"On Unix, MySQL programs treat the host name localhost specially, in a way that is likely different from what you expect compared to other network-based programs" You'd hope that behaviour that is "likely different from what you expect" is just... changed to be normal? /rant

Cloudflare is looking at releasing TCP Workers very soon, allowing users to connect to any TCP service using Workers. This can include things like databases, such as in this example. It's going to be super exciting to see what everyone builds with this! 🎉 The native API is

After hitting the same isolate even with 10 minutes of no traffic, I decided to write-up a little bit about eviction and what you can expect: kian.org.uk/cloudflare-wor…

Update: I still have some isolates which last had a request more than 22 hours ago.

I'm thinking of making a starter kit(s). What usecases would be good to prioritise?

Spent the day playing with napi.rs and I’m looking forward to digging more into what sort of improvements offloading work from Node to Rust can bring. Eventually hoping to publish findings/benchmarks including vs. WASM after some more testing.

If you're interested in trying Cloudflare Hyperdrive in Rust Workers yourself, I've written up the process & put a working example on GitHub. kian.org.uk/using-cloudfla…

If you've been connecting to Postgres databases using in Cloudflare Workers, but also wanted to use the nodejs_compat compatibility flag, give Postgres.js a try! Notably, Postgres.js will work in Cloudflare Pages as well as it doesn't require polyfills from Wrangler.

For devtools, it’s easy to overlook the extent shipping is not just writing code. The release notes. The docs. The help text. Error messages. Configuration. Integrations with other tools. Using it end-to-end to really make sure it works

I just noticed that the Cloudflare Developers docs just moved to Astro starlight! Really awesome to see this change thanks to Kian

An awesome launch for Cloudflare. Testing this for weeks has been super fun. The team leading this migration solicited constant feedback from the community, and it has been such a breath of fresh air. Massive kudos to the team 🧡

This is what I’ve spent the past 6 weeks working on, ending up with a 8,060 file PR that cut down our repo by 19,624 lines! The Astro team has been awesome to work with, and Starlight is an amazing theme for any documentation sites wanting to get started with Astro!

As the one who spearheaded the Gatsby->Hugo rewrite (also a massive PR!), I'm really happy to see this happen. There were definitely still some pain points with the Hugo end-result, all of which Astro solves elegantly today +1 to this work & endorsement 👏 Kian