How the data center site selection process works at Dropbox
Meet Chrono, our scalable, consistent, metadata caching solution
What’s new with Robinhood, our in-house load balancing service
By leveraging PID controllers, Robinhood can now more quickly and effectively manage load imbalances.
New year, no shutdowns: the Q1 2025 Internet disruption summary
In Q1 2025, we observed Internet disruptions around the world caused by cable damage, power outages, natural disasters, fire, a cyberattack, and technical problems. Interestingly, no government-directed shutdowns were observed during the quarter.
Exploring GitHub CLI: How to interact with GitHub’s GraphQL API endpoint
Discover practical tips and tricks for forming effective GraphQL queries and mutations.
Impossible Components
Composing across the stack.
Racing into 2025 with new GitHub Innovation Graph data
Discover the latest trends and insights on public software development activity on GitHub with the quarterly release of data for the Innovation Graph, updated through December 2024.
How to take climate action with your code
There are 60,000+ climate-focused projects on GitHub, explore one this Earth Day!
How we tested the conversion impact of global payment methods
Learn about some of the key decisions we made, and lessons we learned, as we ran a statistically significant experiment to measure the global impact of 50+ payment methods.
JSX Over The Wire
Turning your API inside-out.
Why I joined Cloudflare- to build world-class partnerships in EMEA
The EMEA region is a patchwork of diverse markets, industries, and regulatory environments, and it demands a partner-centric approach. That’s why I joined Cloudflare as VP of EMEA Partnerships.
Developer Week 2025 wrap-up
We’ve closed out Developer Week 2025. Here’s a quick recap of the announcements and in-depth technical explorations that went out during the week.
Why I joined Cloudflare as Chief People Officer — Kelly Russell
After years navigating the world of high-growth tech I’ve learned to recognize a truly special opportunity when I see one. That’s exactly what I have found at Cloudflare and why I’m thrilled to join as Chief People Officer.
A next-generation Certificate Transparency log built on Cloudflare Workers
Learn about recent developments in Certificate Transparency (CT), and how we built a next-generation CT log on top of Cloudflare's Developer Platform.
Startup Program update: empowering every stage of the startup journey
Cloudflare’s Startup Program offers up to $250,000 in credits for companies building on our Developer Platform across 4 tiers: $5,000, $25,000, $100,000, and $250,000.
R2 Data Catalog: Managed Apache Iceberg tables with zero egress fees
R2 Data Catalog is now in public beta: a managed Apache Iceberg data catalog built directly into your R2 bucket.
Finding a forever home for FigPals
A tribute to our beloved FigPals—and a surprise to keep them close forever.
That health is mental
Disclaimer : Trigger warning: depression, talk of suicide. It’s been a while since I wrote a mental health piece — but I think it’s important to occasionally stop, take a breather, and think about how we feel. So. deep breath I’m okay, I think? Just a little restless. A bit of personal context For those keeping score, I went through major life events in 2023 — a divorce, a move, and the news that
CYPEX Online Academy - Application Designer Section
The CYPEX Application Designer is a low-code development platform. Provides a wealth of functionality; quickly build beautiful, efficient apps
Welcome to Developer Week 2025
We’re kicking off Cloudflare’s 2025 Developer Week — our innovation week dedicated to announcements for developers.
Social Media Engagement in Early 2025
Comparing engagement on two dozen recent social media posts
Improve your media pipelines with the Images binding for Cloudflare Workers
Media-rich applications require image and video pipelines that integrate seamlessly with the rest of your technology stack. Here’s how the Images binding enables you to build more flexible, programmatic workflows.
A steam locomotive from 1993 broke my yarn test
Yarn tests fail consistently at the 27-second mark. The usual suspects are swiftly eliminated to no avail. A deep dive is taken to comb through traces, only to be derailed into an unexpected crash investigation.
“You get Instant Purge, and you get Instant Purge!” — all purge methods now available to all customers
Following up on having the fastest purge in the industry, we have now increased Instant Purge quotas across all Cloudflare plans.
Blossoms, Flowers, And The Magic Of Spring (April 2025 Wallpapers Edition) — Smashing Magazine
The beginning of the new month is the perfect opportunity to give your desktop a makeover. If you’re looking for some beautiful and unique wallpapers to cater for a bit of inspiration this April, well, this post has got you covered.
Three chapters at Cloudflare: Programmer to CTO to Board of Directors
Today, after more than 13 years at the company, I am joining Cloudflare’s board of directors and retiring from my full-time position as CTO.
Project Jengo for Sable — final winners!
With Cloudflare’s victory against patent trolls Sable IP and Sable Networks in the books, it’s time to close out the case’s Project Jengo competition.
Problems with the heap
Open-sourcing OpenPubkey SSH (OPKSSH): integrating single sign-on with SSH
OPKSSH (OpenPubkey SSH) is now open-sourced as part of the OpenPubkey project. This enables users and organizations to configure SSH to work with single sign-on technologies like OpenID Connect, removing the need to manually manage & configure SSH keys without adding a trusted party other than your IdP.
My First Experience Speaking at PGDay Paris 2025
Find out more about my first visit to PGDay Paris 2025 in this blog post, what I experienced and what lessons I learnt.
You might want to stop running atop
Detecting sensitive data and misconfigurations in AWS and GCP with Cloudflare One
Using Cloudflare’s CASB, integrate, scan, and detect sensitive data and misconfigurations in your cloud storage accounts.
Enhance data protection in Microsoft Outlook with Cloudflare One’s new DLP Assist
Customers can now easily safeguard sensitive data in Microsoft Outlook with our new DLP Assist feature.
Cloudflare named a leader in Web Application Firewall Solutions in 2025 Forrester report
Forrester Research has recognized Cloudflare as a Leader in its The Forrester Wave™: Web Application Firewall Solutions, Q1 2025 report.
Improved support for private applications and reusable access policies with Cloudflare Access
We are excited to introduce support for private hostname and IP address-defined applications as well as reusable access policies. These updates extend Access’s capabilities to better protect private resources and streamline policy management for administrators.
The Road Not Taken is Guaranteed Minimum Income
The dream is incomplete until we share it with our fellow Americans.
Video: How to create checklists in Markdown for easier task tracking
Ever wondered how to create checklists in your GitHub repositories, Issues, and PRs? Make task lists more manageable in your GitHub repositories, issues, and pull requests.
Unleashing improved context for threat actor activity with our Cloudforce One threat events platform
Gain real-time insights into the ever-evolving landscape of cyber threats with our new threat events platform. This tool empowers your cybersecurity defense with actionable intelligence, allowing you to stay ahead of attacks and protect your critical assets.
Karri Saarinen’s 10 rules for crafting products that stand out
Linear’s CEO shares his approach to quality and craft—catch him at Config 2025 alongside a lineup of makers redefining tech’s future.
Web Components Demystified
Scott Jehl released a course called Web Components Demystified. This is my full set of notes from Scott's course. You'll still want to take the course on your own, and I encourage you to because Scott is an excellent teacher who makes all of this stuff extremely accessible, even to noobs like me.
Highlights from Git 2.49
The open source Git project just released Git 2.49. Here is GitHub’s look at some of the most interesting features and changes introduced since last time.
Why Java endures: The foundation of modern enterprise development
For 30 years, Java has been a cornerstone of enterprise software development. Here’s why—and how to learn Java.
Bugs, bugs, bugs!
Dynamically optimize, clip, and resize video from any origin with Media Transformations
With Cloudflare Stream’s new Media Transformations, content owners can resize, crop, clip, and optimize short-form video, all without migrating storage.
Standards for ANSI escape codes
Let's Talk About The American Dream
A few months ago I wrote about what it means to stay gold — to hold on to the best parts of ourselves, our communities, and the American Dream itself. But staying gold isn’t passive. It takes work. It takes action. It takes hard conversations that ask us to confront where we’ve been, where we are, and who we want to be. That’s why I’m incredibly honored to be joining Alexander Vindman in giving a
PGDay Austria Returns
We are delighted to announce that PGDay Austria will be returning to Vienna in 2025. Find all updates on the event here.
More thoughts on the 1670 modem's weird noises
Why everyone can (and should) be a great storyteller
Here’s why writing matters—and how to be a storyteller that brings ideas to life.
Atlas startups can now accept payments prior to receiving their EIN
Founders can now accept payments immediately after incorporation, while Atlas handles the IRS filings in the background.
Summarizing the last 45 days of feed reader behaviors
Cloudflare’s 2024 Transparency Reports - now live with new data and a new format
Cloudflare’s 2024 Transparency Reports are now live — with new topics, new data points, and a new format, consistent with the EU’s Digital Services Act. Read on to learn more about Cloudflare’s longstanding commitment to transparency reporting and the key updates we made in this year’s reports.
Two modems, a length of line cord, and no battery
Sunshine And March Vibes (2025 Wallpapers Edition) — Smashing Magazine
Do you need a little inspiration boost? Well, then our new batch of desktop wallpapers is for you. Designed by the community for the community, the wallpapers in this collection are the perfect opportunity to get your desktop ready for spring — and, who knows, maybe they’ll spark some new ideas, too. Enjoy!
A Million Little Secrets
I spent the past few weeks packing as many easter eggs as I could into my latest project, and in this blog post, I want to dig into some of the more interesting details! If you’re interested in animations/interactions, you’ll want to check this one out; I share a bunch of my favourite secrets and tricks. 😄
Answering reader feedback: war rooms vs. deep investigations
Double click: When coding becomes conversation
Developers are embracing a new way of building software that’s more conversation than code. But is it more mayhem than magic?
Engaging with the developer community on our approach to content moderation
We share the full year 2024 data update on our Transparency Center and highlight how developers can engage with us on our site policies and content moderation.
