Cloudflare is a platform I use for infrastructure, particularly Cloudflare Workers. I have a love-hate relationship with it: the product is good but the developer experience frustrates me.
Criticism
In July 2025, I posted a detailed critique (10 likes): “Man @CloudflareDev is hands down the worst DX with a good decent product. 1. super confusing docs 2. Clunky dashboard 3. 100s of unanswered questions in Discord 4. too much their own way to handle things 5. Honestly, if someone has money, they won’t use Cloudflare over Vercel.”
I summarized the core tension: “Advantage of Cloudflare Workers: It doesn’t run Node.js. Disadvantage of Cloudflare Workers: it doesn’t run Node.js.”
I struggled with Durable Objects specifically, eventually figuring them out with help from @backpinelabs.
Usage
Despite the complaints, I continued using Cloudflare for cost reasons. I pay $5/month for it. I asked other developers if they use Cloudflare for their whole infra, suggesting I was considering deeper adoption.
For delulu-social, I learned that Lambda made more sense than the Cloudflare Workers approach for my stage.