time": "2023-01-17T07:09:34+00:00"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "spatie/laravel-package-tools",
+            "version": "1.15.0",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/spatie/laravel-package-tools.git",
+                "reference": "efab1844b8826443135201c4443690f032c3d533"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/spatie/laravel-package-tools/zipball/efab1844b8826443135201c4443690f032c3d533",
+                "reference": "efab1844b8826443135201c4443690f032c3d533",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "illuminate/contracts": "^9.28|^10.0",
+                "php": "^8.0"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "mockery/mockery": "^1.5",
+                "orchestra/testbench": "^7.7|^8.0",
+                "pestphp/pest": "^1.22",
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.5.24",
+                "spatie/pest-plugin-test-time": "^1.1"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Spatie\\LaravelPackageTools\\": "src"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Freek Van der Herten",
+                    "email": "freek@spatie.be",
+                    "role": "Developer"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Tools for creating Laravel packages",
+            "homepage": "https://github.com/spatie/laravel-package-tools",
+            "keywords": [
+                "laravel-package-tools",
+                "spatie"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "issues": "https://github.com/spatie/laravel-package-tools/issues",
+                "source": "https://github.com/spatie/laravel-package-tools/tree/1.15.0"
+            },
+            "funding": [
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/spatie",
+                    "type": "github"
+                }
+            ],
+            "time": "2023-04-27T08:09:01+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "symfony/console",
             "version": "v6.3.0",
diff --git a/config/database.php b/config/database.php
index 137ad18..67ae798 100644
--- a/config/database.php
+++ b/config/database.php
@@ -34,15 +34,6 @@
     */
 
     'connections' => [
-
-        'sqlite' => [
-            'driver' => 'sqlite',
-            'url' => env('DATABASE_URL'),
-            'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', database_path('database.sqlite')),
-            'prefix' => '',
-            'foreign_key_constraints' => env('DB_FOREIGN_KEYS', true),
-        ],
-
         'mysql' => [
             'driver' => 'mysql',
             'url' => env('DATABASE_URL'),
@@ -62,37 +53,6 @@
                 PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CA => env('MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CA'),
             ]) : [],
         ],
-
-        'pgsql' => [
-            'driver' => 'pgsql',
-            'url' => env('DATABASE_URL'),
-            'host' => env('DB_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
-            'port' => env('DB_PORT', '5432'),
-            'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'forge'),
-            'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'forge'),
-            'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
-            'charset' => 'utf8',
-            'prefix' => '',
-            'prefix_indexes' => true,
-            'search_path' => 'public',
-            'sslmode' => 'prefer',
-        ],
-
-        'sqlsrv' => [
-            'driver' => 'sqlsrv',
-            'url' => env('DATABASE_URL'),
-            'host' => env('DB_HOST', 'localhost'),
-            'port' => env('DB_PORT', '1433'),
-            'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'forge'),
-            'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'forge'),
-            'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
-            'charset' => 'utf8',
-            'prefix' => '',
-            'prefix_indexes' => true,
-            // 'encrypt' => env('DB_ENCRYPT', 'yes'),
-            // 'trust_server_certificate' => env('DB_TRUST_SERVER_CERTIFICATE', 'false'),
-        ],
-
     ],
 
     /*
@@ -107,45 +67,4 @@
     */
 
     'migrations' => 'migrations',
-
-    /*
-    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    | Redis Databases
-    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    |
-    | Redis is an open source, fast, and advanced key-value store that also
-    | provides a richer body of commands than a typical key-value system
-    | such as APC or Memcached. Laravel makes it easy to dig right in.
-    |
-    */
-
-    'redis' => [
-
-        'client' => env('REDIS_CLIENT', 'phpredis'),
-
-        'options' => [
-            'cluster' => env('REDIS_CLUSTER', 'redis'),
-            'prefix' => env('REDIS_PREFIX', Str::slug(env('APP_NAME', 'laravel'), '_').'_database_'),
-        ],
-
-        'default' => [
-            'url' => env('REDIS_URL'),
-            'host' => env('REDIS_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
-            'username' => env('REDIS_USERNAME'),
-            'password' => env('REDIS_PASSWORD'),
-            'port' => env('REDIS_PORT', '6379'),
-            'database' => env('REDIS_DB', '0'),
-        ],
-
-        'cache' => [
-            'url' => env('REDIS_URL'),
-            'host' => env('REDIS_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
-            'username' => env('REDIS_USERNAME'),
-            'password' => env('REDIS_PASSWORD'),
-            'port' => env('REDIS_PORT', '6379'),
-            'database' => env('REDIS_CACHE_DB', '1'),
-        ],
-
-    ],
-
 ];
diff --git a/public/css/master.css b/public/css/master.css
index 323c2ec..7cadfe2 100644
--- a/public/css/master.css
+++ b/public/css/master.css
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ div.preview pre.small, div.project pre.small {
 div.preview pre, div.project pre {
     background-color: #222;
     color: #ccc;
+    display: inline-block;
+    text-align: left;
+    padding: 0.2em;
+    max-width: 90%
 }
 
 div.project pre {
@@ -283,13 +287,6 @@ .header {
     color: #FFFFFF;
 }
 
-div.preview pre, div.project pre {
-    display: inline-block;
-    text-align: left;
-    padding: 0.2em;
-    max-width: 90%
-}
-
 h1 { font-size: 150% }
 h2 { font-size: 130% }
 h3 { font-size: 115% }
@@ -324,3 +321,32 @@ a {
     color: #99f;
     text-decoration: none
 }
+
+table.gb_entryform tr td {
+    border: none;
+}
+
+table.gb_entryform tr td label {
+    padding-right: 5px;
+}
+
+table.gb_entryform tr td span.text-danger {
+    padding-left: 5px;
+    color: rgb(255, 114, 114);
+}
+
+table.gb_entryform tr td textarea,
+table.gb_entryform tr td input {
+    margin-bottom: 5px;
+}
+
+table.gb_entry tr td {
+    border: solid #FFFFFF;
+    width: 500px;
+    vertical-align: top;
+    padding: 5px;
+}
+
+table.gb_entry {
+    margin-bottom: 5px;
+}
diff --git a/public/css/minimal.css b/public/css/minimal.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3362057
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/css/minimal.css
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+html {
+    color-scheme: dark;
+}
+
+body {
+    font-family: sans-serif;
+    margin: 0px;
+    margin-left: 10px;
+    color: #ddd;
+    background-color: #333;
+}
diff --git a/resources/views/errors/ratelimit-guestbook.blade.php b/resources/views/errors/ratelimit-guestbook.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa29855
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/views/errors/ratelimit-guestbook.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+    <title>Error 429: Overclocking Detected!</title>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ URL::asset ('css/minimal.css') }}"/>
+</head>
+
+<body>
+    <h1>Error 429: Overclocking Detected!</h1>
+    <hr/>
+    <p>Whoa there! Your submissions are going at warp speed.</p>
+    <p>Remember you can only submit an entry <u>once every hour</u>!</p>
+    <br/>
+    Click <a href="/guestbook">here</a> to go back to the guestbook.
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/resources/views/includes/header.blade.php b/resources/views/includes/header.blade.php
index 2951003..53d44e2 100644
--- a/resources/views/includes/header.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/includes/header.blade.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
             <a href="/projects/">projects</a> |
             <a href="/calculators/">calculators</a> |
             <a href="/computers/">computers</a> |
-            <a href="/bookmarks/">bookmarks</a>
+            <a href="/bookmarks/">bookmarks</a> |
+            <a href="/guestbook/">guestbook</a>
         </div>
     </nav>
diff --git a/resources/views/pages/guestbook.blade.php b/resources/views/pages/guestbook.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6b758a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/views/pages/guestbook.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+@extends('layouts.default')
+@section('title', 'guestbook')
+@section('content')
+    <br/>
+    <form method="POST" action="/guestbook">
+        @csrf
+        <x-honeypot />
+        <table class="gb_entryform">
+            <tr>
+                <td>
+                    <label for="name">Name:</label>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                    <input name="name" type="text" id="name" placeholder="John Doe">
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                    <span class="text-danger">{{ $errors->first('name') }}</span>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td>
+                    <label for="message">Message:</label>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                    <textarea name="message" id="message" rows="3"></textarea>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                    <span class="text-danger">{{ $errors->first('message') }}</span>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <button type="submit">Submit</button>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+        </table>
+    </form>
+    <p>You can submit an entry <u>once every hour</u>.</p>
+    <p>Your IP address <u>will</u> be logged but <u>will not</u> be publically displayed.</p>
+    <hr/>
+    @php
+        $entries = DB::select('SELECT name, timestamp, message FROM guestbook_entries ORDER BY id DESC');
+    @endphp
+    <h1>Entries <small>({{ count($entries) }} total)</small></h1>
+    @foreach ($entries as $entry)
+        <table class="gb_entry"><tr><td>
+            Name:&nbsp;{{ $entry->name }}<br/>
+            Date:&nbsp;{{ gmdate("H:i:s - Y-m-d", $entry->timestamp) }}<br/><br/>
+            {{ htmlspecialchars($entry->message) }}
+        </td></tr></table>
+    @endforeach
+@stop
+
diff --git a/routes/web.php b/routes/web.php
index 055b4e5..6185449 100644
--- a/routes/web.php
+++ b/routes/web.php
@@ -32,3 +32,12 @@
 Route::get('/computers', function () {
     return View::make('pages.computers');
 });
+
+Route::get('/guestbook', 'App\Http\Controllers\GuestbookController@guestbook')
+    ->name('guestbook');
+
+Route::post('/guestbook', 'App\Http\Controllers\GuestbookController@guestbookpost')
+    ->name('guestbookPost')
+    ->middleware('rate_limit');
+
+