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Better VCL for more maintainable Fastly configurations

Andrew Betts

Over the last eight years of providing a platform for coding at the edge, we've learned a lot about common patterns, as well as common mistakes and risky code. Best practices in Fastly VCL have changed over time to help address expectation gaps and help improve maintainability.

Engineering

Reflecting on the last nine years, and Fastly’s new CEO

Artur Bergman

I am stepping into the role of Chief Architect and Executive Chairperson, and Joshua Bixby will become our new CEO. Growth and change have always come hand-in-hand at Fastly. Earlier today, Joshua and I sent the following emails to our employees at Fastly announcing this leadership transition.

Three ways TLS 1.3 protects origin names

Patrick McManus

The newest version of Transport Layer Security, TLS 1.3, is faster, more robust, and more responsive than ever before. Explore three ways it will help HTTPS protect origin names for improved confidentiality.

Security
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Super Bowl Memes & Internet Trends

Gino Lang, Jess Cook

A look at internet traffic trends and user behaviors during the 2020 Super Bowl.

Customers
Observability

Modernizing the internet with HTTP/3 and QUIC

Jana Iyengar

Fastly’s QUIC and HTTP/3 beta is coming soon. Join the waitlist and discover how these two new protocols solve the modern internet’s problems.

Industry insights
Events

5 tips for creating a secure DevOps culture

Kevin Rollinson

Integrating security into your DevOps cycle isn’t something that happens overnight. Here are five tips for building a culture in which secure DevOps can thrive, enabling your team to build secure apps quickly.

Culture
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Hybrid vs. Public vs. Multi-cloud

Adam Denenberg

Compare the pros and cons of each stage of cloud evolution — hybrid vs. public vs. multi-cloud — to decide which stage is right for your business.

Performance
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Is multi-CDN delivery the solution to your QoE goals?

Lee Chen

Multi-CDN delivery helps deliver a higher quality of experience and is growing in popularity. Let’s explore why and what key factors you should keep in mind in evaluating if it’s the right strategy for your quality of experience goals.

Streaming
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17 new solutions to Build on Fastly

Andrew Betts

Since the August launch of Build on Fastly, our developer library, we have been quietly adding many new solutions: beacon termination, geofencing, numerous flavours of load balancing, and lots of other goodies. Here's a list so you don't miss out on all the new ideas for getting the most out of Fastly.

CCPA and Fastly: we've got you covered

Neal Hannan

Before CCPA rolls out in January, we’d like to share what we believe the changes mean for you as a Fastly customer.

Preventing Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

The Fastly Collective

Learn about the technical details of SSRF, how it was utilized in the Capital One breach, why it’s so critical to understand for today’s cloud-hosted web apps, and how organizations can protect their web applications and APIs from such attacks.

Security

Testing your Fastly config in CI

Andrew Betts

Many customers now upload their CDN configuration as part of their continuous deployment process. That means you need to be able to automate testing too. Here’s how.

Engineering

Compute Demo: New Serverless Compute Environment | Fastly

Sean Leach

Watch our Compute demo, and see the possibilities of our new serverless compute environment.

Product
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Best Practices for Multi-CDN Implementations | Fastly

Dima Kumets

Learn how multi-cdn works and discover the benefits of a multi-cdn approach. See how you can implement a multi-CDN architecture using these 8 steps.

Edge network
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Internet changed in 2019, expect more in 2020 | Fastly

Tyler McMullen

Take a look back at 2019’s major shifts in internet infrastructure, and understand what they mean for the future of the internet in 2020 and beyond.

Industry insights
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How Rack and Roll lets us grow our network with purpose

Kat Diamantine, Davin Camara

Rack and Roll is our new, scalable process for building and delivering POPs worldwide. From concept to go-live, discover how we build and ship our servers to expand our global network.

Edge network
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Fastly's changelog tracks API enhancements | Fastly

Keavy McMinn

Fastly launches a more robust and transparent API changelog that will make it easier for developers to get the facts they need to keep building the experiences users love.

Product

Fast Path Failover Tech Boosts Delivery | Fastly

Lorenzo Saino, Raul Landa

Improve traffic deliverability by mitigating the impact of internet weather by automatically detecting and re-routing underperforming edge connections.

Performance
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Seven tips to improve live streaming

John Agger

At Fastly, we’ve helped some of the world’s leading broadcasters and content owners deliver live events that scale from local news to the very largest sporting events. And we’ve learned a thing or two along the way. Check out our seven tips for live streaming success.

Streaming

TLS with Fastly is now easier and more flexible

Blake Dournaee

Fastly now offers two new TLS services for the trust, flexibility, and scalability customers need to bring the best of the internet to life.

Security
Product