Cloudflare account permissions, how to use them, and best practices
Cloudflare has a lot of new roles, how should we use them, and how can we stay safe
Calling all teachers! Learn how to build new commands on the GitHub Classroom CLI
In this step-by-step tutorial, we’ll dive into how you can become the next open source contributor to the GitHub Classroom CLI, building commands that you can use to improve your workflow as an educator!
Expressing my laziness in concrete ways
Typo traps: analyzing traffic to exmaple.com (or is it example.com?)
Cloudflare has owned exmaple.com for a few years now, but don’t confuse it with example.com! example.com is a reserved domain name set by the IANA, under the direction of the IETF.
What codegen is (actually) good for
Codegen isn't a replacement, but an extension of your programming. In this post, we share recommendations for using codegen to augment your workflows.
Announcing the GitHub Innovation Graph
Explore a universe of data about how the world is building software together on GitHub.
The customer stuck due to a hurricane who needed ssh
Work has changed. New research tells us why and what we might do about it
A new study highlights three forces shaping the future of work, and what sets the best teams apart from the chaos.
Introducing Learning Paths on Global Campus
Guiding student developers through skill building foundations, a building block in their learning journey with GitHub Education.
Memories of a really goofy phone from the late 80s
Facilitating Inclusive Online Workshops (Part 2) — Smashing Magazine
To help ensure the success of a workshop, Ben Shih introduces the concept of an inclusive workshop. In Part 2 of the series, you will continue to delve deeper into several key principles and guidelines that you can follow during and after the workshop to encourage an inclusive atmosphere.
The untapped opportunity at the bottom of your customer funnel
Businesses spend vast resources attracting customers, only to lose sales at the very last stage of the customer journey—the checkout. We’re releasing new features to our optimized checkout suite to help businesses change that.
New! Rate Limiting analytics and throttling
Cloudflare Analytics can now suggest rate limiting threshold based on historic traffic patterns. Rate Limiting also supports a throttle behavior
Add extra stuff to a "standard" encoding? Sure, why not.
How Smashing Magazine Uses TinaCMS To Manage An Editorial Workflow
This article is a peek behind the curtain of how content is managed here at Smashing Magazine. In it, you’ll get a tour of an article’s full lifecycle, from a basic outline to the sort of thing you’re reading right this second.
Introducing auto-triage rules for Dependabot
Make quick work of alerts with preset and custom rules.
In a git repository, where do your files live?
In a git repository, where do your files live?
Building companies means building careers: why I joined Cloudflare as Chief People Officer
We're excited to introduce Michele Yetman as Cloudflare's new Chief People Officer
Apply now for GitHub Universe 2023 micro-mentoring
As part of our ongoing commitment to accelerate human progress through Social Impact initiatives, we’re offering students 30-minute, 1:1 micro-mentoring sessions with GitHub employees ahead of Universe.
Facilitating Inclusive Online Workshops (Part 1) — Smashing Magazine
Running a workshop can be an effective alternative to traditional, long-standing meetings. To help ensure its success, Ben Shih introduces the concept of an inclusive workshop. In Part 1 of the series, you discover the fundamentals of inclusivity and get some solid guidance on how to plan an inclusive remote workshop.
Building a ShopifyQL Code Editor - Shopify
In October 2022, Shopify released ShopifyQL Notebooks, a first-party app that lets merchants analyze their shop data to make better decisions. It puts the power of ShopifyQL into merchants’ hands with a guided code editing experience. In order to provide a first-class editing experience, we turned to CodeMirror, a code editor framework built for the web. Out of the box, CodeMirror didn’t have supp
How the at-home workout sensation, Hydrow, cut authoring times from weeks to minutes
What’s next for Cloudflare One’s data protection suite
Cloudflare One just launched its data protection suite. This blog previews new functionality to protect data and code in SaaS environments with our DLP and CASB services and looks back on what we have built over the past year
My Summer Return Internship @ Slack: A Guide on Building on Past Experiences
Embarking on a journey Stepping out of SFO with the familiarity of the fogginess of the city, my story at Slack unfolds once again. As a return intern, I found myself prepped for another exciting summer, and this opportunity encompassed a renewed sense of anticipation — a mix between known pathways and new adventures. Returning…
The creator economy goes global
Stripe data shows that the creator economy has evolved but is still thriving. We’ve seen this evolution up close, as many of the largest creator platforms use Stripe Connect to onboard creators and pay out funds around the world.
Cloudflare Radar’s 2023 overview of new tools and insights
In this reading list, we want to highlight some of the new additions to Radar, as well as some of the Internet disruptions and trends we’ve observed and published posts about during this year
A September Of Never Ending Adventures (2023 Wallpapers Edition) — Smashing Magazine
Let’s get ready for September with some fresh wallpaper designs! Created with love by artists and designers from across the globe, the wallpapers in this collection come in versions with and without a calendar. Enjoy!
Why all application migrations should be incremental
Projects that require migrations should aim for incremental migrations
10 things you didn’t know you could do with GitHub Projects
Learn how to optimize your usage of GitHub Projects to plan and track your work from idea to production.
Game Bytes
Game Bytes is our monthly series taking a peek at the world of gamedev on GitHub—featuring game engine updates, game jam details, open source games, mods, maps, and more. Game on!
Star your favorite websites in the dashboard
You can now “star” up to 10 of the websites and applications you have on Cloudflare for quicker access
Creating an integrated business and technology strategy
To make fruitful use of technology, we need to align our technology thinking with underlying business plans. A technology strategy can drive this alignment, providing it properly integrates business and technology. We have developed a conceptual framework to help us with this strategic thinking, based on recognizing common aspects of strategic initiatives, leading us to identify eleven prevalent s
Introducing the 2023 Intern-ets!
This year, Cloudflare welcomed a class of ~40 interns for an unforgettable summer filled with invaluable mentorship, continuous learning, and the chance to make a real-world impact. Get ready to learn about the surprising world of Cloudflare interns in their own words
Demo Front-End
Have you ever attended a “demo” where developers were proudly showing screen after screen of JSON output from their API, while users were confused and distracted, unable to make any sense of it? Have you ever tried to use an API in development, and been frustrated by how difficult it is to find the correct JSON payload and header incantations to be able to test a feature? A Demo Front-End is a sim
Highlights from Git 2.42
Another new release of Git is here! Take a look at some of our highlights on what’s new in Git 2.42.
Simplifying payment methods code in our new API version
You can now configure payment method settings from the Dashboard—no code required. We call this integration path dynamic payment methods.
Build for today, transform for tomorrow at GitHub Universe 2023
Get tickets to our global developer and customer event for 30% off during our Super-Early Bird special, only for a limited time.
Release Radar
After the last Release Radar, I promised the next one wouldn’t be far away, so here it is. This is the low down on some of the best open source…
Knip: An Automated Tool For Finding Unused Files, Exports, And Dependencies — Smashing Magazine
Most of the projects have at least a few unused files, exports, and dependencies lying around, often because it’s difficult knowing when one thing relies on another and scary removing something you’re not sure is in use. Lars Kappert shares a tool he’s been working on that offers a solution.
Introducing scheduled deletion for Cloudflare Stream
Easily manage storage with scheduled deletion for Cloudflare Stream, available for live recordings and on-demand video
Debug Queues from the dash: send, list, and ack messages
Today, we are thrilled to share that customers can now debug their Queues directly from the Cloudflare dashboard. This new feature allows customers to send, list, and acknowledge messages in their Queues from the Cloudflare dashboard, enabling a more user-friendly way to interact with their Queues
Notes on using a single-person Mastodon server
Notes on using a single-person Mastodon server
Enhanced push protection features for developers and organizations
Introducing two new secret scanning push protection features that will enable individual developers to protect all their pushes and organizations to gain insights and trends across their repositories.
What helps people get comfortable on the command line?
What helps people get comfortable on the command line?
Some tactics for writing in public
Some tactics for writing in public
Is your work style written in the stars?
Product Research Intern Jacky Huang and Software Engineer Willy Wu discuss their FigJam widget that matches up your work style with the stars, and how fun is the future of collaborative work.
A checklist and guide to get your repository collaboration-ready
In the world of software development, collaboration can make the difference between a brittle last-minute release and a reliable, maintainable, pain-free project. Whether you’ve been coding for a day or a decade, your colleagues are there to help strengthen your work. But they can only help if you’ve given them the tools to do so.
Designing Accessible Text Over Images: Best Practices, Techniques, And Resources (Part 1) — Smashing Magazine
In this two-part series of articles, Hannah Milan covers the best practices when using various accessible text over images techniques for designing your web and mobile app content.
Integrate Cloudflare Zero Trust with Datadog Cloud SIEM
Today, we are very excited to announce the general availability of Cloudflare Zero Trust Integration with Datadog
Hardening Workers KV
A deep dive into the recent incidents relating to Workers KV, and how we’re going to fix them
Smashing Podcast Episode 64 With Alvin Bryan: What Is A Headless CMS? — Smashing Magazine
We’re talking about headless content management systems. What are they, and how do they differ from more traditional systems? Drew McLellan talks to Alvin Bryan to find out.
Living In The Moment (August 2023 Wallpapers Edition) — Smashing Magazine
New month, new wallpapers! In this post, you’ll find unique and inspiring wallpapers for August 2023. Created with love by the community for the community, they come in versions with and without a calendar. Enjoy!
Q2 2023 Internet disruption summary
In this post, we review selected Internet disruptions observed by Cloudflare during the second quarter of 2023, supported by traffic graphs from Cloudflare Radar and other internal Cloudflare tools, and grouped by associated cause or common geography
Throwing curveballs: Shopify’s secret for staying ahead of the game
By shaking up business as usual, managers encourage their teams to think bigger—from roadmap planning to retros.
Modern Technology And The Future Of Language Translation — Smashing Magazine
The field of language translation has never been more exciting. Explore the evolution of language translation platforms, how we got to where we are today, and what advancements we can look forward to in the coming years.
Beta version of major SwiftyDropbox update available
Check out an updated version of the Dropbox Swift SDK with significant new features
Game Bytes
Game Bytes is our monthly series taking a peek at the world of gamedev on GitHub—featuring game engine updates, game jam details, open source games, mods, maps, and more. Game on!
Measuring the Internet's pulse: trending domains now on Cloudflare Radar
Today, we are improving our Domain Rankings page and adding Trending Domains lists
The Art Of Looking Back: A Critical Reflection For Individual Contributors — Smashing Magazine
Discover the importance of critical reflective practice and challenge some beliefs about reflection and its role in our work and growth. Kristian Mikhel suggests a critical reflective routine for individual contributors and gives some practical recommendations that will make reflection meaningful and actionable.
Cloudflare Zaraz steps up: general availability and new pricing
Cloudflare Zaraz has transitioned out of beta and is now generally available to all customers. It is included under the free, paid, and enterprise plans of the Cloudflare Developer Platform. Visit our docs to learn more on our different plans
