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Kenton Varda

@kentonvarda.com

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Tech lead for workers.cloudflare.com Also made: capnproto.org, lanparty.house, sandstorm.io @KentonVarda on Twitter.

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Kenton Varda @kentonvarda.com · 08/12/2025

Happy 10th Birthday to this Onion headline.

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Kenton Varda @kentonvarda.com · 13/11/2025

I was looking for a sound clip from the 1983 arcade game, Sinistar, and instead I got... whatever this is.

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Kenton Varda @kentonvarda.com · 12/11/2025

8:25 pm CST Austin, TX. Very faint, can't say for sure it was actually aurora but... Here's the photo.

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Kenton Varda @kentonvarda.com · 14/10/2025

Those benchmarks from @t3.gg revealed some interesting issues in Workers. Happy to say it's all fixed now, save for some lingering next.js-specific stuff we're continuing to work on. Thanks for the reproducible test cases, @t3.gg. Excessive details in blog post: blog.cloudflare.com/unpacking-cl...

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Kenton Varda @kentonvarda.com · 23/09/2025

I think adding the .map() thing was worth it just for the engagement on these threads lol.

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Kenton Varda @kentonvarda.com · 22/09/2025

I don't have a problem with making new RPC systems! I can stop any time I want! But I don't want to. So I made a new one for you. It's called Cap'n Web. It's like Cap'n Proto RPC, except focused on working great in browsers and JavaScript/TypeScript servers. blog.cloudflare.com/capnweb-java...

An image of a circular fabric patch showing some sort of superhero in a nautical hat? Cap'n Web: Protect & Connect, it says. Looks like AI slop.

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Kenton Varda @kentonvarda.com · 19/09/2025

My smoke detector. In case you can't hear it over the alarm, it's saying: "Too much smoke, alarm cannot be hushed." Four different detectors in my house have had false alarms now. All Kidde-brand. Apparently this is common with Kidde. @bradfitz.com I am feeling your pain (a decade later).

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Kenton Varda @kentonvarda.com · 12/03/2025

I saw the Goodyear blimp outside the window and I took a picture and sent it to @jadewang.me and typed "blomp", which was a typo, except now I've decided that's really a much better word anyway. It's a blomp now. Goodyear blomp in Austin, presumably for SXSW.

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Kenton Varda @kentonvarda.com · 31/01/2025

Well well well. A Secure [AI] App Store, you say. Users control their data all in one place, you say. Users control what each app can see, you say. Make app development easy, you say. Where have I heard this before. www.ycombinator.com/rfs

Screenshot of the section titled "A Secure AI App Store" from https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs

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Kenton Varda @kentonvarda.com · 28/01/2025

This is what Amazon thinks of the nvlink seller. Even though they are using Amazon for fulfillment. Harsh. Can't wait to play with my new rocks. The only reason nvidia is no longer selling this themselves is because they want to price-gouge people doing AI.

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Kenton Varda @kentonvarda.com · 06/01/2025

December power usage. Can you spot the 48-hour LAN party?

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Kenton Varda @kentonvarda.com · 09/12/2024

"Hah! If I use a fake ID and a 3D-printed gun they'll never be able to find me!" *continues to carry said fake ID and 3D-printed gun days after the crime* ... really?