Cloudflare
A network that sits in front of websites to speed and protect them, and a platform for running code in cities worldwide.
What it tells you about a developer
Cloudflare experience splits into two signals. Using it as the layer in front of a site is common and light. Building on its developer platform, Workers and its storage products, marks an early adopter comfortable with newer tools and edge constraints. That second group skews toward startups and performance-focused teams, and they tend to be strong JavaScript and TypeScript developers.
- Type
- Platform
- Released
- 2010
- Built by
- Cloudflare
- Used in
- Infrastructure & DevOps
Cloudflare started in 2010 as a protective layer: a site's traffic passes through its network, which blocks attacks and serves cached copies from servers near each visitor. It has since grown a developer platform, led by Workers, for running code and storing data on that same global network. A large share of the web routes through it.