The Case For Minimal WordPress Setups: A Contrarian View On Theme Frameworks — Smashing Magazine
Modern frameworks are supposed to help speed up development while providing modern tools and a developer-friendly workflow. In reality, Kevin Leary has found that they cause far more problems than they solve. This ultimately leads to the big question: why are modern theme frameworks so popular, and do they really benefit developers in the long run?
How Fluid compute works on Vercel
See how Fluid combines server efficiency and serverless flexibility by reusing compute before creating new resources, reducing cold starts, and running in unconstrained environments while staying secure and fast. Cut compute costs by up to 85%.
Using the AI SDK to build Sitecore Stream's AI-powered brand aware assistant
An Insider’s Tips for Taking the Certified Backstage Associate (CBA) Exam
TL;DR There’s a brand new engineering certification in town: Certified Backstage Associate (CBA). Offered through The Linux Foundation, the certification shows that you have the skills and knowledge to build and manage Backstage — the open framework for internal developer portals (IDPs) that was developed at Spotify and is now used at thousands of companies around the world. If you’re interested i
Cloudflare’s 2024 Transparency Reports - now live with new data and a new format
Cloudflare’s 2024 Transparency Reports are now live — with new topics, new data points, and a new format, consistent with the EU’s Digital Services Act. Read on to learn more about Cloudflare’s longstanding commitment to transparency reporting and the key updates we made in this year’s reports.
A CSS-Only Star Rating Component and More! (Part 1)
In this article, you'll learn how to make a full-on star rating component out of nothing but a single input element and vanilla CSS.
Two modems, a length of line cord, and no battery
Sunshine And March Vibes (2025 Wallpapers Edition) — Smashing Magazine
Do you need a little inspiration boost? Well, then our new batch of desktop wallpapers is for you. Designed by the community for the community, the wallpapers in this collection are the perfect opportunity to get your desktop ready for spring — and, who knows, maybe they’ll spark some new ideas, too. Enjoy!
Some TXT about, and A PTR to, new DNS insights on Cloudflare Radar
The new Cloudflare Radar DNS page provides increased visibility into aggregate traffic and usage trends seen by our 1.1.1.1 resolver. In addition to global, location, and ASN traffic trends, we are also providing perspectives on protocol usage, query/response characteristics, and DNSSEC usage.
Train the Trainer
PostgreSQL courses are an integral part of all our endeavors. Benefit from our long training experience and become a certified trainer.
Save time on building decks—without sacrificing design
From extensive image libraries to design cleanup, plugins for Slides are here to help you prepare and polish your presentation.
The Human Element: Using Research And Psychology To Elevate Data Storytelling — Smashing Magazine
Effective data storytelling isn’t a black box. By integrating UX research & psychology, you can craft more impactful and persuasive narratives. Victor Yocco and Angelica Lo Duca outline a five-step framework that provides a roadmap for creating data stories that resonate with audiences on both a cognitive and emotional level.
Making Cloudflare the best platform for building AI Agents
Today we’re excited to share a few announcements on how we’re making it even easier to build AI agents on Cloudflare, including a new agents-sdk, a new JavaScript agents framework, and updates to Workers AI.
Emerging Patterns in Building GenAI Products
As we move software products using generative AI technology from proof-of-concepts into production systems, we are uncovering a range of common patterns. Evals play a central role in ensuring that these non-deterministic systems are operating within sensible boundaries. Large Language Models need enhancement to provide information beyond a generic and static training set. Most of the time we can d
Community managers in action: Leading a developer community for good
GitHub’s Digital Public Goods Open Source Community Manager Program just wrapped up a second successful year, helping Community Managers gain experience in using open source for good.
How Meta is translating its Java codebase to Kotlin
Meta has been working to shift its Android codebase from Java to Kotlin, a newer language for Android development that offers some key advantages over Java. We’ve even open sourced various examples and utilities we used to in our migration to manipulate Kotlin code. So how do you translate roughly tens of millions of lines of Java […]
A Million Little Secrets
I spent the past few weeks packing as many easter eggs as I could into my latest project, and in this blog post, I want to dig into some of the more interesting details! If you’re interested in animations/interactions, you’ll want to check this one out; I share a bunch of my favourite secrets and tricks. 😄
Integrating Vercel and Sitecore for 2x faster development times and 111% higher conversions
Answering reader feedback: war rooms vs. deep investigations
How to debug code with GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot can streamline your debugging process by troubleshooting in your IDE, analyzing pull requests, and more, helping you tackle issues faster and more robustly.
Vercel security roundup: Faster defenses and better visibility for your apps
Learn how Vercel's security product updates improved traffic visibility, enhanced mitigation techniques, and resulted in blocking billions of malicious attacks.
Double click: When coding becomes conversation
Developers are embracing a new way of building software that’s more conversation than code. But is it more mayhem than magic?
Engaging with the developer community on our approach to content moderation
We share the full year 2024 data update on our Transparency Center and highlight how developers can engage with us on our site policies and content moderation.
