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Networking — Cloudflare Radar's new BGP origin hijack detection system

Cloudflare Radar's new BGP origin hijack detection system

BGP origin hijacks allow attackers to intercept, monitor, redirect, or drop traffic destined for the victim's networks. We explain how Cloudflare built its BGP hijack detection system, from its design and implementation to its integration on Cloudflare Radar

MCMingwei, CelsoMingwei, Celso·July 28, 2023Networking
Engineering — Q2 2023 Internet disruption summary

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

DBDavid BelsonDavid Belson·July 27, 2023Engineering
AI & ML — How To Use Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning To Summarize Chat Conversations — Smashing Magazine

How To Use Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning To Summarize Chat Conversations — Smashing Magazine

In this article, we’ll explore how to build a chat summarizer using the Cohere API and deploy it as a web application using Gradio.[ Cohere](https://cohere.com/) is an AI platform that provides state-of-the-art natural language processing models for a variety of tasks, including summarization. We’ll cover the steps involved in training the summarizer using sample chat conversations, interacting wi

JPJoas PambouJoas Pambou·July 27, 2023AI & ML
Performance — Shopify’s platform is the Web platform - Shopify

Shopify’s platform is the Web platform - Shopify

Remix is now the recommended way to build Admin apps on Shopify. With Remix, you get a best-in-class developer experience while ensuring exceptional out-of-the-box performance for your app. Remix embraces the web platform and web standards, allowing web developers to use more of their existing knowledge and skills.

SEShopify Engineering·July 26, 2023Performance
Career & Teams — Service Delivery Index: A Driver for Reliability

Service Delivery Index: A Driver for Reliability

Customer-first: Moving from Hero Engineering to Reliability Engineering From the beginning, Slack has always had a strong focus on the customer experience, and customer love is one of our core values. Slack has grown from a small team to thousands of employees over the years and this customer love has always included a focus on…

RKRyan Katkov·July 26, 2023Career & Teams
Engineering — Game Bytes

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!

LRLee ReillyLee Reilly·July 25, 2023Engineering