I missed this. So they didn’t really solve much at all. I guess at least it’s compatible with other runtimes. But yeah, who would’ve guessed that Cloudflare software would (besides being vibeslop) prefer Cloudflare infra. This, of course, makes the software quite hard to adopt.
replyWorkerd (the platform for Workers) is open source though? You could run your own? And people do run their own, at least according to Cloudflare.
replyMaybe other runtimes should copy dynamic workers.
reply> Open source but architecturally locked in.
replyYou hit the nail on the head.
Cloudflare's new business model is to find popular OSS projects, create a vibe coded alternative that only runs on Cloudflare's infrastructure.
Sadly, it looks more and more like it. It’s sad, because they were doing wonderful stuff.
replyAgreed. They are destroying their professional reputation.
replyI think pretty much every corporation that can have had this thought, has had it. Really "any popular software" where they can provide similar functionality. And I think this is going to happen more often before it becomes less common.
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