Tag: Cloudflare

Sep 18, 2026 ·

Asif Mughal · 107

Expose a Self-Hosted App Without Opening a Port: Cloudflare Tunnel Explained

Cloudflare Tunnel lets you expose a self-hosted app to the internet without opening a single port, using an outbound-only connection instead. Here is the setup, the catch-all rule most people miss, and a real firewall gotcha reported just weeks ago.

Sep 7, 2026 ·

Asif Mughal · 80

Cloudflare Deprecated In-Place DNS Record Type Changes. Here's What Breaks

Cloudflare quietly deprecated in-place DNS record type changes through its API. If you manage DNS with Terraform, a type change now deletes and recreates the record instead of updating it. Here's what that means and how to do it safely.

Aug 29, 2026 ·

Asif Mughal · 109

Cloudflare Keeps Having Outages. Here Is What That Means for Your R2 Backups

Cloudflare had a rough run of outages touching R2 in late 2025 and again in 2026. If your backups live only on R2, I think it is worth asking what happens when it goes down. Here is a simple way to add a second copy, and the one habit that actually makes it useful.

Aug 27, 2026 ·

Asif Mughal · 1,239

Cloudflare Pages' Free Tier: When It's Actually Enough to Skip a VPS

Cloudflare Pages offers unmetered static bandwidth on its free tier — genuinely enough to host a small SaaS's marketing site and docs for $0. Here's exactly where that holds up, and the Workers request cap that kicks in the moment your site needs a server.

Aug 26, 2026 ·

Asif Mughal · 179

How to Password-Protect a Staging Site for Free With Cloudflare Access

Gate a client staging site behind email-based login using Cloudflare Access — free for up to 50 users, no server config, no Worker code to write or maintain.

Aug 21, 2026 ·

Asif Mughal · 193

How Much Does It Cost to Run a Small Website or SaaS in the Cloud? (2026 Breakdown)

Real 2026 pricing for running a personal project, a small WordPress site, a Laravel/PHP SaaS, and a small business site in the cloud — VPS, storage, backups, domain, email, and monitoring costs, broken down honestly.