I chose Cloudflare not because I was careless. I chose it because it was the best option available. Most people choose it for the same reason. It is cheap (and mostly free), easy to set up, reliable, and most importantly, it usually works the way we want. When I wanted a reliable DNS solution without the unnecessary overhead, Cloudflare resolved it. When I was looking for a way around CGNAT, Cloudflare Tunnel solved it. Every new Cloudflare service solves another problem, and the more problems it solves, the more attractive it becomes. And with time, instead of being just another tool, it beca
Cloudflare is by far the best service for home labbers and the wider internet, and that should make you nervous… The platform hasn't yet posted anything about the service officially being back online. Content streaming seems to have been restored for some users It's unclear what caused the outage The outage includes both watching content locally and remotely. …
… Consumer Routers Often Make DNS a Single Point of Failure One Small Service Can Affect an Entire Smart Home Most home networks rely on the default ISP router to provide DNS forwarding services. …
… Also, I haven’t experienced any outages since my setup doesn’t depend on third-party services. …
… I still remember the November 2025 Cloudflare outage ; completely unrelated services ranging from ChatGPT and X to Spotify and Uber started failing together because they shared the same infrastructure dependency. …
… Monitoring watches the service from the outside. A routine can inspect the service’s intent from the inside. …
… That said, I’ve configured mine on a custom router I built with a ZimaBoard 2 , as it has enough horsepower to drive my DIY firewall as well as Tailscale , AdGuard, ntopng, and other network services I wish to run 24/7. …
… The stacks include content and media services like Jellyfin, Immich, and Nextcloud; networking services like AdGuard, Unbound, Tailscale, and Newt Pangolin connector ; monitoring services like Uptime Kuma, Beszel, and Speedtest Tracker; and utility services like qBittorrent, Scrutiny, Vaultwarden, … …
… Remember the AWS outage of October 2025? Besides typical websites, many smart home devices were unable to connect to the server, effectively becoming paperweights until the situation was resolved hours later. …