A comprehensive guide to Cloudflare Workers — the edge compute platform that runs JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, and Rust in 300+ locations worldwide with sub-millisecond cold starts. Covers the Workers runtime, KV, R2, D1, Durable Objects, Queues, and building production applications at the edge.
Modern Infrastructure Patterns
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Cloudflare Workers and the Edge: Building Globally Distributed Apps with Zero Cold Starts -
Crossplane: Infrastructure as Kubernetes — Composites, Providers, and Replacing Terraform A comprehensive guide to Crossplane — the Kubernetes-native control plane for infrastructure. Covers providers, managed resources, composite resource definitions, compositions, claims, RBAC, and running a production platform that lets developers self-serve cloud resources safely.
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Talos Linux: The Immutable, API-Driven Kubernetes OS with No SSH A comprehensive guide to Talos Linux — the minimal, immutable OS designed exclusively for Kubernetes. Covers the architecture, bootstrapping clusters from scratch, machine configs, day-2 operations, upgrades, and why no SSH makes your infrastructure more secure and reproducible.
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Temporal for Durable Workflows: Replacing Fragile Cron Jobs and Distributed Sagas A comprehensive guide to Temporal — the durable execution engine that makes long-running, fault-tolerant workflows simple. Covers activities, workflows, signals, queries, schedules, child workflows, and running Temporal in production on Kubernetes.