The Blog Corner
Browse through our complete collection of thoughts, tutorials, and stories.
Our Cloud Run Bill Had a Bot Problem. Cloudflare Fixed It.
We were paying for bot traffic we never wanted, waking up idle Cloud Run instances on every invalid request. Here is how we put Cloudflare in front of our API to block the noise, protect against DDoS, and keep our Google Cloud bill predictable.
We Ditched Ngrok for Cloudflared. It Cost Us 2 euros
We spent four years relying on Ngrok for local development. Then the free tier friction and unpredictable paid plan costs pushed us to experiment. Here is how we replaced it with Cloudflared Tunnels for a 2€ yearly cost, and what we found on the other side.
From 72 Days to 33 Hours: Uploading 87 Million Files to Cloudflare R2
Moving 87 million files to Cloudflare R2? We benchmarked AWS CLI, Rclone, and s5cmd. See how s5cmd cut our transfer time from 72 days down to 33 hours.
Map tiles from OpenStreetMap to PBF
Discover why we chose static PBF tiles for Safia’s custom OpenStreetMap setup. A detailed comparison of MBTiles, PMTiles, performance, caching, and scalability.
Lessons learned building safia, from idea to a working protype
An inside look at building Safia, a privacy-focused safety reporting app inspired by on-the-ground experiences in Congo, and the lessons shaping our future projects.