Code Everywhere: Why We Built Cloudflare Workers

This post introduces Cloudflare Workers, a new capability that allows developers to run JavaScript code directly on Cloudflare's global network, close to end-users. This extends website content optimization beyond static asset caching and security processing to include dynamic application logic at the edge, addressing the latency limitations imposed by the speed of light and creating a third place for code execution between devices and traditional servers. It signifies a shift from Cloudflare being a service to a platform.