Entering text in the terminal is complicated
Entering text in the terminal is complicated
Useful Customer Journey Maps (+ Figma & Miro Templates) — Smashing Magazine
Visualize the user experience with user journey maps. Here are some helpful templates, real-world applications, and insights on the importance of mapping both successful and unsuccessful touchpoints. Part of [Smart Interface Design Patterns](https://smart-interface-design-patterns.com) by yours truly.
UK election day 2024: traffic trends and attacks on political parties
Here, we explore the dynamics of Internet traffic and cybersecurity during the UK’s 2024 general election, highlighting late-day traffic changes and a post-vote attack on a political party
Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 incident on June 27, 2024
On June 27, 2024, a small number of users globally may have noticed that 1.1.1.1 was unreachable or degraded. The root cause was a mix of BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) hijacking and a route leak
Function streaming to be framework-agnostic on Vercel
Function streaming now framework-agnostic on Vercel.
Declare your AIndependence: block AI bots, scrapers and crawlers with a single click
To help preserve a safe Internet for content creators, we’ve just launched a brand new “easy button” to block all AI bots. It’s available for all customers, including those on our free tier
First round of French election: party attacks and a modest traffic dip
How Cloudflare mitigated DDoS attacks targeting French political parties during the 2024 legislative elections, as detailed in our ongoing election coverage
Reasons to use your shell's job control
Reasons to use your shell's job control
Swiss PGDay 2024 and PG conferences in general
Read about my impressions from the Swiss PGDay 2024 and learn why you should attend PostgreSQL conferences yourself.
Unlocking Efficiency and Performance: Navigating the Spark 3 and EMR 6 Upgrade Journey at Slack
Slack Data Engineering recently underwent data workload migration from AWS EMR 5 (Spark 2/Hive 2 processing engine) to EMR 6 (Spark 3 processing engine). In this blog, we will share our migration journey, challenges, and the performance gains we observed in the process. This blog aims to assist Data Engineers, Data Infrastructure Engineers, and Product…
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
How the first 2024 US presidential debate influenced Internet traffic and security trends
See how the first 2024 US presidential debate between Biden and Trump influenced Internet traffic patterns, email trends, and heightened cybersecurity concerns across digital platforms
Supporting Postgres Named Prepared Statements in Hyperdrive
Hyperdrive (Cloudflare’s globally distributed SQL connection pooler and cache) recently added support for Postgres protocol-level named prepared statements across pooled connections. We dive deep on what it took to add this feature
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
Proactive Measures Against Password Breaches and Cookie Hijacking
At Slack, we’re committed to security that goes beyond the ordinary. We continuously strive to earn and maintain user trust by safeguarding critical components integral to every user’s experience. From passwords to session cookies, and tokens to webhooks, we prioritize protecting everything essential to how users log into the platform and remain authenticated. Through proactive…
How To Improve Your Microcopy: UX Writing Tips For Non-UX Writers — Smashing Magazine
Interface copy plays a crucial role in the overall user experience, helping guide users smoothly, allowing them to navigate easily through the app, discover and start using product features, and more. In this article, you’ll find simple, practical tips and a checklist to help you create a clear and concise microcopy, ensuring a seamless user experience.
Embedded function calling in Workers AI: easier, smarter, faster
Introducing a new way to do function calling in Workers AI by running function code alongside your inference. Plus, a new @cloudflare/ai-utils package to make getting started as simple as possible
Cloudflare incident on June 20, 2024
A new DDoS rule resulted in an increase in error responses and latency for Cloudflare customers. Here’s how it went wrong, and what we’ve learned
Automatically replacing polyfill.io links with Cloudflare’s mirror for a safer Internet
polyfill.io, a popular JavaScript library service, can no longer be trusted and should be removed from websites
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.
Why are we so afraid of code as a commodity?
An exploration of the problems that AI can currently solve, and where there is whitespace to go beyond that.