Introducing new developer tools in the Vercel Toolbar
The Vercel Toolbar now includes even more developer tools to simplify collaboration, improve accessibility, and enhance your workflow.
AI Gateway is generally available: a unified interface for managing and scaling your generative AI workloads
AI Gateway is an AI ops platform that provides speed, reliability, and observability for your AI applications. With a single line of code, you can unlock powerful features including rate limiting, custom caching, real-time logs, and aggregated analytics across multiple providers
My trip to Zagreb: DORS/CLUC 2024
Jan Karremans was part of the DORS/CLUC 2024 in Zagreb. Find out what his trip to Zagreb was like and what he learned on site in this post.
Speeding up file load times, one page at a time
How dynamic page loading improved the slowest load times by 33%
Unlocking the power of Code Connect: Best practices for design systems teams
Design system leads and developers at Bumble, GitHub, and HP share how they’re leveraging the new Dev Mode feature to bridge the gap between design and code.
Using Footnotes
How I use, and render, footnotes
Composable data management at Meta
In recent years, Meta’s data management systems have evolved into a composable architecture that creates interoperability, promotes reusability, and improves engineering efficiency. We’re sharing how we’ve achieved this, in part, by leveraging Velox, Meta’s open source execution engine, as well as work ahead as we continue to rethink our data management systems. Data is at […]
Post-quantum readiness for TLS at Meta
Today, the internet (like most digital infrastructure in general) relies heavily on the security offered by public-key cryptosystems such as RSA, Diffie-Hellman (DH), and elliptic curve cryptography (ECC). But the advent of quantum computers has raised real questions about the long-term privacy of data exchanged over the internet. In the future, significant advances in quantum […]
Balancing Old Tricks with New Feats: AI-Powered Conversion From Enzyme to React Testing Library at Slack
Update (October 2024): In response to numerous requests from external developers, we have open-sourced a version of our Enzyme to React Testing Library (RTL) conversion tool. You can now find it on npm, along with detailed instructions on how to integrate and use it in your projects. In the world of frontend development, one thing remains…
Modern CSS Layouts: You Might Not Need A Framework For That — Smashing Magazine
It’s easy to get lost in a sea of CSS frameworks and libraries, each promising easier styling and smoother layouts. Brecht De Ruyte demonstrates four CSS utility classes (plus a bonus) using techniques that allow them to be used practically anywhere you need a particular layout — be it Grid or Flexbox — with configurable options.
Introducing GitHub Copilot Extensions: Unlocking unlimited possibilities with our ecosystem of partners
The world of Copilot is getting bigger, improving the developer experience by keeping developers in the flow longer and allowing them to do more in natural language.
Hidden vs. Disabled In UX — Smashing Magazine
Should you hide or disable a feature? You’ve probably been there before. Here are some considerations for hiding versus disabling, along with possible alternatives to improve UX. An upcoming part of [Smart Interface Design Patterns](https://smart-interface-design-patterns.com).
Customer centricity is driving a new era in streaming media
If the first wave of digitization was about the move into streaming, the second is about optimizing the streaming experience. Top media companies are partnering with Stripe to add new content bundles, change pricing models, and personalize payments.
Passkeys, a faster more secure way to log in to the Stripe Dashboard
Today Stripe is launching a new way of logging in that makes it possible to have both speed and security: one-click login using passkeys.
Keeping it 100(x) with real-time data at scale
After years of playing catch-up with Figma’s growth, it was time to fundamentally rethink LiveGraph’s architecture.
Building A User Segmentation Matrix To Foster Cross-Org Alignment — Smashing Magazine
Many organizations prioritize internal structures and services over customer-centricity, hindering effective decision-making. Through a case study, Talke Hoppmann-Walton advocates for a shift towards an outside-in perspective and proposes the use of a user segmentation matrix to foster alignment across departments and prioritize customer needs.
Scaling accessibility within GitHub and beyond
GitHub celebrates Global Accessibility Awareness Day by launching another installment of the Coding Accessibility series and sharing how we scale accessibility within GitHub and beyond.
Beyond CSS Media Queries — Smashing Magazine
Juan Diego Rodriguez explains why media queries still occupy a vital role in responsive layouts; only they are now one tool in a larger toolbox with modern techniques that are best when used together.
Securing data in your Next.js app with Okta and OpenFGA
Learn how to integrate a Data Access Layer in your Next.js app and use it to implement a fine-grained authorization model with OpenFGA.
New Consent and Bot Management features for Cloudflare Zaraz
Zaraz Consent Management now supports Google Consent Mode v2 and is compliant with the IAB Europe Transparency and Consent Framework. Zaraz also added Bot Management support for keeping your analytics data clean
SSD death, tricky read-only filesystems, and systemd magic?
Transforming The Relationship Between Designers And Developers — Smashing Magazine
Is there such a thing as harmony between designers and developers in the workplace, and if so, how can it be achieved? In this article, Chris Day explores the challenges of effective collaboration, outlines the key factors at play, and (hopefully!) empowers you to find the right solutions to help you and your team deliver to their full potential.
Platforms can now white label payment workflows in record time
This post highlights four ways embedded components can simplify the most complex payment workflows for platforms expanding to a new market or looking to reduce operational overhead.
Cloudflare’s public IPFS gateways and supporting Interplanetary Shipyard
Cloudflare is transitioning traffic that comes to our public IPFS gateway to Interplanetary Shipyard’s IPFS gateway. The transition is expected to be complete by August 14th, 2024
Reclaiming CPU for free with Go's Profile Guided Optimization
Golang 1.20 introduced support for Profile Guided Optimization (PGO) to the go compiler. This post covers the process we created for experimenting with PGO at Cloudflare, and measuring the CPU savings
Securing Git: Addressing 5 new vulnerabilities
Git is releasing several new versions to address five CVEs. Upgrading to the latest Git version is essential to protect against these vulnerabilities.
Behind the scenes of Threads for web
When Threads first launched one of the top feature requests was for a web client. In this episode of the Meta Tech Podcast, Pascal Hartig (@passy) sits down with Ally C. and Kevin C., two engineers on the Threads Web Team that delivered the basic version of Threads for web in just under three months. […]
Why Designers Aren’t Understood — Smashing Magazine
How do we conduct UX research when there is no or only limited access to users? Here are some workarounds to run UX research or make a strong case for it. An upcoming part of [Smart Interface Design Patterns](https://smart-interface-design-patterns.com).
Stripe Organizations: A new way to power the world’s most complex businesses
Streamline team and role management from a centralized dashboard, search for customer and payment information across accounts, and run unified reports across your entire business with Stripe Organizations.
Research: Quantifying GitHub Copilot’s impact in the enterprise with Accenture
We conducted research with developers at Accenture to understand GitHub Copilot’s real-world impact in enterprise organizations.
Say hello to the SPORTech collection
Whether you’re a rookie coder or a seasoned pro, our new SPORTech shop collection is tailored for you. And here’s the kicker: we’re offering free delivery worldwide over $20 until May 20!
Snappy UI Optimization with useDeferredValue
useDeferredValue is one of the most underrated React hooks. It allows us to dramatically improve the performance of our applications in certain contexts. I recently used it to solve a gnarly performance problem on this blog, and in this tutorial, I'll show you how! ⚡
The Times You Need A Custom @property Instead Of A CSS Variable — Smashing Magazine
Preethi Sam walks through an example that demonstrates where custom properties are more suitable than variables while showcasing the greater freedom and flexibility that custom properties provide for designing complex, refined animations.
Treasury and PNNL threat data now available for Financial sector customers to secure applications
Cloudflare proudly partners with the U.S. Department of the Treasury and PNNL to empower financial institutions to deploy DNS filtering policies through Cloudflare’s Gateway, using threat data from these agencies to protect against malicious links and phishing
GitHub Availability Report: April 2024
In April, we experienced four incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
The Modern Guide For Making CSS Shapes — Smashing Magazine
In this comprehensive guide, Temani Afif explores different techniques for creating common shapes with the smallest and most flexible code possible.
Craft and beauty: The ROI of marrying form and function
Leaders from Stripe, Linear, and Figma explore how craft and beauty are core to product and business growth.
How AI enhances static application security testing (SAST)
Here’s how SAST tools combine generative AI with code scanning to help you deliver features faster and keep vulnerabilities out of code.
Kafka 101
This is a guest article by Stanislav Kozlovski, an Apache Kafka Committer. If you would like to connect with Stanislav, you can do so on Twitter and LinkedIn. Originally developed in LinkedIn during 2011, Apache Kafka is one of the most popular open-source Apache projects out there. So far it has had a total of 24 notable releases and most intriguingly, its code base has grown at an average rate o
The Forensics Of React Server Components (RSCs) — Smashing Magazine
React Server Components (RSCs) combine the best of client-side rendering, and author Lazar Nikolov thoroughly examines how we got here with a deep look at the impact that RSCs have on the page load timeline.
How Vercel helped Desenio future-proof their business
Just launched: Second cohort of the DPG Open Source Community Manager Program!
Are you looking to have a positive impact in open source development? This program may be for you! Apply by May 30 to join.
How Women Lead Data Engineering at Slack
The Data Engineering team is responsible for Slack’s data lake, analytics dashboards, and other data services. The team’s mission is to empower users to leverage data to make decisions quickly, accurately, and easily. Slack’s data lake grew in size from sub-petabyte to over 100 petabytes in recent years and it now spans millions of tables.…
Using Fortran on Cloudflare Workers
Work on LLVM has enabled Fortran to compile to WebAssembly. So, today, we’re writing about running Fortran code on Cloudflare Workers
How we’re building more inclusive and accessible components at GitHub
We’ve made improvements to the way users of assistive technology can interact with and navigate lists of issues and pull requests and tables across GitHub.com.
GitHub Copilot Chat in GitHub Mobile is now generally available
With GitHub Copilot Chat in GitHub Mobile, developers can collaborate, ask coding questions, and gain insights into both public and private repositories anywhere, anytime–all in natural language for users on all GitHub Copilot plans.
How To Run UX Research Without Access To Users — Smashing Magazine
How do we conduct UX research when there is no or only limited access to users? Here are some workarounds to run UX research or make a strong case for it. An upcoming part of Smart Interface Design Patterns.
Create a home for your community with GitHub Discussions
GitHub Community-in-a-box provides the tooling, resources, and knowledge you need to build internal communities of learning at scale with GitHub Discussions.
How To Harness Mouse Interaction Data For Practical Machine Learning Solutions — Smashing Magazine
In this article, Eduard Kuric discusses mouse interaction data, what kind of magic can be done with it, and some of the hidden pitfalls to watch out for so you get a head start incorporating them in your solutions.
Vercel Functions are now faster—and powered by Rust
Learn about how we've improved startup performance with our Rust-powered functions.
How Dub grew to 3,000 active domains with Vercel’s multi-tenant SaaS toolkit
Dependabot on GitHub Actions and self-hosted runners is now generally available
A quick guide on the advantages of Dependabot as a GitHub Actions workflow and the benefits this unlocks, including self-hosted runner support.
Introducing Artifact Attestations–now in public beta
Generate and verify signed attestations for anything you make with GitHub Actions.
Celebrating 1 year of A11y Design Bootcamp: Takeaways and tips
A11y Design Bootcamp is a live educational program that consists of exercises, discussions, and knowledge shares to raise awareness of web accessibility best practices, the role designers play in creating accessible products, and how to advocate for accessibility with cross-functional partners.
Combining CSS :has() And HTML For Greater Conditional Styling — Smashing Magazine
Amit Sheen demonstrates using `:has()` to apply styles conditionally when a certain `` in a `` element is chosen by the user and how we gain even more conditional styling capabilities when chaining `:has()` with other pseudo-classes, such as `:not()` — no JavaScript necessary.
Vercel AI SDK 3.1: ModelFusion joins the team
ModelFusion joins Vercel
What the FTC got wrong in the Google antitrust investigation
The evolution of Figma’s mobile engine: Compiling away our custom programming language
Figma's team recently converted one of its codebases from a custom programming language to TypeScript without disrupting a single day of development.
Empowering accessibility: GitHub’s journey building an in-house Champions program
As part of GitHub’s dedication to accessibility, we expanded our internal accessibility program and scaled up our assessment process to help remove or lower barriers for users with disabilities. Then, we empowered employees from various disciplines to drive accessibility efforts within their teams.
5 tips to supercharge your developer career in 2024
From mastering prompt engineering to leveraging AI for code security, here’s how you can excel in today’s competitive job market.
