How to Build a Global Network that Complies with Local Law
Running a global network that complies with different privacy laws around the world requires coming back to the values that we have championed since our founding.
Encrypting your WAF Payloads with Hybrid Public Key Encryption (HPKE)
Allowing logging for payloads that trigger the Web Application Firewall has always led to end-user privacy concerns. We built encrypted matched payload logging to solve this!
Phishpoint back in full swing: an infamous Microsoft SharePoint spoof resumes with new tactics
Our researchers detected an updated wave of Microsoft SharePoint phish that are leveraging new COVID-19 restrictions to steal victims’ login information.
Securing the post-quantum world
As quantum computing matures, R&D efforts in cryptography are keeping pace. We’re working with academia and industry peers to create new cryptography standards resilient to quantum computer attacks.
Let’s Create a Lightweight Native Event Bus in JavaScript
An event bus is a design pattern (and while we’ll be talking about JavaScript here, it’s a design pattern in any language) that can be used to simplify
Why I love Tailwind
Max Stoiber wrote some interesting notes about why he loves Tailwind. (Max created styled-components, so he has some skin in the styling methodology game.)
How Netflix Scales its API with GraphQL Federation (Part 2)
Learn what’s needed to migrate to and run a federated GraphQL API platform successfully.
Feedback: errors, filesystems, magic numbers, and more
How To Design A Simple UI When You Have A Complex Solution — Smashing Magazine
Software and apps often solve very complex problems for businesses and consumers in the way of sales, marketing, finances, and so on. But offering a product that solves your users’ problems isn’t enough. If the UI is just as complex as the original problem, user churn is going to be high. Today, we’re going to look at some tips for designing a simple UI regardless of your solution’s complexity.
Cloudflare Certifications
We think trust is fundamental to building a better Internet. Cloudflare adheres to industry-standard security compliance certifications and regulations to help our customers earn their users’ trust.
Announcing Workplace Records for Cloudflare for Teams
Workplace Records uses Access and Gateway logs to provide the state and country from which employees are working. Workplace Records can be used to help finance, legal, and HR departments determine where payroll taxes are due and provide a record to defend those decisions.
Unconventional Stock Image Sources
This year, I learned that there is a wide world of free stock imagery available beyond Unsplash and Pexels. You see, I’ve been working on designing WordPress
Using CSS Custom Properties to Adjust Variable Font Weights in Dark Mode
Black isn’t always slimming.
Introducing the new Campus Advisors program
GitHub Campus Advisors are teachers who are enthusiastic about teaching with Git and GitHub. Whether or not they come from a technical background, they’re deeply passionate about technology and sharing…
Introducing the New (and Improved!) Campus Experts Program
What we look for from applicants, plus an overview of how the application process works.
Day 24: a short talk about blogging myths, and a debugging tip
Day 24: a short talk about blogging myths, and a debugging tip
Day 23: a little Rails testing
Day 23: a little Rails testing
Business and Engineering alignment
How to convince "the business folks" to let you do what you want.
How Instagram suggests new content
Designing a constrained exploration system […]
How do you test your tests?
Facebook’s codebase changes each day as engineers develop new features and optimizations for our apps. If not validated, each of these changes could potentially regress the functionality or reliability of our products for billions of people around the world. To mitigate this risk, we maintain an enormous suite of automated regression tests to cover various […]
On the whole CentOS thing
Simplify, Batch, and Cache: How We Optimized Server-side Storefront Rendering - Shopify
On December 16, 2020 we held Shipit! presents: Performance Tips from the Storefront Renderer Team. A video for the event is now available for you to learn more about how the team optimized this Ruby application for the particular use case of serving storefront traffic. Click here to watch the video. By Celso Dantas and Maxime Vaillancourt In the previous post about our new storefront rendering eng
Resiliency Planning for High-Traffic Events - Shopify
On January 27, 2021 Shipit!, our monthly event series, presented Building a Culture of Resiliency at Shopify. Learn about creating and maintaining resiliency plans for large development teams, testing and tooling, developing incident strategies, and incorporating and improving feedback loops. The video is now available. Each year, Black Friday Cyber Monday weekend represents the peak of activity f