Serverless Apps on Cloudflare • Ashley Peacock & Ricky Robinett • GOTO 2025

This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. #GOTOcon #GOTObookclub http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Read the full transcription of the interview here: https://gotopia.tech/episodes/379 Ashley Peacock - Staff Software Engineer at Simply Business & Author of "Serverless Apps on Cloudflare" & "Creating Software with Modern Diagramming Techniques" @ashleypeacock3928 Ricky Robinett - VP Developer Relations & Community at Cloudflare @rickyrobinett RESOURCES Ashley https://twitter.com/_ashleypeacock https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-peacock-133749120 https://medium.com/@ashley-peacock https://github.com/apeacock1991 Ricky https://twitter.com/rickyrobinett https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickyrobinett https://about.me/rickyrobinett https://github.com/rickyrobinett Links https://www.cursor.com https://youtu.be/3a0WHZVb1Gg https://youtu.be/_KvFapRkR9I https://youtu.be/tn6nkZP1iSY https://youtu.be/X6fPkRON3X8 https://youtu.be/esMjP-7jlRE https://youtu.be/vIGIQZmwcqo DESCRIPTION Ricky Robinett interviews Ashley Peacock, author of "Serverless Apps on Cloudflare", about the developer platform side of Cloudflare. Ashley explains how Cloudflare has evolved from primarily a security company to a full-fledged developer platform with global deployment capabilities, databases, caching solutions, and AI tools. They discuss the unique aspects of Cloudflare's architecture, including global deployment by default, bindings that simplify resource connections without requiring secrets management, and excellent local development experience. Ashley highlights several Cloudflare products including Workers (serverless functions), D1 (SQLite database), KV (key-value store), R2 (object storage), Durable Objects, and AI offerings like Workers AI and AI Gateway. The conversation covers developer experience, using AI assistants for coding, and the benefits of Cloudflare's approach to simplifying cloud development. TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 01:47 From CDN to platform: Cloudflare’s serverless story 05:41 Diving into Cloudflare technologies 12:01 DevEx & AI integration 21:31 Local development 24:15 Data & storage 29:18 Vectorize, Workers AI & AI Gateway 36:42 Closing thoughts 38:26 Outro RECOMMENDED BOOKS Ashley Peacock • Serverless Apps on Cloudflare • https://amzn.to/3EU7P85 Ashley Peacock • Creating Software with Modern Diagramming Techniques • https://amzn.to/438rcBZ Jeroen Mulder • Multi-Cloud Strategy for Cloud Architects • https://amzn.to/3FdNDOA https://bsky.app/profile/gotocon.com https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.instagram.com/goto_con https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #Cloudflare #Serverless #CDN #DevEx #AIIntegration #WorkersAI #Cursor #AI #AIGateway #LoFi #LocalFirst #CloudlareTech #TodayInTech #SoftwareDevelopment #SoftwareEngineering #Programming #AshleyPeacock #RickyRobinett #BookClub CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1