FlareCraft
Briefing · Friday, May 15, 2026

What developers shipped

27 items kept · 43 classified · 44 sourced · 2 deduplicated.

The cut · the day's read

What's working

  1. [r/CloudFlare] box-flex model pdf rendering lib that runs in cloudflare workers. Developer creates tiny PDF rendering lib for Cloudflare Workers.
  2. [r/CloudFlare] Building a full game backend on Cloudflare (Workers + D1 + R2 + custom domain). Full game backend built on Cloudflare Workers, D1, R2, and custom domains.
  3. [r/CloudFlare] Open source Semrush alternative for SEO that runs on the Cloudflare free plan. Open-source SEO alternative built on Cloudflare's free plan.

What's friction

  1. [r/CloudFlare] Cloudflare Tunnel powerusers who switched to Pangolin. What do you miss most from CF? What made you switch?. Former Cloudflare Tunnel users discuss what they miss after switching to Pangolin.
  2. Comment on: Show HN: Running the second public ODoH relay. Commenter concerned about Cloudflare's power due to ODoH relay.
  3. Comment on: Mullvad exit IPs are surprisingly identifying. Mullvad user experiences 403s due to Cloudflare blocking VPN exit IPs.

What's being asked

  1. [r/selfhosted] Is this an ideal secure setup?. Several developers seek feedback on secure setups using Cloudflare DNS.
  2. [r/selfhosted] Enable SSH connection throught Docker on demand. Developers want to enable SSH connections through Docker on demand with Zero Trust.
  3. [r/selfhosted] ~10k unique IPs hit our login endpoint last weekend.. Teams explore Cloudflare to defend against bot traffic on auth endpoints.
★★★☆☆ · critique · via HN

Comment on: AI is making me dumb

Commenter discusses AI's impact on software engineering jobs, mentions Cloudflare's AI bills.

Other

★★★☆☆ · production-story · via HN

Agents Don't Travel Well

Using Cloudflared in an AI workspace setup with Tmux

Cloudflared

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