Web3 and Cloudflare Web3 Gateways Walkthrough [Video]

Posted on May 13, 2022 by Humair

Checkout my latest video on Web3 and Cloudflare Web3 Gateways below or directly on the Cloudflare YouTube channel here.

Cloudflare Web3 Gateways include IPFS Gateway and Ethereum Gateway. In this video I walkthrough what Web3 is and the motivation behind Web3. I also discuss how Cloudflare Web3 Gateways work and their respective benefits. The presentation is based on the Web3 and Cloudflare Web3 Gateways’ whitepapers I’ve written: Cloudflare Ethereum Gateway Whitepaper and Cloudflare IPFS Gateway Whitepaper.

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Cloudflare CDN Walkthrough – Benefits, Configuration, Traffic Flow, and Performance

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Humair

Checkout my latest video on Cloudflare CDN embedded below or directly on the Cloudflare YouTube channel here.

The Cloudflare CDN is SaaS that helps address the challenges customers face around latency, performance, availability, redundancy, security, and costs. In this video I walkthrough some of the details of Cloudflare CDN Benefits, Configuration, Traffic Flow, and Performance that I wrote about in the Cloudflare CDN Reference Architecture.

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Cloudflare Ethereum Gateway Whitepaper

Posted on March 31, 2022 by Humair

Cloudflare Ethereum Gateway Whitepaper
Close on the heels of publishing the Cloudflare IPFS Gateway Whitepaper, the CLoudflare Ethereum Gateway Whitepaper is now published and available to download from the Cloudflare Resource Hub. This whitepaper walks through details of Ethereum and Cloudflare Ethereum Gateway. You can now download and read the Cloudflare Ethereum Gateway Whitepaper to learn more. Feel free to provide any feedback or reach out if you have questions. Continue reading →

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Webinar Recording: Introduction to Cloudflare Web3 Gateways [Video]

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Humair

Introduction to Cloudflare Web3 Gateways Webinar
If you missed the Cloudflare Webinar on March 9th where I presented on IPFS, Ethereum, and Cloudflare Web3 Gateways, you can now watch the recording by registering here or simply watch on YouTube here, I’ve also embedded the video below. Continue reading →

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Cloudflare CDN Reference Architecture

Posted on March 18, 2022 by Humair

Cloudflare CDN Reference ArchitectureJust published! One of the first items I worked on at Cloudflare was the Cloudflare CDN; reoccurring pattern while working on this – learned a lot researching, playing with the technology, and working with some smart folks at Cloudflare! Download and read the Cloudflare CDN Reference Architecture to learn more about the traditional challenges customers face with web applications, how the Cloudflare CDN resolves these challenges, and Cloudflare CDN architecture and design. Continue reading →

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Cloudflare Web3 Gateways Webinar

Posted on March 8, 2022 by Humair

Cloudflare Web3 Webinar
Still time to register and have a chance at winning a $300 VISA e-Gift Card! Join us tomorrow, March 9th to learn how Cloudflare can help in your Web3 journey.

Learn about Cloudflare’s vision and products around Web3. By the end of the webinar, you’ll understand the motivation behind Web3, some of the underlying technologies and how they’re being used, and how Cloudflare Web3 Gateways work and their respective benefits. Continue reading →

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Cloudflare IPFS Gateway Whitepaper

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Humair

Cloudflare IPFS Gateway Whitepaper
Since joining Cloudflare, I’ve had the opportunity to research and work on Web3 including IPFS and Cloudflare’s IPFS Gateway. I’ve also had the opportunity to write this detailed whitepaper on Cloudflare IPFS Gateway. Thankful for an amazing Web3 engineering team and brand/design team! You can now download and read the Cloudflare IPFS Gateway Whitepaper to learn more. Feel free to provide any feedback or reach out if you have questions. Continue reading →

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Speaking at Upcoming Webinar – Introduction to Cloudflare Web3 Gateways

Posted on February 23, 2022 by Humair

Cloudflare Webinar - Introduction to Cloudflare Web3 Gateways

I’ll be speaking at an upcoming Cloudflare Webinar – Introduction to Cloudflare Web3 Gateways! Only 14 days left. Click here to register and have a chance to win a A $300 VISA e-Gift Card! Continue reading →

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Managing Multiple Python Versions and Packages

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Humair

After spending a solid afternoon researching and working on deploying multiple Python versions and packages, I realized how much confusion and lack of authoritative posts exist on this subject. There are lots of opinions and suggestions out there which may not be correct at all or more often the case, half correct. It’s a pretty tricky subject with a myriad of potential pitfalls. In this short post, I hope to provide some guidance from my own learnings. Continue reading →

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The Evolution of Blockchain from Crypto to DApps

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Humair

I remember buying my first bitcoin back when it was still hovering around ~$100. It’s an understatement to say things have sure changed – and, not just in terms of what Bitcoin is now worth (market cap just under $1 trillion), but also with the ecosystem, exchanges, trading/investment vehicles, and flood of other blockchains and respective cryptocurrencies that followed. From the paper that started it all came an avalanche of ideas and innovation embracing fundamental paradigm shifts in how transactions, currency, digital assets, and even applications can be viewed and utilized in a different way. Blockchains

Although I wish I could go back in time and follow-through with plans to sell all my assets and go all-in with Bitcoin, I am still excited for the future and what’s to come from what started with the first implementation of blockchain with Bitcoin to what has now morphed into something larger. In this short post, I talk about the initial use of blockchain with Bitcoin and how it has evolved beyond its initial use for digital money or cryptocurrencies into a platform for decentralized apps (DApps). Continue reading →

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