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Networking — Bombyx is being licensed for product development

Bombyx is being licensed for product development

When we first conceived of our aerial fiber deployment solution, Bombyx (the Latin name for a silk moth), we imagined a robot weaving strands of fiber-optic cables over powerlines, helping human workers quickly connect communities even in very rural or remote locations. Now, after years of successful research, Bombyx is taking the next steps in […]

CWChris Wiltz·May 22, 2023Networking
Databases — D1: We turned it up to 11

D1: We turned it up to 11

We've been heads down iterating on D1, and we've just shipped a major new version that's substantially faster, more reliable, and introduces Time Travel: the ability to restore a D1 database to any point in time.

SGSilverlock, GlenSilverlock, Glen·May 19, 2023Databases
Frontend — Workers Browser Rendering API enters open beta

Workers Browser Rendering API enters open beta

The Workers Browser Rendering API allows developers to programmatically control and interact with a headless browser instance and create automation flows for their applications and products. Today we enter the open beta and start onboarding our customers.

CJCelso, Joshua ClaeysCelso, Joshua Claeys·May 19, 2023Frontend
Performance — Developer Week Performance Update: Spotlight on R2

Developer Week Performance Update: Spotlight on R2

For Developer Week 2023, we’re going to be looking at one of the newest Cloudflare developer offerings and how it compares to an alternative when retrieving assets from buckets: R2 versus Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3).

TATubes, Alex KuckTubes, Alex Kuck·May 19, 2023Performance
Engineering — Announcing Cloudflare Secrets Store

Announcing Cloudflare Secrets Store

Introducing Secrets Store by Cloudflare - the ultimate solution for managing your application secrets securely. Safeguard sensitive information, track access, and maintain ease of use.

DDinaDina·May 18, 2023Engineering
Engineering — Building Cloudflare on Cloudflare

Building Cloudflare on Cloudflare

Cloudflare was originally built as native services, but we’re building more and more of it on Cloudflare itself. This post describes how and why we’re doing this.

RRichardRichard·May 18, 2023Engineering
Engineering — How Cloudflare is powering the next generation of platforms with Workers

How Cloudflare is powering the next generation of platforms with Workers

Workers for Platforms is our Workers offering for customers building new platforms on Cloudflare Workers. Let’s take a look back and recap why we built Workers for Platforms, show you some of the most interesting problems our customers have been solving and share new features that are now available!

NTNathan, TanushreeNathan, Tanushree·May 18, 2023Engineering
Architecture — Modernizing the toolbox for Cloudflare Pages builds

Modernizing the toolbox for Cloudflare Pages builds

A new beta build system is now available for Cloudflare Pages. We've updated our default languages and tools, and made some exciting underlying architecture changes. You can enable it in your project settings in the dashboard today.

GBGreg BrimbleGreg Brimble·May 17, 2023Architecture
Networking — A whole new Quick Edit in Cloudflare Workers

A whole new Quick Edit in Cloudflare Workers

We’re proud to announce an improved dashboard editor experience that allows users to edit multimodule Workers, use real edge previews, and debug their Workers more easily - all powered by Workers and VSCode for the Web.

SASamuel, Adam MurraySamuel, Adam Murray·May 17, 2023Networking