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Re: Cloudflare was down

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Post by headmelted »

csomar wrote: post #41
xyproto wrote: post #9

Yes. Weird that https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/ isn't reporting this properly. It should be full of red blinking lights.

> In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Dec 05, 2025 - 07:00 UTC Something must have gone really wrong.

It's 1AM in San Francisco right now. I don't envy the person having to call Matthew Prince and wake him up for this one. And I feel really bad for the person that forgot a closing brace in whatever config file did this.

Re: Cloudflare was down

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Post by namjh »

Andugal wrote: post #55
26d0 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

hmm... https://downdetectorsdowndetector.com/ (edit: it's working now (detecting downdetector's down))

So DownDetector is down, but DownDetectorDownDetector does not detect it... We probably need one more DownDetector. (no)

Yes we do have[^1] but unfortunately it looks like not checking the integrity, just reachability.

[1]: https://downdetectorsdowndetectorsdowndetector.com/

Re: Cloudflare was down

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Post by lionkor »

0xfedcafe wrote: post #69

Funny how even safe Rust isn’t able to stop vibecoding without a proper validation. And the fact that it's a monopoly isn't so funny anymore.

Rust is one of the few languages where I found AI to be very well checked. The type system can enforce so many constraints that you do avoid lots of bugs, and the AI will get caught writing shit code.

Of course, vibe coding will always find a way to make something horribly broken but pretty.

Re: Cloudflare was down

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Post by reneberlin »

I can imagine the horror of pressure of the people responsible for resolution. On that scale of impact it is very hard to keep calm - but still the hive of minds have to cooperate and solve the puzzle while the world is basically halted and ready to blame the company you work for.
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