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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
Performance — Network performance update: Birthday Week 2024

Network performance update: Birthday Week 2024

Since June 2021, we’ve been measuring and ranking our network performance against the top global networks in the world. We use this data to improve our performance, and to share the results of those initiatives. In this post, we’re going to share with you how network performance has changed since our last post in March 2024, and discuss the tools and processes we are using to assess network perfor

EMEmily MusicEmily Music·September 23, 2024Performance
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
SRE & Ops — Cloudflare incident on September 17, 2024

Cloudflare incident on September 17, 2024

On September 17, 2024, during planned routine maintenance, Cloudflare stopped announcing 15 IPv4 prefixes, affecting some Business plan websites for approximately one hour. During this time, IPv4 traffic for these customers would not have reached Cloudflare and users attempting to connect to websites using addresses within those prefixes would have received errors.

JAJoe AbleyJoe Abley·September 20, 2024SRE & Ops
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
Frontend — Quick Hit #21

Quick Hit #21

Seeing a lot more headlines decrying JavaScript and pumping up PHP. Always interesting to see which direction the front-end zeitgeist is leaning.

GGGeoff GrahamGeoff Graham·September 20, 2024Frontend
AI & ML — AI SDK 3.4

AI SDK 3.4

AI SDK 3.4 introduces middleware, data stream protocol, and multi-step generations

VVercel·September 20, 2024AI & ML
Frontend — From CDNs to Frontend Clouds

From CDNs to Frontend Clouds

Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) and Infrastructure as code (IaC) evolved into the next generation of web application delivery.

VVercel·September 20, 2024Frontend
Security — How Cloudflare is helping domain owners with the upcoming Entrust CA distrust by Chrome and Mozilla

How Cloudflare is helping domain owners with the upcoming Entrust CA distrust by Chrome and Mozilla

Chrome and Mozilla will stop trusting Entrust’s public TLS certificates issued after November 2024 due to concerns about Entrust’s compliance with security standards. In response, Entrust is partnering with SSL.com to continue providing trusted certificates. Cloudflare will support SSL.com as a CA, simplifying certificate management for customers using Entrust by automating issuance and renewals.

DDinaDina·September 19, 2024Security
Design & UX — Embracing Introversion In UX — Smashing Magazine

Embracing Introversion In UX — Smashing Magazine

This article aims to celebrate the power of introversion in UX research and design. Victor Yocco debunks common misconceptions, explores the unique strengths introverted researchers and designers bring to the table, and offers practical tips for thriving in a field that sometimes seems tailored for extroverts.

VVictoryoccoVictoryocco·September 19, 2024Design & UX
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
Frontend — SVG Coding Examples: Useful Recipes For Writing Vectors By Hand — Smashing Magazine

SVG Coding Examples: Useful Recipes For Writing Vectors By Hand — Smashing Magazine

Myriam Frisano explores the basics of hand-coding SVGs with practical examples to demystify the inner workings of common SVG elements. In this guide, you’ll learn about asking the right questions to solve common positioning problems and how to leverage JavaScript so that, by the end, you can add “SVG coding” to your toolbox. You’ll also be able to declare proudly, “I know how to draw literal pictu

MFMyriam FrisanoMyriam Frisano·September 18, 2024Frontend