March 20, 2012 9:56PM
The CloudFlare Story
Our History
Life @ Cloudflare
Events
We are frequently asked by customers, media, friends and peers the story of how CloudFlare started. Next week, CloudFlare co-founders Matthew Prince, Michelle Zatlyn, and Lee Holloway will tell this story first hand at the Harvard Club of San Francisco's Founders Series....
October 15, 2011 8:11PM
CloudFlare's Middle Earth Adventure
Life @ Cloudflare
Milestones
Retreat
Our History
In the summer of 2010, before CloudFlare's public launch, we took the team to Vegas to celebrate our first 100 websites. This summer, we crossed more than 100,000 websites using CloudFlare so we decided to head out on another team retreat....
June 25, 2011 2:00AM
1 Billion Served (Every Day)
Our History
Milestones
Life @ Cloudflare
About 8 months ago I posted a blog post about how CloudFlare had served 1 billion requests that month. It was quite a milestone for our young startup. This week we crossed a new milestone: now serving more than 1 billion requests every day....
June 14, 2011 4:25AM
Everything Starts Somewhere
Our History
Life @ Cloudflare
This evening, as I went to get some pictures off my camera, I came across these photos from almost a year ago I don't remember taking. They're from the early days of CloudFlare. In the next few weeks we'll welcome our 20th employee....
April 01, 2011 5:31PM
April's Fools Day
Fun
Life @ Cloudflare
It is a beautiful morning in San Francisco and the office was full of April Fool's jokes. The creativity was spearheaded by Matthieu, who recruited Matthew and Jason to help him execute several ideas. The pranks included wrapping Lee's desk in parcel paper, packaging Ian's desk in bubble wrap, controlling Sri's computer remotely with a foot and making my desk look like it just stepped into a flurry of sticky notes. It was a fun way to start everyone's day. Thanks Matthieu! And then, after all the fun died down, it was Matthieu's turn to be pranked. Jason did a switch-and-bait on his keyboard that made it difficult to type in French. Jason removed the windows key that Matthieu uses to make accents when writing in French. Quel plaisir! The stakes have been raised for next year. The planning is already underway....
March 23, 2011 10:35PM
CloudFlare Opens Its Office in San Francisco, and Brings on New Talent
In February, CloudFlare packed up our first office in Palo Alto and headed up the 101 to San Francisco. The new office is located in the heart of San Francisco's SOMA district, complete with an one block walk to Caltrain, the Giants stadium and Blue Bottle Coffee....