Everything in its write place: Cloud storage abstraction with Object Store
Future-proofing our metadata stack with Panda, a scalable key-value store
Increasing Magic Pocket write throughput by removing our SSD cache disks
Balancing quality and coverage with our data validation framework
After four years of SMR storage, here's what we love—and what comes next
How the data center site selection process works at Dropbox
From AI to sustainability, why our latest data centers use 400G networking
Meet Chrono, our scalable, consistent, metadata caching solution
What’s new with Robinhood, our in-house load balancing service
By leveraging PID controllers, Robinhood can now more quickly and effectively manage load imbalances.
The art of art direction
We hand the mics over to Maria Chimishkyan and Jefferson Cheng on Figma’s Brand Studio team and eavesdrop as they discuss the ins and outs of their work.
From prompt to production: Building a landing page with Copilot agent mode
See how I built a developer-focused landing page in under 30 minutes using GitHub Copilot agent mode and Claude 3.5 Sonnet—with just screenshots and prompts.
Building An Offline-Friendly Image Upload System — Smashing Magazine
Poor internet connectivity doesn’t have to mean poor UX. With PWA technologies like `IndexedDB`, service workers, and the Background Sync API, you can build an offline-friendly image upload system that queues uploads and retries them automatically — so your users can upload stress-free, even when offline.
Vercel's Bot Protection stops malicious bots in a single click
Mitigate unwanted bot traffic by challenging requests from non-browser sources. Now available in public beta and free for all users on all plans.
New year, no shutdowns: the Q1 2025 Internet disruption summary
In Q1 2025, we observed Internet disruptions around the world caused by cable damage, power outages, natural disasters, fire, a cyberattack, and technical problems. Interestingly, no government-directed shutdowns were observed during the quarter.
Type alignment and padding bytes: how to not waste space in PostgreSQL tables
Learn the concepts of data type alignment and padding bytes in PostgreSQL and how to define your table so that you don't waste storage space.
Open sourcing the home CMS
I’ve been bragging about my website software for years! For… whew, it’s been 5 years! I didn't want to make a CMS! I did it out of spite! I’ve been teasing folks about the cool things I did from the beginning — here are all the articles and series I’ve written that mention it: 2020: A new website 2021: Don’t shell out! 2022: Updating fasterthanli.me 2024: Face cams: the missing guide 2024: State o
The power of play
When Designer Advocate Laura Fehre set out to design a digital nail salon, she had a vision in mind. Nailing it, however, meant letting go of perfection and letting herself play.
Exploring GitHub CLI: How to interact with GitHub’s GraphQL API endpoint
Discover practical tips and tricks for forming effective GraphQL queries and mutations.
Impossible Components
Composing across the stack.
Racing into 2025 with new GitHub Innovation Graph data
Discover the latest trends and insights on public software development activity on GitHub with the quarterly release of data for the Innovation Graph, updated through December 2024.
How to take climate action with your code
There are 60,000+ climate-focused projects on GitHub, explore one this Earth Day!
How to make your images in Markdown on GitHub adjust for dark mode and light mode
When you want your images to look good in Markdown on GitHub, you might have to adjust for the UI around them.
Cracking the code: How to wow the acceptance committee at your next tech event
Want to speak at a tech conference? These four practical tips will help your session proposal stand out—and land you on the stage.
What Does It Really Mean For A Site To Be Keyboard Navigable — Smashing Magazine
Keyboard navigation is a vital aspect of accessible web design, and a detail-oriented approach is crucial. Prioritizing keyboard navigation prioritizes the user experience for a diverse audience, extending your reach while simultaneously fostering a more inclusive web environment.
So, You Want to Give Up CSS Pre- and Post-Processors...
There was once upon a time when native CSS lacked many essential features, leaving developers to come up with all sorts of ways to make CSS easier to write over the years.
Investigating the impact of HTTP3 on network latency for search
Version control: How a UX writer weighs one word against another
UX Writer Henry Freedland chose his words very carefully when he was brought in to help polish a new prototyping feature.
Which AI model should I use with GitHub Copilot?
Ever wondered which AI model is the best fit for your GitHub Copilot project? Here are some things to consider.
Fostering An Accessibility Culture — Smashing Magazine
While there’s no definitive playbook for building an accessibility culture, Dani shares lessons from his experience in shaping it through habits rather than mandates.
How we tested the conversion impact of global payment methods
Learn about some of the key decisions we made, and lessons we learned, as we ran a statistically significant experiment to measure the global impact of 50+ payment methods.
The promise of Rust
The part that makes Rust scary is the part that makes it unique. And it’s also what I miss in other programming languages — let me explain! Rust syntax starts simple. This function prints a number: fn show ( n : i64 ) { println! ( "n = {n}" ); } And this program calls that function — it looks like any C-family language so far, we got parentheses, we got curly brackets, we got, uhh…
Version control: Three ways Figma explored horizontal scrolling
What seemed like a straightforward request—add a horizontal scroll bar to the Layers panel in Figma—presented unexpected challenges.
GitHub Availability Report: March 2025
In March, we experienced one incident that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
JSX Over The Wire
Turning your API inside-out.
Why I joined Cloudflare- to build world-class partnerships in EMEA
The EMEA region is a patchwork of diverse markets, industries, and regulatory environments, and it demands a partner-centric approach. That’s why I joined Cloudflare as VP of EMEA Partnerships.
Indexing vectors in PostgreSQL
Efficiency is always a topic. Therefore, it is important to understand that indexing is the key to success. Read more about indexing vectors.
Figma localizes product and support for Korean market
Figma launches Korean localization open beta, with more languages expected to follow this year.
Issue no.10: Skill share
Figma’s editorial newsletter about how products take shape—and shape our world.
Figma has confidentially submitted a draft S-1 with the SEC
Figma has confidentially submitted a draft S-1 with the SEC
When to choose GitHub-Hosted runners or self-hosted runners with GitHub Actions
Comparing GitHub-hosted vs self-hosted runners for your CI/CD workflows? This deep dive explores important factors to consider when making this critical infrastructure decision for your development team.
Inclusive Dark Mode: Designing Accessible Dark Themes For All Users — Smashing Magazine
Dark mode isn’t just a trendy aesthetic. It’s a gateway to more inclusive digital experiences, but only if designed thoughtfully. Discover how to craft dark modes that don’t just look good but work for everyone, from those with light sensitivity to machine learning algorithms.
Developer Week 2025 wrap-up
We’ve closed out Developer Week 2025. Here’s a quick recap of the announcements and in-depth technical explorations that went out during the week.
Why I joined Cloudflare as Chief People Officer — Kelly Russell
After years navigating the world of high-growth tech I’ve learned to recognize a truly special opportunity when I see one. That’s exactly what I have found at Cloudflare and why I’m thrilled to join as Chief People Officer.
Next Level CSS Styling for Cursors
Custom cursors with CSS are great, but we can take things to the next level with JavaScript. Using JavaScript, we can transition between cursor states, place dynamic text within the cursor, apply complex animations, and apply filters.
GitHub for Beginners: Security best practices with GitHub Copilot
Learn how to leverage GitHub Copilot to make your code more secure.
The Post-Developer Era
When OpenAI released GPT-4 back in March 2023, they kickstarted the AI revolution. The consensus online was that front-end development jobs would be totally eliminated within a year or two.Well, it’s been more than two years since then, and I thought it was worth revisiting some of those early predictions, and seeing if we can glean any insights about where things are headed.
Optimizing Our E2E Pipeline
In the world of DevOps and Developer Experience (DevXP), speed and efficiency can make a big difference on an engineer’s day-to-day tasks. Today, we’ll dive into how Slack’s DevXP team took some existing tools and used them to optimize an end-to-end (E2E) testing pipeline. This lowered build times and reduced redundant processes, saving both time…
Migrating Grep from Create React App to Next.js
We migrated grep.app from Create React App to Next.js. We break down how we combined single-page app speed with React Server Component efficiency. 70% faster First Contentful Paint, 73% quicker network request completion, now searching 1M repos.
A global virtual private cloud for building secure cross-cloud apps on Cloudflare Workers
We’re announcing Workers VPC: a global private network that allows applications deployed on Cloudflare Workers to connect to your legacy cloud infrastructure. Now, you can unlock access to your existing APIs and data in external clouds and build global, modern, cross-cloud apps on Workers.
Startup spotlight: building AI agents and accelerating innovation with Cohort #5
Explore how developers are using Cloudflare to scale AI workloads and streamline automation. Learn more about what our participants in Workers Launchpad Cohort #4 have built, and check out the latest startups participating in Cohort #5.
A next-generation Certificate Transparency log built on Cloudflare Workers
Learn about recent developments in Certificate Transparency (CT), and how we built a next-generation CT log on top of Cloudflare's Developer Platform.
Workers AI gets a speed boost, batch workload support, more LoRAs, new models, and a refreshed dashboard
We just made Workers AI inference faster with speculative decoding & prefix caching. Use our new batch inference for handling large request volumes seamlessly. Build tailored AI apps with more LoRA options. Lastly, new models and a refreshed dashboard round out this Developer Week update for Workers AI.
Startup Program update: empowering every stage of the startup journey
Cloudflare’s Startup Program offers up to $250,000 in credits for companies building on our Developer Platform across 4 tiers: $5,000, $25,000, $100,000, and $250,000.
How we simplified NCMEC reporting with Cloudflare Workflows
We transitioned to Cloudflare Workflows to manage complex, multi-step processes more efficiently. This shift replaced our queues-based architecture in our National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) reporting system with a structured, retryable workflow that’s easier to debug and maintain.
Simple, scalable, and global: Containers are coming to Cloudflare Workers in June 2025
Cloudflare Containers are coming this June. Run new types of workloads on our network with an experience that is simple, scalable, global and deeply integrated with Workers.
CSS-Tricks Chronicles XLIII
This CSS-Tricks update highlights significant progress in the Almanac, recent podcast appearances, a new CSS counters guide, and the addition of several new authors contributing valuable content.
Introducing sub-issues: Enhancing issue management on GitHub
Explore the iterative development journey of GitHub’s sub-issues feature. Learn how we leveraged sub-issues to build and refine sub-issues, breaking down larger tasks into smaller, manageable ones.
What the heck is MCP and why is everyone talking about it?
Everyone’s talking about MCP these days when it comes to large language models (LLMs)—here’s what you need to know.
Making Super Slurper 5x faster with Workers, Durable Objects, and Queues
We re-architected Super Slurper from the ground up using our Developer Platform — leveraging Cloudflare Workers, Durable Objects, and Queues — and improved transfer speeds by up to 5x.
