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Engineering — Forced offline: the Q3 2024 Internet disruption summary

Forced offline: the Q3 2024 Internet disruption summary

The third quarter of 2024 was particularly active, with quite a few significant Internet disruptions. Underlying causes included government-directed shutdowns, power outages, hurricane damage, terrestrial and submarine cable cuts, military action, and more.

DBDavid Belson, Doug MadoryDavid Belson, Doug Madory·October 29, 2024Engineering
Engineering — Our biggest-ever upgrades to Stripe Billing

Our biggest-ever upgrades to Stripe Billing

At Stripe Tour New York, we shared new ways to orchestrate and grow your revenue with Stripe Billing, including new features to help you better understand your revenue data and give you more flexibility in how you bill for usage.

WHWisam HirzallaWisam Hirzalla·October 29, 2024Engineering
Engineering — Is this thing on? Using OpenBMC and ACPI power states for reliable server boot

Is this thing on? Using OpenBMC and ACPI power states for reliable server boot

Cloudflare’s global fleet benefits from being managed by open source firmware for the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), OpenBMC. This has come with various challenges, some of which we discuss here with an explanation of how the open source nature of the firmware for the BMC enabled us to fix the issues and maintain a more stable fleet.

NRNnamdi, Ryan ChowNnamdi, Ryan Chow·October 22, 2024Engineering
Engineering — Combining forces, GSAP & Webflow!

Combining forces, GSAP & Webflow!

Change can certainly be scary whenever a beloved, independent software library becomes a part of a larger organization. I'm feeling a bit more excitement than

RTRyan TrimbleRyan Trimble·October 18, 2024Engineering
Engineering — Stripe Sessions is back on May 6, 2025

Stripe Sessions is back on May 6, 2025

Join us May 6–8 in San Francisco for Stripe Sessions, our annual user conference. We’re doubling the number of breakout sessions, expanding our training program, and adding a demo stage to showcase more of Stripe’s key updates.

JTJeff TittertonJeff Titterton·October 15, 2024Engineering
Engineering — Highlights from Git 2.47

Highlights from Git 2.47

Git 2.47 is here, with features like incremental multi-pack indexes and more. Check out our coverage of some of the highlights here.

TBTaylor BlauTaylor Blau·October 7, 2024Engineering
Engineering — Build A Static RSS Reader To Fight Your Inner FOMO — Smashing Magazine

Build A Static RSS Reader To Fight Your Inner FOMO — Smashing Magazine

RSS is a classic technology that fetches content from websites and feeds it to anyone who subscribes to it with a URL. It’s based on XML, and we can use it to consume the feeds in our own apps. Karin Hendrikse demonstrates how to do exactly that with a static site you can use as your personal RSS reader.

KHKarin HendrikseKarin Hendrikse·October 7, 2024Engineering
Engineering — Introducing Stripe’s new API release process

Introducing Stripe’s new API release process

Our new release cadence and versioning system combines twice-yearly major updates with monthly feature enhancements, giving you the predictability and clarity that you need to better plan your engineering cycles.

MGMichael GlukhovskyMichael Glukhovsky·October 1, 2024Engineering
Engineering — Reaffirming our commitment to free

Reaffirming our commitment to free

We want to make abundantly clear: our free plan is here to stay, and we reaffirmed that commitment this week with 15 releases across our product portfolio that make the Free plan even better.

CCloudflare·September 27, 2024Engineering
Engineering — Legacy Modernization meets GenAI

Legacy Modernization meets GenAI

So far, most attention to Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in software development is on generating code. But we believe there is as much, if not more, value in understanding existing code - particularly long-lived, large, and complex legacy systems. We have been experimenting with GenAI for modernization with our clients, embodied in a tool called CodeConcise, which combines a Large Lan

AFAlessio Ferri, Tom Coggrave, and Shodhan Sheth·September 24, 2024Engineering
Engineering — How I Built My Blog

How I Built My Blog

I recently launched a brand new version of this blog, and in this post, I share how it’s built! We’ll examine the tech stack and see how all of the pieces fit together, as well as dig into some of the details to see how they work.

JWJosh W. Comeau·September 24, 2024Engineering
Engineering — Introducing Ephemeral IDs: a new tool for fraud detection

Introducing Ephemeral IDs: a new tool for fraud detection

As the Internet evolves, Turnstile does too. Introducing Ephemeral IDs — a new dimension in detecting fraudulent activity, bot or human, that links behavior to a specific client instead of an IP address. This makes Turnstile better for everyone, everywhere.

OPOliver Payne, SallyleeOliver Payne, Sallylee·September 23, 2024Engineering
Engineering — Driving a Project: Intern Edition

Driving a Project: Intern Edition

After a lot of hard work, you’ve landed that coveted internship. Now comes the next big challenge: delivering a meaningful project over the summer. Leading a project independently is an opportunity to sharpen your skills, demonstrate your capabilities, and experience personal growth. As you drive the project on your own, the support from your mentor…

DSDylan Steen·September 23, 2024Engineering
Engineering — CSSWG Minutes Telecon (2024-09-18)

CSSWG Minutes Telecon (2024-09-18)

For the past two months, all my livelihood has gone towards reading, researching, understanding, writing, and editing about Anchor Positioning, and with many

JDJuan Diego RodríguezJuan Diego Rodríguez·September 20, 2024Engineering
Engineering — Software as a public good

Software as a public good

Open source software underpins all sectors of the economy, public services and even international organizations like the United Nations. How can all its beneficiaries work together to make the open source ecosystem more sustainable?

FRFelix RedaFelix Reda·September 18, 2024Engineering
Engineering — What’s Old is New

What’s Old is New

I collect a bunch of links in a bookmarks folder. These are things I fully intend to read, and I do — eventually. It's a good thing bookmarks are digital,

GGGeoff GrahamGeoff Graham·September 12, 2024Engineering
Engineering — Another Stab at Truncated Text

Another Stab at Truncated Text

Seems like we're always talking about clipping text around here. All it takes is a little browsing to spot a bunch of things we've already explored.

GGGeoff GrahamGeoff Graham·September 3, 2024Engineering
Engineering — Are You a Dalia? How We Created Data Science Personas for Spotify’s Analytics Platform

Are You a Dalia? How We Created Data Science Personas for Spotify’s Analytics Platform

On Spotify’s Analytics Platform, we’re dedicated to building products that empower data practitioners to discover, analyze, and share insights — think notebooks, dashboards, and metrics. To create solutions that connect with our users, it’s critical for us to first understand who our users are. However, the evolving landscape of data roles presents a challenge.

SESpotify Engineering·September 1, 2024Engineering