How Developers got Password Security so Wrong
February 21, 2018
Both in our real lives, and online, there are times where we need to authenticate ourselves - where we need to confirm we are who we say we are. This can be done using three things....
Using Go as a scripting language in Linux
February 20, 2018
At Cloudflare we like Go. We use it in many in-house software projects as well as parts of bigger pipeline systems. But can we take Go to the next level and use it as a scripting language for our favourite operating system, Linux?...
Cloudflare ♥ Open Source: upgrade to Pro Plan on the house
February 14, 2018
Making core contributions to a qualifying open source project? We want to thank you for your work for the community with a free Pro Plan upgrade....
Cloudflare Workers is now on Open Beta
February 01, 2018
Cloudflare Workers Beta is now open! Cloudflare Workers lets you run JavaScript on Cloudflare’s edge, deploying globally to over 120+ data centers around the world in less than 30 seconds. Your code can intercept and modify any request made to your website....
Writing complex macros in Rust: Reverse Polish Notation
January 31, 2018
Among other interesting features, Rust has a powerful macro system. Unfortunately, even after reading The Book and various tutorials, when it came to trying to implement a macro which involved processing complex lists of different elements, I still struggled to understand how it should be done....
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December 16, 2017
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Along with four other Cloudflare colleagues, I traveled to New Haven, CT last weekend to support 1,000+ college students from Yale and beyond at YHack hackathon....
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December 11, 2017
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December 08, 2017
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November 28, 2017
Cloudflare Apps Platform Update: November Edition
Since our last newsletter, dozens of developers like you have reached out with ideas for new kinds of apps that weren’t yet possible. ...
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November 22, 2017
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November 14, 2017
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November 13, 2017
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Not long ago I needed to benchmark the performance of Golang on a many-core machine. I took several of the benchmarks that are bundled with the Go source code, copied them, and modified them to run on all available threads....
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November 10, 2017
Cloudflare Wants to Buy Your Meetup Group Pizza
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October 27, 2017
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October 25, 2017
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October 23, 2017
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October 19, 2017
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October 12, 2017
Cloudflare London Meetup Recap
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October 01, 2017
Go Hack Nights at Cloudflare
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