February 24th, 2025 × #cloudflare#serverless#javascript
Overview of using Cloudflare Workers and associated services to build fullstack applications
Wes Bos Host
Scott Tolinski Host
Wes and CJ break down everything Cloudflare—from Workers and R2 Storage to Hyperdrive and AI Gateway. Get the scoop on what makes Cloudflare tick, the quirks of their ecosystem, and whether vendor lock-in is a real concern.
Show Notes
- 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
- 01:40 Brought to you by Sentry.io.
- 01:58 What we're talking about today.
- 02:48 Cloudflare Workers.
- 03:06 How Cloudflare Workers... work.
- 04:39 How Cloudflare Workers run.
- 06:05 Workers size limitations in JavaScript.
- 07:37 Cloudflare has their own way.
- 08:13 Potential vendor lock-in.
- 08:51 You pay based on CPU time, not wall time.
- 10:26 Cloudflare Pages.
- 12:07 Durable Objects.
- 16:41 Cloudflare Workflows.
- 19:52 How we do something similar on Syntax.fm.
- 20:52 Cloudflare Queues.
- 25:26 Files.
- 26:15 R2 Storage.
- 28:00 The Open Bandwidth Alliance.
- 28:39 Image Pipelines.
- 33:24 Cloudflare Stream.
- 34:24 Data.
- 36:37 Key Value.
- 40:16 Time To Live.
- 41:13 Hyperdrive.
- 44:01 Vectorize Data.
- 45:41 AI Gateway.
- 47:49 Automated Rate-Limiting.
- 48:50 Frameworks.
- 52:13 Analytics Engine.
- 52:52 WebRTC Engine.
- 53:01 Puppeteer API.
- 54:09 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs.
Sick Picks
- CJ: Flush MicroSD Adapter for Macbook
- Wes: Synology.
Shameless Plugs
- Wes: Syntax on YouTube.
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