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Fetched June 8th, 2026
Cloudflare

How we reduced core unit boot time from hours to minutes

Firmware updates were causing core servers to take four hours to reboot, creating operational inefficiency and extended downtime.

observability security
4 min
Cloudflare

Your AI bill is out of control. Cloudflare can fix it now.

Uncontrolled spending on API calls to multiple AI providers due to lack of visibility and budget enforcement mechanisms.

rate-limiting api-design
4 min

Fetched June 1st, 2026
Cloudflare

How we built Cloudflare's data platform and an AI agent on top of it

Cloudflare needed to unify fragmented analytics data across its global edge network and enable intelligent querying of that data at scale.

distributed-systems observability
3 min
Cloudflare

Iran's Internet is partially restored, Cloudflare Radar data shows

How to detect and monitor large-scale Internet shutdowns and measure the extent of network restoration in real-time across a country.

observability distributed-systems
4 min