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The web does not need gatekeepers: Cloudflare’s new “signed agents” pitch

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454 points positiveblue | 2 comments | 29 Aug 25 16:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.429s | source
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jjangkke ◴[29 Aug 25 16:48 UTC] No.45066437[source]▶
I would love to get off Cloudflare but there are no real good alternatives
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bob1029 ◴[29 Aug 25 16:58 UTC] No.45066577[source]▶
Writing backends that can actually handle public traffic and using authentication for expensive resources are fantastic alternatives.

Also, cheaply rate limiting malicious web clients should be something that is trivial to accomplish with competent web tooling (i.e., on your own servers). If this seems out of scope or infeasible, you might be using the wrong tools for the job.

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nromiun ◴[29 Aug 25 17:39 UTC] No.45067133[source]▶
Even if you write the best backend in the world where do you host them? AFAIK Cloudflare is the only free CDN.
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1. lostmsu ◴[30 Aug 25 13:39 UTC] No.45074612[source]▶
GitHub pages?
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2. nromiun ◴[30 Aug 25 14:47 UTC] No.45075108[source]▶
You can't pipe any media files from any origin to GitHub Pages.

There are many free static site hosts but not many free CDN.