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Distributed — Introducing Waiting Room Bypass Rules

Introducing Waiting Room Bypass Rules

Waiting Room now offers customers more fine-tuned control over what traffic a waiting room covers. Queue only the traffic you want to with Bypass Waiting Room Rules, now available to all Enterprise customers with an Advanced Purchase of Waiting Room.

APArielle, PiperArielle, Piper·January 19, 2023Distributed
Performance — Ruby 3.2’s YJIT is Production-Ready - Shopify

Ruby 3.2’s YJIT is Production-Ready - Shopify

YJIT, a just-in-time (JIT) implementation on top of CRuby built at Shopify, is now production-ready and delivering major improvements to performance and speed. Maxime shares the updates that have been made in this newest version of YJIT, and future plans for further optimization.

SEShopify Engineering·January 17, 2023Performance
Engineering — Code Documentation, Streamlined — Smashing Magazine

Code Documentation, Streamlined — Smashing Magazine

Writing code documentation can be overwhelming when there’s no smooth process in place. Streamlining best practices and setting automation in your favor works a long way toward getting permanently up-to-date content that reflects the important pieces of your codebase.

AFAtila FassinaAtila Fassina·January 17, 2023Engineering
Performance — Optimizing The Image Element LCP — Smashing Magazine

Optimizing The Image Element LCP — Smashing Magazine

Largest Contentful Paint (or LCP) is a major web performance KPI which is still a new concept for many web developers since it became a ranking factor just recently. In this article, Eloïse Martin provides an overview of the best practices for the integration and optimization of an LCP image.

EMEloise Martin·January 16, 2023Performance
Security — CIO Week 2023 recap

CIO Week 2023 recap

Learn about all the new products, partnerships, and innovations Cloudflare announced during CIO Week to help organizations modernize their IT and security.

JCJames Chang, Corey MahanJames Chang, Corey Mahan·January 13, 2023Security