This Week in NET

In this episode of This Week in NET, host João Tomé is joined by Cloudflare Senior Product Managers Korinne Alpers and Nikita Cano to recap all the announcements from Cloudflare’s 15th Birthday Week.

We cover AI, developer tools, security, performance, and how Cloudflare continues to give back to the Internet.

Highlights include:

 • AI & Security: Firewall for AI, Shadow AI protection, and Content Signals Policy.

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In this special 15th-anniversary episode of This Week in NET, we sit down with Cloudflare co-founders Michelle Zatlyn and Matthew Prince to revisit the early days — from a Harvard Business School project to launching at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2010.

We talk about how culture takes shape, the technical vision of Lee Holloway, and pivotal moments that defined Cloudflare’s journey, as well as where the Internet is headed next. ...

Birthday Week is Cloudflare’s biggest innovation week — and this year is extra special as we celebrate our 15th birthday. Each year, we pause to reflect on our journey, celebrate the progress we’ve made, and look ahead to what’s next, all while staying true to our mission of helping build a better Internet.

In this episode of This Week in NET, João Tomé is joined by Nikita Cano to preview what’s coming in Birthday Week 202...

In this episode, host João Tomé is joined by Inanna Malick, Systems Engineer at Cloudflare, to talk about how she built a serverless version of a real-time social app that connects to the ATProto ecosystem — the protocol powering platforms like Bluesky.

Inanna walks us through her blog post and technical journey, showing how she used Cloudflare Workers, Durable Objects, and the free tier of our Developer Platform to deploy...

We continue our 100th episode celebration of This Week in NET with a special look back at memorable moments from past guests and a quick rundown of the latest Cloudflare blog stories.

From Internet pioneers like Geoff Huston, to Cloudflare co-founders Matthew Prince and Michelle Zatlyn, and leaders like Nicholas Thompson (The Atlantic) and Chris Anderson (TED), many Cloudflare experts, and John Graham-Cumming, that started...

In this special conversation, João Tomé sits down with John Graham-Cumming, Cloudflare’s former CTO and current board member, to look back at Cloudflare’s journey — from Universal SSL and Heartbleed to Workers, Radar, and what’s next for the Internet.

Topics & Timecodes: 00:58 – Favorite Cloudflare Moments: Universal SSL & Heartbleed Impact 04:36 – The Philosophy of Offering Free Services 09:20 – Evolution and Impa...

In this episode, host João Tomé is joined by Will Allen, Cloudflare’s VP of Product Management, to discuss Pay-Per-Crawl and our new permission-based model for AI bots. These updates, launched on July 1, 2025 — what we call Content Independence Day — aim to reshape how AI models access and reward content, shifting from an opt-out to an opt-in approach. Cloudflare’s CEO, Matthew Prince, also appears in a video at the start,...

In this episode, host João Tomé is joined by Kenton Varda, Principal Engineer at Cloudflare, for a wide-ranging conversation about AI, code, and the evolution of Internet development.

Kenton shares how a real-world project shifted his view from AI skepticism to seeing the promise of AI-assisted coding, while emphasizing the need for strong human review, especially for security. The episode also dives into the architecture ...

In this episode, host João Tomé is joined in Cloudflare’s Lisbon office by Scott Tomtania, a seasoned recruiting leader at Cloudflare, to discuss the company's incredible growth, its unique hiring philosophy, and how AI is shaping the future of recruitment.

Scott shares insights on how Cloudflare maintains its unique culture amidst rapid expansion, the rigorous selection process (including C-level interviews for every cand...

In this episode, host João Tomé is joined in Cloudflare’s Lisbon office by Cloudflare Senior Research Engineer Thibault Meunier to explore a new proposal that could reshape how bots interact with the web in the age of AI.

We go into Cloudflare’s proposal of using cryptographic signatures for bots, enabling websites to verify their identity. Why is this important? As AI systems rely increasingly on online content, this stan...

In this episode, host João Tomé is joined by Cloudflare Product Managers Nevi Shah and Dina Kozlov to go into the world of MCP (Model Context Protocol), and why it’s gaining traction fast.

We explore what MCP is, why it matters now, and how developers can easily spin up their own MCP servers on Cloudflare. The episode includes live demos, practical use cases, and a look at how companies like Stripe, PayPal, and Anthropic a...

In this episode of This Week in NET, we sit down at Cloudflare’s Lisbon office in Portugal with one of the Internet’s original architects: Geoff Huston, Chief Scientist at APNIC (the Asia-Pacific Internet registry).

From helping build Australia’s first Internet backbone to now shaping global conversations on resilience, routing security, and cryptography, Geoff shares a rare, unfiltered view of how the Internet grew, and w...

In this week’s episode, we talk about DDoS attacks and their sharp rise in recent months. We also start with a quick look at some Internet trends tied to the announcement of the new pope.

To guide us through the world of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, host João Tomé is joined by our DDoS expert, Omer Yoachimik.

We go into the latest data from our Q1 2025 DDoS Threat Report, which reveals a 358% year-over-yea...

In this week's episode, we talk about Internet disruptions — focusing on the recent major power and Internet blackout, while also reviewing the broader Internet disruptions of Q1 2025.

Host João Tomé shares his firsthand experience during the blackout in Lisbon, Portugal, and how an old battery-powered FM radio came to the rescue. He’s joined by David Belson, Head of Data Insights at Cloudflare.

In Q1 2025, Internet disrup...

In this week's episode, we continue exploring AI, agents, developers, and how AI is helping developers, and turning more people into developers. For that, host João Tomé chats in the library of our London office with Sunil Pai, Principal Systems Engineer, who’s building AI agents at Cloudflare.

Next, recorded two weeks ago at our Connect event in London, we talk with Ashley Peacock, a British engineer and Cloudflare Dev Ex...

This episode is all about our second innovation week of the year: Developer Week. Host João Tomé is joined in person at Cloudflare’s London office by Ricky Robinett, VP of Developer Relations, and Craig Dennis, Developer Educator.

There’s a lot to go through — new tools and announcements launched during this April week. The vibe in the developer world, with AI, agents, and code-first energy, is contagious. More people, eve...

In this week's episode, we set the stage for Cloudflare’s second innovation week of the year — Developer Week. Host João Tomé is joined by Ricky Robinett, VP of Developer Relations, to preview what to expect when Developer Week kicks off on April 7, with announcements running through April 11, 2025. There we also mention how developers can now build and deploy remote MCP servers to Cloudflare.

Next, Craig Dennis, Developer...

This episode is all about our first innovation week of the year, Security Week. Host João Tomé (based in Lisbon, Portugal) is joined by Alex Dunbrack and Adam Martinetti, both Senior Product Managers at Cloudflare, based in the San Francisco area.

On the table for discussion: a glimpse into some of the announcements Cloudflare made last week, covering topics such as a safer Internet for all; threat research and intelligen...