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Act 3: Developer Platform
Cloudflare IS the App
Cloudflare as a full cloud provider. Rather than just sitting in front of applications, developers can build entire applications directly on Cloudflare's global edge network — compute, storage, databases, and AI.
Target buyers: Modern Developers, AI Startups, CTOs
Lessons (8)
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Workers
Serverless compute running on every Cloudflare data center worldwide
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R2 Storage
S3-compatible object storage with zero egress fees
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D1 Database
Serverless SQL database built on SQLite
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Workers KV
Global, low-latency key-value storage
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Durable Objects
Strongly consistent storage and real-time coordination
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Queues
Reliable message queuing for background tasks and event-driven architectures
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Pages
Deploy and host websites with Git integration
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Workers AI
Running AI inference on Cloudflare's global GPU network