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Cloudflare is a web infrastructure and security company that provides services such as content delivery, DNS, and DDoS protection.
…I used workarounds like Cloudflare Tunnels and Tailscale, but they added friction, such as latency and Tailscale on every device, over time. On top of that, managing a server at home added…
…aggregate archives Visitor country map, request-rate chart, changelog, photo carousel Outdoor weather context (via Cloudflare Worker proxy to Open-Meteo) Guestbook with submission, moderation queue, rate limiting If you'd like…
…Every option, from Cloudflare Tunnels to reverse proxies with your own TLS certificates, comes with trade-offs and issues, and turns what should be a simple process into security scope creep. What…
…Instead of relying on Cloudflare and Google’s public DNS services , I paired Pi-hole with a local recursive DNS resolver — Unbound. That stopped my DNS queries from ever reaching any third…
…For example, if I were troubleshooting a Cloudflare 502 error , I would just scroll to the actual solution, implement it, and move on. It was enough for me. Most people do the…
…Rather than relying on upstream DNS servers – like Google or Cloudflare – my Unbound recursive DNS chains my queries through root, TLD, and authoritative servers, essentially making it harder (but sadly, not impossible…
…But while the standard ISP-provided DNS is usually good enough for most homes, choosing another option (such as 1.1.1.1 from Cloudflare ) or running your own resolver from home…
…Related I used Unbound to create my own DNS server, and I'll never go back to Google or Cloudflare I created my own DNS server using Unbound, and it was painless…
…homeassistant.example.com → Cloudflare/VPS IP . This ensures your devices always pull the correct IP address for their location, giving you the best available latency. It's also much easier to maintain…
…There were solutions that I tried, such as mDNS, Cloudflare Tunnel , and split DNS , or even adding custom rules to access devices on separate VLANs, uni- or bi-directional. But there was…