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App Store Award finalists announced

Every year, the App Store Awards celebrate exceptional apps and games that improve people's lives while showcasing the highest levels of technical innovation, user experience, design, and positive cultural impact. This year, the App Store Editorial team is proud to recognize over 40 outstanding finalists. Winners will be announced in the coming weeks. Learn about the finalists

How Notion powers rapid and performant experimentation

is a connected workspace that allows users to write, plan, and organize, all enhanced with built-in AI. With a platform as flexible as Notion, the challenge for their website team lies in communicating the vast range of use cases—from personal projects like planning trips to enterprise-level tasks like managing company documentation. That’s a huge total addressable market that attracts many millions of diverse visitors to their website every week. As these numbers continue to rapidly grow and pe

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Node.js 22 LTS is now generally available for builds and functions

Starting today, Node.js version 22 is available as the runtime for your and leveraging Node. To use version 22, go to and select . This is also the default version for new projects.buildsfunctions > > Project SettingsGeneralNode.js Version22.x Node.js 22 highlights: The current version used by Vercel is and will automatically update minor and patch releases. Therefore, only the major version () is guaranteed.22.11.0 22.x Read our to learn more.Node.js runtime documentation Read more : high

CASB - Find security misconfigurations in your AWS cloud environment

You can now use CASB to find security misconfigurations in your AWS cloud environment using Data Loss Prevention. You can also connect your AWS compute account to extract and scan your S3 buckets for sensitive data while avoiding egress fees. CASB will scan any objects that exist in the bucket at the time of configuration. To connect a compute account to your AWS integration: In Cloudflare One, go to Cloud & SaaS findings > Integrations. Find and select your AWS integration. Select Open connecti

Rules - Cloud Connector Now Supports R2

Now, you can use Cloud Connector to route traffic to your R2 buckets based on URLs, headers, geolocation, and more. Example setup: curl --request PUT \ "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/cloud_connector/rules" \ --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data '[ { "expression": "http.request.uri.path wildcard \"/images/*\"", "provider": "cloudflare_r2", "description": "Connect to R2 bucket containing ima

Life of a Vercel request: Navigating the Edge Network

Vercel’s provisions cloud resources while providing full transparency, from the initial build to every incoming request. Developers can track how static assets are distributed globally, functions handle ISR revalidation, and resources manage routing, server-side rendering, and more.framework-defined infrastructure , granular metrics reveal which resources were leveraged to serve their request. This series unpacks the Vercel Edge Network and associated resource allocation, exploring each stage o