Let’s make a simpler, more accessible web
Christian Heilmann gave this talk at Typo3 Developer Days. I'm linking it up because it strikes an already stricken nerve in me. The increasing complexity of
Surprising findings from our analysis of 3DS transactions in the US
Businesses tell us they’re interested in replicating the fraud prevention success seen in Europe by requesting 3DS. We had a front-row seat as Stripe users chose to do exactly that, but the results were very different from what we see in Europe.
Feedback on feed stuff and those pesky blue screens
Two months of feed reader behavior analysis
Shipping support for module script integrity in Chrome & Safari - Shopify
How we shipped ES module integrity in browsers and made commerce and the web better for everyone!
Protecting your app (and wallet) against malicious traffic
Learn how to block traffic with the Firewall, set up soft and hard spend limits, apply code-level optimizations, and more.
How good can you be at Codenames without knowing any words?
How To Build A Multilingual Website With Nuxt.js — Smashing Magazine
Handling translations for multilingual websites is famously difficult and, yet, crucial for many companies and organizations that serve a global audience. Thankfully, modern tooling abstracts away a great deal of the work, allowing for seamless translations that dynamically update the rendered content on a page, as demonstrated in this step-by-step tutorial.
Sweet Nostalgia In August (2024 Wallpapers Edition) — Smashing Magazine
Do you need a little inspiration boost? Well, then our new batch of desktop wallpapers might be for you. Designed by the community for the community, they come in versions with and without a calendar for August 2024. Enjoy!
How the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics has impacted Internet traffic
This blog post explores the impact of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics on Internet traffic in France and beyond, concentrating on web activity during the opening ceremony and the initial days of competition. Let the games continue.
Highlights from Git 2.46
Git 2.46 is here with new features like pseudo-merge bitmaps, more capable credential helpers, and a new git config command. Check out our coverage on some of the highlights here.
How GitHub supports neurodiverse employees (and how your company can, too)
Teams with neurodivergent employees can be up to 30 percent more productive. Discover tips on how best to support them in your workplace.
Beginner’s guide to GitHub: Adding code to your repository
Take the next step in our GitHub for Beginners series and add code to your repository. Learn how to create branches and upload changes into a pull request.
Java 21 Virtual Threads - Dude, Where’s My Lock?
Getting real with virtual threads
How to review code effectively: A GitHub staff engineer’s philosophy
GitHub Staff Engineer Sarah Vessels discusses her philosophy of code review, what separates good code review from bad, her strategy for finding and reviewing code, and how to get the most from reviews of her own code.
No More Blue Fridays
Exploring Internet traffic during the 2024 U.S. Republican National Convention
This week, the Republican National Convention was hosted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from July 15 to 18, 2024. We examined traffic shifts and cyberattacks since June 2024 to see how these events have
Getting To The Bottom Of Minimum WCAG-Conformant Interactive Element Size — Smashing Magazine
WCAG provides guidance for making interactive elements more accessible by specifying minimum size requirements. In this article, Eric Bailey discusses the nuances of interactive element sizes and clarifies what it looks like to provide accessible interactive experiences using WCAG-compliant target sizes.
Unintentionally troubleshooting a new way to filter traffic
Eliminating hardware with Load Balancing and Cloudflare One
Cloudflare is adding support for end-to-end private traffic flows to our local traffic management (LTM) load balancing solution, and allowing for the replacement of hardware load balancers
Q2 2024 Internet disruption summary
Government directed shutdowns and cable cuts were both significant sources of Internet outages in Q2 2024. This post explores these disruptions, as well as others caused by power outages, maintenance,
Keyset pagination with descending order
This article shows how to use keyset pagination if you want to sort some columns in ascending and others in descending order.
Euro 2024’s impact on Internet traffic: a closer look at finalists Spain and England
Here we examine how UEFA Euro 2024 football matches have influenced Internet traffic patterns in participating countries, with a special focus on the two finalists, Spain and England, on their journey
French elections: political cyber attacks and Internet traffic shifts
Check the dynamics of the 2024 French legislative elections, the surprising election results’ impact on Internet traffic changes, and the cyber attacks targeting political parties
Beginner’s guide to GitHub: Uploading files and folders to GitHub
The next step in our GitHub for Beginners series is learning how to add files and folders to your GitHub repository.
Function streaming to be framework-agnostic on Vercel
Function streaming now framework-agnostic on Vercel.
Technical Decision-Making in a Fragmented Space: Spotify In-Car Case Study
Car rides have become connected and interactive these days with drivers jamming to music or catching up on podcasts or audiobooks while they’re on the road. A big portion of Spotify listening happens in the car — a key reason why it’s important for Spotify to ensure users have a smooth experience in the car, striking the perfect balance between safety, simplicity, and control. Achieving such balan
Tales Of An Eternal Summer (July 2024 Wallpapers Edition) — Smashing Magazine
Let’s welcome the new month with some fresh desktop wallpapers! Created by artists and designers from across the globe, they come in versions with and without a calendar for July 2024. Enjoy!
What happened to my /edu page, and why it came back
Transitioning to Auto Height
I know this is something Chris has wanted forever, so it's no surprise he's already got a fantastic write-up just a day after the news broke. In fact, I first
How to waste bandwidth, battery power, and annoy sysadmins
Poppin' In
Oh, hey there! It’s been a hot minute, hasn’t it? Thought I’d pop in and say hello while we get to know the Popover API a bit.
Enhancing Netflix Reliability with Service-Level Prioritized Load Shedding
In November 2020, we introduced the concept of prioritized load shedding at the API gateway level in our blog post, Keeping Netflix Reliable Using Prioritized Load Shedding. Today, we’re excited to…
Beginner’s guide to GitHub repositories: How to create your first repo
Git started on your first repository in the third installment of GitHub for Beginners. Discover the essential features and settings to manage your projects effectively.
Feed reader score project participants: I made a mistake
Catching Compromised Cookies
Slack uses cookies to track session states for users on slack.com and the Slack Desktop app. The ever-present cookie banners have made cookies mainstream, but as a quick refresher, cookies are a little piece of client-side state associated with a website that is sent up to the web server on every request. Websites use this…
Exam-ining recent Internet shutdowns in Syria, Iraq, and Algeria
Similar to actions taken over the last several years, governments in Syria, Iraq, and Algeria have again disrupted Internet connectivity nationwide in an attempt to prevent cheating on exams. We investigate how these disruptions were implemented, and their impact
How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Multimedia Writing — Smashing Magazine
Balancing the age-old simplicity of words on paper with the myriad creative possibilities of the web is a tension as old as the web itself. Leaning into that overlap can bring new dimensions not just to the things we write but also to how we write them.
Patrick Finn: why I joined Cloudflare as VP Sales for the Americas
Patrick S. Finn is joining Cloudflare as Vice President of Sales in the US, Canada, and Latin America
T-Shaped vs. V-Shaped Designers — Smashing Magazine
Job openings typically cast a very restrictive frame for candidates, with long lists of expectations and requirements. But what if this narrow focus can overlook the value of “V”-shaped designers who excel by crossing boundaries, connecting dots, and innovating beyond rigid boxes?
Dropbox API server root certificate changes coming in 2026
Learn about planned changes to the root certificates used on the Dropbox API servers, and how that will affect SDKs used to access the Dropbox API.
Leveraging technology on the frontlines of emergency: How communities of developers are taking action
From sending emergency alerts about nearby fires to mapping services in refugee camps, developers are taking action to solve global problems.
Can you run in a tight loop and still be well-behaved?
Demystifying INP: New tools and actionable insights
Deep dive into Interaction to Next Paint (INP) optimization: A technical guide exploring real-world strategies used to improve INP on nextjs.org. Learn how to tackle common challenges and enhance responsiveness in your web applications.
Heeding the call to support Australia’s most at-risk entities
Heeding the call for industry to step up support of Australia's most at-risk entities, Cloudflare and CI-ISAC are teaming up to help protect Australia’s General Practitioner clinics
Never drop the illusion: How Frame.io builds fluid user experiences
Exploring the 2024 EU Election: Internet traffic trends and cybersecurity insights
The 2024 EU Parliament election caused declines in Internet traffic during voting and spikes during results announcements, with persistent cyber threats targeting government sites
Top 12 Git commands every developer must know
The latest installment of GitHub for Beginners, where we cover the essential Git commands to get you Git-literate.
Internet insights on 2024 elections in the Netherlands, South Africa, Iceland, India, and Mexico
2024 brings a global increase in election activity. Here, we highlight traffic and cyberattack trends witnessed in countries like the Netherlands, South Africa, Iceland, India, and Mexico. Additionally, we provide an up-to-date 2024 Election Insights report on Cloudflare Radar
European Union elections 2024: securing democratic processes in light of new threats
Between 6 and 9 June 2024, hundreds of millions of EU citizens will be voting to elect their members of the European Parliament (MEPs). All EU member states have different election processes
Reader feedback: feed reader scores and "like" buttons
Ice Cream Ahead (June 2024 Wallpapers Edition) — Smashing Magazine
Let’s kick off June with some fresh inspiration! Artists and designers from across the globe once again tickled their creativity to celebrate the beginning of the new month with a collection of beautiful and unique wallpaper calendars.
The feed reader score service is now online
Data Fetching Patterns in Single-Page Applications
When a single-page application needs to fetch data from a remote source, it needs to do so while remaining responsive and providing feedback to the user during an often slow query. Five patterns help with this. Asynchronous State Handler wraps these queries with meta-queries for the state of the query. Parallel Data Fetching minimizes wait time. Fallback Markup specifies fallback displays in marku
GitHub and JFrog partner to unify code and binaries for DevSecOps
This partnership between GitHub and JFrog enables developers to manage code and binaries more efficiently on two of the most widely used developer platforms in the world.
I'm going to give this "reader score" thing a spin
What is Git? Our beginner’s guide to version control
Let’s get you started on your Git journey with basic concepts to know, plus a step-by-step on how to install and configure the most widely used version control system in the world.
So many feed readers, so many bizarre behaviors
Vercel Ship 2024 recap
Vercel Ship 2024 highlighted the integrations, ecosystem, and teams building the web's best products. Read the recap to catch up on all our announcements.
Introducing the Vercel Web Application Firewall
Introducing the Vercel Web Application Firewall: application-aware, Vercel-native protection that brings the web one step closer to being secure by default.