Security
Network Firewalls vs WAFs: Understanding Your Defense Layers
Network firewalls filter by IP and port at Layer 3/4. WAFs inspect HTTP content at Layer 7. Learn when you need each and how to configure them together.
10 min read·
#Cloudflare
20 articles
Cloud
Best CDN Providers for India (2026)
India-specific CDN benchmarks from 8 cities across Jio, Airtel, BSNL, and Vi comparing Cloudflare, CloudFront, Google CDN, Fastly, Bunny CDN, and KeyCDN with TTFB data and INR pricing including GST.
13 min read·
Security
Best WAF Providers (2026): Cloudflare vs AWS WAF vs Akamai vs Imperva
Cloudflare, AWS WAF, Akamai, and Imperva compared on pricing, OWASP detection, bot management, API security, and rule-writing ergonomics. Real attack-replay results, honest weaknesses, and a buyer decision matrix.
16 min read·
Networking
CDN Latency from India: Cloudflare vs Bunny vs Fastly Measured
Real RTT measurements from 8 Indian cities (Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune, Ahmedabad) across BSNL, Jio, Airtel, Tata to 5 CDNs over 7 days. Cloudflare leads p50 from every city; the Singapore detour problem; IPv6 vs IPv4 gaps on Jio.
9 min read·
Cloud
Best CDN Providers Compared (2026)
Performance benchmarks from 20 locations, pricing at 1 TB, 10 TB, and 50 TB tiers, and feature comparison of Cloudflare, CloudFront, Fastly, Bunny CDN, KeyCDN, Google Cloud CDN, Azure CDN, and StackPath.
11 min read·
Cloud
Cloudflare vs Vercel vs Netlify: Edge Platform Comparison (2026)
Benchmarked comparison of Cloudflare Workers, Vercel, and Netlify covering edge performance, pricing for real workloads, vendor lock-in analysis, and migration paths between platforms.
11 min read·
Cloud
Best Free Hosting Platforms (2026)
Complete comparison of free hosting platforms including Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare Pages, Render, Railway, Fly.io, Supabase, and Neon with exact limits, billing triggers, and three complete free stacks.
14 min read·
Architecture
How to Scale a Next.js App to 100k Users Without Breaking the Bank
A practical playbook for scaling Next.js apps to 100k users using ISR, multi-layer caching, CDN optimization, and backend tuning -- all for under $500/month.
9 min read·
Cloud
What is a CDN? How CloudFront and Cloudflare Work Under the Hood
Understand how CDNs work at the edge: PoPs, Anycast vs GeoDNS, cache behaviors, Origin Shield, invalidation strategies, and a detailed CloudFront vs Cloudflare comparison with pricing.
9 min read·
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