Serverless Apps on Cloudflare • Ashley Peacock & Ricky Robinett

This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club.http://gotopia.tech/bookclubRead the full transcription of the interview hereAshley Peacock - Staff Software Engineer at Simply Business & Author of "Serverless Apps on Cloudflare" & "Creating Software with Modern Diagramming Techniques"Ricky Robinett - VP Developer Relations & Community at CloudflareRESOURCESAshleyhttps://twitter.com/_ashleypeacockhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-peacock-133749120https://medium.com/@ashley-peacockhttps://github.com/apeacock1991Rickyhttps://twitter.com/rickyrobinetthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/rickyrobinetthttps://about.me/rickyrobinetthttps://github.com/rickyrobinettLinkshttps://www.cursor.comDESCRIPTIONRicky Robinett interviews Ashley Peacock, author of "Serverless Apps on Cloudflare", about the developer platform side of Cloudflare. Ashley explains how Cloudflare has evolved from primarily a security company to a full-fledged developer platform with global deployment capabilities, databases, caching solutions, and AI tools.They discuss the unique aspects of Cloudflare's architecture, including global deployment by default, bindings that simplify resource connections without requiring secrets management, and excellent local development experience.Ashley highlights several Cloudflare products including Workers (serverless functions), D1 (SQLite database), KV (key-value store), R2 (object storage), Durable Objects, and AI offerings like Workers AI and AI Gateway. The conversation covers developer experience, using AI assistants for coding, and the benefits of Cloudflare's approach to simplifying cloud development.RECOMMENDED BOOKSAshley Peacock • Serverless Apps on CloudflareAshley Peacock • Creating Software with Modern Diagramming TechniquesJeroen Mulder • Multi-Cloud Strategy for Cloud ArchitectsBlueskyInstagramLinkedInFacebookCHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUSJoin this channel to get early access to videos & other perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/joinLooking for a unique learning experience?Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.techSUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!