GitHub for Beginners: How to get LLMs to do what you want
Learn how to write effective prompts and troubleshoot results in this installment of our GitHub for Beginners series.
Mobile GraphQL at Meta in 2025
Mobile GraphQL is a framework used at Meta for fetching data in mobile applications using GraphQL, a strongly-typed, declarative query language. At Meta it handles data fetching for apps like Facebook and Instagram. Sabrina, a software engineer on Meta’s Mobile GraphQL Platform Team, joins Pascal Hartig on the Meta Tech podcast to discuss the evolution […]
Blossoms, Flowers, And The Magic Of Spring (April 2025 Wallpapers Edition) — Smashing Magazine
The beginning of the new month is the perfect opportunity to give your desktop a makeover. If you’re looking for some beautiful and unique wallpapers to cater for a bit of inspiration this April, well, this post has got you covered.
Impromptu disaster recovery
Background im-promp-tu ( im-ˈpräm(p)-(ˌ)tü ) made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment: improvised composed or uttered without previous preparation: extemporaneous Merriam-Webster On March 18th, 2025, I thought I would look into self-hosted project management solutions — something kanban-y, but.. better? This one does not spark joy. After discovering that Teamhood was awesome (an
How To Argue Against AI-First Research — Smashing Magazine
Companies have been turning their attention to “synthetic,” AI-driven user testing. However, as convenient as it might seem, it’s dangerous, expensive, and usually diminishes user value. Let’s take a closer look at why exactly it is problematic and how we can argue against it to make a case for UX research with real users. Part of [Smart Interface Design Patterns](https://smart-interface-design-pa
Three chapters at Cloudflare: Programmer to CTO to Board of Directors
Today, after more than 13 years at the company, I am joining Cloudflare’s board of directors and retiring from my full-time position as CTO.
Semantic Search in PostgreSQL: An Overview
PostgreSQL enhances search capabilities with extensions like pgvector, enabling advanced semantic search. Find out more in this blog posting.
5 GitHub Actions every maintainer needs to know
With these actions, you can keep your open source projects organized, minimize repetitive and manual tasks, and focus more on writing code.
How engineers can use one-on-ones with their manager to accelerate career growth
Go beyond status updates and use these meetings to surface challenges, solve problems, and drive impact.
Adaptive Video Streaming With Dash.js In React — Smashing Magazine
HTML `` is the de facto element we turn to for embedding video content, but it comes with constraints. For example, it downloads the video file linearly over HTTP, which leads to performance hiccups, especially for large videos consumed on slower connections. But with adaptive bitrate streaming, we can split the video into multiple segments at different bitrates and resolutions.
Using AI to create dynamic, risk-based Radar rules
Last month, we improved our AI tooling to give you even more flexibility when combating fraud. Now, Radar’s new rules combine our machine learning models with the issuer’s CVC and postal code response in real time.
Project Jengo for Sable — final winners!
With Cloudflare’s victory against patent trolls Sable IP and Sable Networks in the books, it’s time to close out the case’s Project Jengo competition.
Everything you need to know about Figma for Government
With our FedRAMP Moderate status officially approved, the public sector can use Figma to brainstorm, design, and build better digital experiences for U.S. citizens.
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How Stripe is using AI to create personalized checkout experiences
The Optimized Checkout Suite uses AI to personalize the checkout experience—dynamically adjusting everything from payment method ordering to fraud interventions in order to maximize conversion and boost revenue.
Cloudflare incident on March 21, 2025
On March 21, 2025, multiple Cloudflare services, including R2 object storage experienced an elevated rate of error responses. Here’s what caused the incident, the impact, and how we are making sure it doesn’t happen again.
Build and deploy Remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to Cloudflare
You can now build and deploy remote MCP servers to Cloudflare, and we handle the hard parts of building remote MCP servers for you. Unlike local MCP servers you may have previously used, remote MCP servers are Internet-accessible. People simply sign in and grant permissions to MCP clients using familiar authorization flows.
Open-sourcing OpenPubkey SSH (OPKSSH): integrating single sign-on with SSH
OPKSSH (OpenPubkey SSH) is now open-sourced as part of the OpenPubkey project. This enables users and organizations to configure SSH to work with single sign-on technologies like OpenID Connect, removing the need to manually manage & configure SSH keys without adding a trusted party other than your IdP.
My First Experience Speaking at PGDay Paris 2025
Find out more about my first visit to PGDay Paris 2025 in this blog post, what I experienced and what lessons I learnt.
Making the move to UI3: A guide to Figma’s next chapter
On April 30, we’ll be fully transitioning to UI3, our redesigned interface that puts your work center stage. Here’s what you need to know about the change, along with tips for a smooth transition.
Mastering GitHub Copilot: When to use AI agent mode
Discover the differences between agent mode and Copilot Edits with GitHub Copilot—and when to use them in your workflows.
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Security Week 2025: in review
Security Week 2025 has officially come to a close. Our updates for the week included a deep dive on our AI offering, a unified navigation experience, and an introduction to our AI Agent Cloudy. Read about the latest updates from the team and discover how Cloudflare is helping build a better Internet.
New URLPattern API brings improved pattern matching to Node.js and Cloudflare Workers
Today we're announcing our latest contribution to Node.js, now available in v23.8.0: URLPattern. We've added our implementation to Ada URL, bringing this standard pattern-matching API to Node.js to improve how developers match patterns and routes across all JavaScript environments.
