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Frontend — CSS-Tricks Chronicle XLI

CSS-Tricks Chronicle XLI

Ya know, I used to do one of these posts after making a few podcast appearances I hadn't had a chance to link up yet, so I could share them. As fate would

CCChris Coyier·December 13, 2021Frontend
AI & ML — File Scaffolding With Hygen

File Scaffolding With Hygen

I read a recent Smashing Magazine post that included a recommendation for Hygen. I just happen to be doing quite a bit of new UI work in a Next.js app and the

CCChris Coyier·December 13, 2021AI & ML
Engineering — Shadow Palette Generator

Shadow Palette Generator

Josh's Shadow Palette Generator is a fantastic tool. The premise is that box-shadow pretty much always looks better when there are multiple layered shadows

CCChris Coyier·December 13, 2021Engineering
Engineering — Embrace the Platform

Embrace the Platform

So what is the one thing that people can do is to make their website better? To answer that, let's take a step back in time …

BBramusBramus·December 13, 2021Engineering
AI & ML — Designing Netflix - High Scalability -

Designing Netflix - High Scalability -

This is a guest post by Ankit Sirmorya. Ankit is working as a Machine Learning Lead/Sr. Machine Learning Engineer at Amazon and has led several machine-learning initiatives across the Amazon ecosystem. Ankit has been working on applying machine learning to solve ambiguous business problems and improve customer experience. For instance, he created a platform for experimenting with different hypothe

HSHigh Scalability·December 13, 2021AI & ML
SRE & Ops — SLICK: Adopting SLOs for improved reliability

SLICK: Adopting SLOs for improved reliability

We would like to thank Peter Tang for all his work on SLICK, and for helping us write this post! To support the people and communities who use our apps and products, we need to stay in constant contact with them. We want to provide the experiences we offer reliably. We also need to establish […]

MEMeta Engineering·December 13, 2021SRE & Ops
Security — Updates to Cloudflare Security and Privacy Certifications and Reports

Updates to Cloudflare Security and Privacy Certifications and Reports

Customer confidence in our ability to handle their sensitive information in an ever-changing regulatory landscape has to be as solid as our offerings, so we have expanded the scope of our previously-existing compliance validations; not only that, we’ve also managed to obtain a couple of new ones.

CCloudflare·December 11, 2021Security
Engineering — What’s new with Notifications?

What’s new with Notifications?

We know that notifications are incredibly important to our customers. Cloudflare sits in between your Internet property and the rest of the world. When something goes wrong, you want to know right away because it could have a huge impact on your end users.

NNatashaNatasha·December 11, 2021Engineering
Security — How Cloudflare security responded to Log4j 2 vulnerability

How Cloudflare security responded to Log4j 2 vulnerability

Yesterday, December 9, 2021, when a serious vulnerability in the popular Java-based logging package log4j was publicly disclosed, our security teams jumped into action to help respond to the first question and answer the second question. This post explores the second.

RTRushil, Thomas CalderonRushil, Thomas Calderon·December 10, 2021Security
Security — Actual CVE-2021-44228 payloads captured in the wild

Actual CVE-2021-44228 payloads captured in the wild

I wrote earlier about how to mitigate CVE-2021-44228 in Log4j, how the vulnerability came about and Cloudflare’s mitigations for our customers. As I write we are rolling out protection for our FREE customers as well because of the vulnerability’s severity.

JGJohn Graham CummingJohn Graham Cumming·December 10, 2021Security
Networking — Argo for Packets is Generally Available

Argo for Packets is Generally Available

Today, we’re announcing the general availability of Argo for Packets, which provides IP layer network optimizations to supercharge your Cloudflare network services products.

TTubesTubes·December 10, 2021Networking
Security — Secure how your servers connect to the Internet today

Secure how your servers connect to the Internet today

The vulnerability disclosed yesterday in the Java-based logging package, log4j, allows attackers to execute code on a remote server. We’ve updated Cloudflare’s WAF to defend your infrastructure against this 0-day attack.

SSamSam·December 10, 2021Security
Security — Introducing Cloudflare Security Center

Introducing Cloudflare Security Center

We're launching Security Center, making attack surface management actionable and accessible, built on Cloudflare’s unique visibility into Internet activity and expertise on security best practices.

MMalavikaMalavika·December 9, 2021Security
Security — Magic Firewall gets Smarter

Magic Firewall gets Smarter

To improve security, we’re adding threat intel integration and geo-blocking. For visibility, we’re packet captures at the edge, a way to see packets arrive at the edge in near real-time.

CCloudflare·December 9, 2021Security
Engineering — Introducing stack graphs

Introducing stack graphs

Precise code navigation is powered by stack graphs, a new open source framework that lets you define the name binding rules for a programming language.

DCDouglas CreagerDouglas Creager·December 9, 2021Engineering
Design & UX — Free Christmas Icon Sets And Vector Elements — Smashing Magazine

Free Christmas Icon Sets And Vector Elements — Smashing Magazine

Everybody loves a nice freebie, right? To get you in the mood for the upcoming holidays, we collected some winter- and holiday-themed icon sets and vector elements that you can use in your projects for free. All icons and design elements in this collection can be downloaded for free. And, psst, they are perfect if you’re in need for some last-minute Christmas cards, gift tags, or wrapping paper, t

CMCosima MielkeCosima Mielke·December 9, 2021Design & UX
Performance — Why Cloudflare Bought Zaraz

Why Cloudflare Bought Zaraz

Today we're excited to announce that Cloudflare has acquired Zaraz. The Zaraz value proposition aligns with Cloudflare's mission. They aim to make the web more secure, more reliable, and faster. And they built their solution on Cloudflare Workers.

MPMatthew Prince, John Graham CummingMatthew Prince, John Graham Cumming·December 8, 2021Performance
Security — Guest Blog: k8s tunnels with Kudelski Security

Guest Blog: k8s tunnels with Kudelski Security

At Kudelski Security, we've been working on implementing our Zero Trust strategy for the last two years. In many aspects, it's been an incredible journey, and although we're not quite finished yet, we're excited by the progress made so far with Cloudflare.

CCloudflare·December 8, 2021Security
Engineering — Page Shield is generally available

Page Shield is generally available

To help identify and mitigate supply chain attacks in the context of web applications, today we are launching Page Shield in General Availability (GA).

MTMichael TremanteMichael Tremante·December 8, 2021Engineering
Networking — Zero Trust Private Networking Rules

Zero Trust Private Networking Rules

Earlier this year, we announced the ability to build a private network on Cloudflare’s network with identity-driven access controls. We’re excited to share that you will soon be able to extend that control to sessions and login intervals as well.

KKennyKenny·December 8, 2021Networking
Engineering — Learn From Remix

Learn From Remix

I’ve built websites that are used by millions of people all over the world. I’ve made more mistakes than I care to count and I’ve had to deal with the

KCKent C. DoddsKent C. Dodds·December 8, 2021Engineering
Performance — Improving GitHub code search

Improving GitHub code search

Today, we are rolling out a technology preview for GitHub code search, the next iteration for search, discovery, and navigation on GitHub.

PAPavel AvgustinovPavel Avgustinov·December 8, 2021Performance
Security — Store your Cloudflare logs on R2

Store your Cloudflare logs on R2

We're excited to announce that customers will soon be able to store their Cloudflare logs on Cloudflare R2 storage. Storing your logs on Cloudflare will give CIOs and Security Teams an opportunity to consolidate their infrastructure; creating simplicity, savings and additional security.

TTanushreeTanushree·December 7, 2021Security
Frontend — Spicy Sections

Spicy Sections

What if HTML had "tabs"? That would be cool, says I. Dave has been spending some of his time and energy, along with a group of "Tabvengers" from OpenUI, on

CCChris Coyier·December 7, 2021Frontend
Engineering — Cloudflare One: One Year Later

Cloudflare One: One Year Later

Cloudflare One helps enterprises build modern enterprise networks, operate efficiently and securely, and throw out on-premise hardware.

RSRustam, SamRustam, Sam·December 6, 2021Engineering