What piece of hardware (past or present) do you consider a true marvel of engineering design? #CloudflareChat

🚨 The DDoS threat in 2025 — and what comes next. In this #ThisWeekInNET episode, Cloudflare PM Omer Yoachimik breaks down: • Record-breaking 31 Tbps attacks • Botnets-for-hire & geopolitics • Why automation is now essential • What to expect in 2026 📺 ThisWeekinNET.com

In his latest article for theNET, Daniel Kent discusses how state and local governments are being driven to put AI to work for internal and external users in the form of chatbots. https://cfl.re/4baHAHW

Scaling applications across the globe 🌎. Discover strategies for multi-region deployments, edge computing, and cultural localization to enhance global performance. https://cfl.re/3MW0ZT8

Did you know 60% of consumers abandon purchases due to poor site user experience? Get the strategy to create a frictionless omnichannel experience: https://cfl.re/prepare-for-holiday-sales-this-season

A connectivity cloud bridges the silos of Cloud, SaaS, Internet, and on-prem domains so you can stay secure, reduce costs and move faster. https://cfl.re/3YYK5XS

Which non-technical skill (e.g., negotiation, documentation, visualization) do you believe is most underrated for success in engineering? #CloudflareChat

Starlink’s footprint grew significantly in 2025, with traffic doubling globally. In over 20 new regions, we watched the data climb the moment availability went live. 📊 Full data at: https://radar.cloudflare.com/year-in-review/2025

AI adoption, new cybersecurity threats, and hybrid work trends are reshaping the digital landscape. Learn how to seize opportunities and reduce risks in this new article by Carlos Torales. https://cfl.re/48Tbvlr

Intility consolidated security and implemented Zero Trust on Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud to eliminate legacy VPN bottlenecks. Read how they built a faster, more secure digital foundation. https://cfl.re/4pNrtET

Peak traffic demands cloud-scale resilience, and evolving AI threats require predictive security. Don't risk downtime or compromised customer data this season. View our solution brief to see how a unified platform can help: https://cfl.re/prepare-for-holiday-sales-this-season

Physical data center maintenance is risky on a global network. We built a maintenance scheduler on Workers to safely plan disruptive operations, while solving scaling challenges. https://cfl.re/3KNbiIy

Cloudflare's unified platform of security, connectivity, and development services fuels AI-ready app modernization. Read the solution brief to see how you can transform your architecture to deliver modern AI and full-stack apps. https://cfl.re/refactor-apps-brief

📊 @CloudflareRadar 2025 Year in Review is out. In this #ThisWeekInNET episode, we break down what changed on the Internet: AI crawlers, Starlink growth, outages, post-quantum encryption, popular Internet services, and what may come in 2026. 📺 Watch: https://youtu.be/i8mth63ffNU

We've seen the highest Internet traffic in history this year. What drove the surge? Find out where all that traffic came from and what it means for the future of the web. blog.cloudflare.com/radar-2025-y...

Reliability is our top priority. We have declared "Code Orange: Fail Small" to focus our engineering efforts on a single goal: ensuring the causes of past outages are fundamentally eliminated. Here is how we are building a more resilient network for the future. https://cfl.re/4pOLIlC

Cloudflare's H1 2025 Transparency Report is here. We discuss our principles on content blocking and our innovative approach to combating unauthorized streaming and copyright abuse. https://cfl.re/4qiITcn

Your AI is only as good as its foundation 🧱 Organizations are racing to build their own apps and agents to deliver hyper-personalized customer experiences. But, building AI apps and agents requires an IT infrastructure that hyperscalers can’t provide:

What's the most impactful open-source tool you've integrated into your workflow recently? #CloudflareChat

Modernizing your applications, networks, and security doesn’t have to be slow and costly. Consolidate and simplify with the connectivity cloud. https://cfl.re/3YYK5XS

NEW: Cloudflare detected the largest UDP DDoS attacks of the year—peaking at 29.7 Tbps. Aisuru's "short-burst" UDP carpet-bombing tactics are designed to maximize impact while evading traditional mitigation. https://cfl.re/4j66ZVo

What are Cloudflare User Groups? They’re customer-led user groups where Cloudflare practitioners connect, share real-world insights, and learn from each other. ✔ Learn best practices ✔ Hear real customer stories ✔ Meet other Cloudflare users Find a User Group near you. cfl.re/3YA6GIN

Bot traffic is rising, Nan Hao Maguire shares 3 principles for designing bot-inclusive architecture. https://cfl.re/49dN2bK

Cloudflare’s R2 SQL, a distributed query engine, now supports aggregations. Explore how we built distributed GROUP BY execution, using scatter-gather and shuffling strategies to run analytics directly over your R2 Data Catalog. https://cfl.re/4aWB7Al

🤖 Why Replicate is joining Cloudflare. In this #ThisWeekInNET episode, @craigsdennis explains what Replicate brings to Cloudflare, why it’s loved by AI builders, and what's coming. 🎁 Plus: we’re giving away Replicate credits. 📺 Watch: http://ThisWeekinNET.com

This year, we've observed 174 major Internet disruptions globally, testing the resilience of networks and services worldwide. Get the definitive data on where and why the web faced its biggest challenges in 2025 at https://radar.cloudflare.com/year-in-review/2025.

A new cloud model for secure any-to-any connectivity. https://cfl.re/3YYK5XS

🚨 React vulnerability! Cloudflare’s WAF deployed global protection fast — but if you run React, upgrade now. Watch Daniele Molteni on WAF’s future, Firewall for AI + a multiplayer chess demo inside ChatGPT (agents SDK): https://youtu.be/KdDDxV_4rH4 #ThisWeekInNET

We've seen the highest Internet traffic in history this year. What drove the surge? Was it AI, gaming, or something unexpected? Find out where all that traffic came from and what it means for the future of the web: radar.cloudflare.com/year-in-review/2025

In his latest article for theNET, Daniel Creed discussed how secure connectivity should be a simple as connecting to a coffee shop’s WiFi. https://cfl.re/4rTSuYR

A connectivity cloud bridges the silos of Cloud, SaaS, Internet, and on-prem domains so you can stay secure, reduce costs and move faster. https://cfl.re/3YYK5XS

AI competition intensified in 2025 as ChatGPT gained strong challengers. Instagram climbed, X declined, and platforms like Shopee, Temu, and Kwai reshaped global Internet usage. https://cfl.re/3L2kuIX

The 2025 Cloudflare Radar Year in Review is here. Here are the Internet trends and patterns observed across the globe, revealing the disruptions, advances, and metrics that defined 2025. https://cfl.re/4oYxMEi

What do you think were the biggest moments on the Internet in 2025? Find out in a couple of hours as we reveal some of the key moments that shaped the web in Cloudflare Radar #YearInReview!

What API design pattern (REST, GraphQL, gRPC, etc.) do you find most elegant, and why? #CloudflareChat

Thanks to everyone who joined our polls & here are the results! Cloudflare can help simplify and modernize your tech environment: https://www.cloudflare.com/lp/apac-book-1-on-1?

🎙️New #ThisWeekInNET episode! Cloudflare CSO Stephanie Cohen joins us to talk about: 🤖 AI & content creators 🛡️ Transparency and control over AI scraping 💳 Agentic Commerce with Visa & Mastercard 🌐 Building strategy in a fast-moving landscape 📺 Watch: https://youtu.be/9ygZ4vhhDbw

Modernize apps faster while reducing security and operational risks. View the solution brief to see how a unified platform can help. https://cfl.re/refactor-apps-brief

Athletes rely on their gear to perform under the most extreme conditions. Cloudflare enables organizations to move fast and operate fearlessly. We’re proud to protect the US Ski & Snowboard Team.

Curious to know how to integrate Email security in your current email infrastructure? Check out this new reference architecture called "Understanding Email Security Deployments". https://cfl.re/495gUWL

Cloudflare has shifted to Infrastructure as Code and policy enforcement to manage internal Cloudflare accounts. This new architecture uses Terraform, custom tooling, and Open Policy Agent to enforce security baselines and increase engineering velocity. https://cfl.re/4rIpTp0

Bank of Cyprus chose Cloudflare and Parsectix to achieve near-instant, automated mitigation of large-scale DDoS attacks. Learn how they guarantee continuous service availability for their customers. https://cfl.re/3MbbOAk

Cloudflare experienced a significant traffic outage on December 5, 2025, starting approximately at 8:47 UTC. The incident lasted approximately 25 minutes before resolution. We are sorry for the impact that it caused to our customers and the Internet. Here's what happened: https://cfl.re/4aw32qy

Describe a debugging session that lasted way too long, only to be solved by something incredibly simple (the classic "typo" story). #CloudflareChat

Curious about all the customer award winners from the inaugural Cloudflare Customer Awards? Explore their stories and the innovative work they’re doing. Check out the full list of winners here: https://cfl.re/4rzxgPP Join us in celebrating these trailblazers!

Is your “castle-and-moat” or hub-and-spoke network model failing your hybrid workforce? Adopt "coffee shop networking" with Cloudflare One SASE for secure, simplified access anywhere. Learn more: https://cfl.re/4pjQzKS

Elementor uses Cloudflare from day one to automatically scale, accelerate, and protect their platform, achieving 30% traffic acceleration and advanced threat prevention. Read how. https://cfl.re/48tomdP

Cloudflare offers protection against a new high profile vulnerability for React Server Components: CVE-2025-55182. All customers with WAF enabled are automatically protected. https://cfl.re/3KlO1x5

In Q3 of 2025, Cloudflare’s autonomous defenses blocked a total of 8.3 million DDoS attacks. That’s an average of almost 3,780 DDoS attacks per hour. Overall, the number of DDoS attacks grew by 15% QoQ and 40% YoY. https://cfl.re/49TJI6p

Modernizing your applications, networks, and security doesn’t have to be slow and costly. Consolidate and simplify with the connectivity cloud. https://cfl.re/3YYK5XS