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Databases — Announcing Cloudflare’s Database Partners

Announcing Cloudflare’s Database Partners

Cloudflare introduces Macrometa and Fauna as Edge database partners and adds database connectors for DynamoDB and Aurora to Cloudflare Workers, expanding what developers can build at the edge.

GAGreg, AbhiGreg, Abhi·April 16, 2021Databases
Engineering — Cloudflare Stream now supports NFTs

Cloudflare Stream now supports NFTs

Today, we’re introducing a new API that takes an ERC-721 token ID and contact address and sets it on a video so every video on Stream can be represented with an NFT.

RRenanRenan·April 16, 2021Engineering
SRE & Ops — DIT — enabling de-identified data collection on WhatsApp

DIT — enabling de-identified data collection on WhatsApp

At WhatsApp, privacy is our DNA. That’s why we rolled out end-to-end encryption in 2016 — so that when messages are end-to-end encrypted, only you and your intended recipients can see the messages you send. But securing messages and calls is just one part of how we minimize the information we collect in the process […]

CWChris Wiltz·April 16, 2021SRE & Ops
Design & UX — Seven Mistakes To Avoid In Your Technical Interviews — Smashing Magazine

Seven Mistakes To Avoid In Your Technical Interviews — Smashing Magazine

It’s no secret that the technical interview process leaves something to be desired; it’s often riddled with anxiety and stress. From the recruiter’s phone call to the systems design interview to negotiating a job offer, there is no all-encompassing technical interview resource, so Emma Bostian decided to create one. In this article, Emma Bostian is going to take a look at seven of the most common

EBEmma BostianEmma Bostian·April 16, 2021Design & UX
Security — Announcing Cloudflare for SaaS for Everyone

Announcing Cloudflare for SaaS for Everyone

Before today, SSL for SaaS was only available to Enterprise customers. Today, we are excited to announce that our SaaS solution is available to everyone. And to reflect the evolution of the product since it was first released, we’re changing the name: Cloudflare for SaaS.

DDinaDina·April 15, 2021Security
Engineering — A Boring Announcement: Free Tunnels for Everyone

A Boring Announcement: Free Tunnels for Everyone

Argo Tunnel has been priced based on bandwidth consumption as part of Argo Smart Routing, Cloudflare’s traffic acceleration feature. Starting today, we’re excited to announce that any organization can use the secure, outbound-only connection feature of the product at no cost.

AAbeAbe·April 15, 2021Engineering
Frontend — A Zero Trust terminal in your web browser

A Zero Trust terminal in your web browser

Starting today, your team can use that same platform to seamlessly connect to non-HTTP resources from inside of a browser with the same level of Zero Trust control available in web applications.

SSamSam·April 15, 2021Frontend
Performance — How To Get Web Design Clients Fast (Part 2) — Smashing Magazine

How To Get Web Design Clients Fast (Part 2) — Smashing Magazine

If you’re an agency owner, you know that you need customers to grow. No matter how big your dreams are, customers are the lifeblood of your business. But you’re probably wondering — how do you attract quality, high-paying clients?Selling is key to growing your web design business, but it doesn’t have to be complicated! With clear goals, customer research, and proven closing techniques, anyone can

SRStephen RoeStephen Roe·April 15, 2021Performance
Performance — From Cats With Love: New Navigation, Guides And Workshops — Smashing Magazine

From Cats With Love: New Navigation, Guides And Workshops — Smashing Magazine

At Smashing, we’ve been busy over the last few months. We’ve set up new workshops, redesigned our navigation, refined performance and improved accessibility. There are subtle UX changes coming in, and we’d love to share what we’ve been cooking. A sincere thank you for your kind, ongoing support and generosity — thank you for being smashing, now and ever!

VFVitaly FriedmanVitaly Friedman·April 15, 2021Performance
Frontend — Overflow Issues In CSS — Smashing Magazine

Overflow Issues In CSS — Smashing Magazine

You may have come across horizontal scrollbar issues, especially on mobile, if you’re a front-end developer. Because there are many causes of scrollbar problems, there is no straightforward solution. Some issues can be fixed quickly, and some need a little debugging skill. In this article, Ahmad Shadeed will explore the causes of overflow issues and how to solve them. We will also explore how mode

ASAhmad ShadeedAhmad Shadeed·April 14, 2021Frontend
AI & ML — Bringing AI to the edge with NVIDIA GPUs

Bringing AI to the edge with NVIDIA GPUs

To help anyone build AI-based applications Cloudflare is extending the Workers platform to include support for NVIDIA GPUs and TensorFlow. Soon you’ll be able to build AI-based applications that run across the Cloudflare network using pre-built or custom models for inference.

JGJohn Graham CummingJohn Graham Cumming·April 13, 2021AI & ML