Cloudflare on PIGSTY

Cloudflare’s Nov 18 Outage, Translated and Dissected

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

A ClickHouse permission tweak doubled a feature file, tripped a Rust hard limit, and froze Cloudflare’s core traffic for six hours—their worst outage since 2019. Here’s the full translation plus commentary. Read more

Blue Screen Friday: Amateur Hour on Both Sides

Tue, 23 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Both client and vendor failed to control blast radius, leading to this epic global security incident that will greatly benefit local-first software philosophy. Read more

Cloudflare Roundtable Interview and Q&A Record

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

As a roundtable guest, I was invited to participate in Cloudflare’s Immerse conference in Shenzhen. During the dinner, I had in-depth discussions with Cloudflare’s APAC CMO, Greater China Technical Director, and front-line engineers about many questions of interest to netizens. Read more

Cloudflare - The Cyber Buddha That Destroys Public Cloud

Wed, 03 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

While I’ve always advocated for cloud exit, if it’s about adopting a cyber bodhisattva cloud like Cloudflare, I’m all in with both hands raised. Read more