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Hasty Treat - Scott asks Wes about Cloudflare

In this Hasty Treat, Scott asks Wes about Cloudflare — which services he uses, which ones he doesn’t, why, and more!

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Show Notes

2:45 - What do you personally use Cloudflare for?

  • DNS provider
  • Domain registration at cost
  • Caching
  • DDoS protection
  • Hiding server IP address
  • Free HTTPS
  • Firewall rules
  • Scrape shield
  • Lightweight stats
  • Serverless functions
  • DNS
  • Cloudflare Warp

16:40 - What are you not using?

  • KV storage
  • Video streaming
  • Deep customization around blocking/errors

19:49 - How do you set it up?

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