Using a CDN is not essential for every website. Just get yourself some shared webhosting or whatever for your tech blog and you are good to go, no need for fancy CDNs that go down like this.
SEO definitely puts a lot of pressure on people. Most guides these days talk about performance, and performance is directly linked with services such as CDN's.
But like you say, this can definitely be resolved through Web Servers and resource optimisation.
For WordPress blogs, OpenLiteSpeed has been a godsend to run a WP blog with up to par performance.
Not sure why engineers insist on building their products on top of single points of failure like Cloudflare, AWS, etc. It is very short sighted to give a 3rd party so much control over your business.
Cloudflare: your uptime is critical to your customers' bottom lines. Please change your status page to update automatically. https://i.imgur.com/qHBM2JW.png
"This incident affects: North America (Ashburn, VA, United States - (IAD), Atlanta, GA, United States - (ATL), Boston, MA, United States - (BOS), Buffalo, NY, United States - (BUF), Calgary, AB, Canada - (YYC), Charlotte, NC, United States - (CLT), Chicago, IL, United States - (ORD), Columbus, OH, United States - (CMH), Dallas, TX, United States - (DFW), Denver, CO, United States - (DEN), Detroit, MI, United States - (DTW), Houston, TX, United States - (IAH), Indianapolis, IN, United States - (IND), Jacksonville, FL, United States - (JAX), Kansas City, MO, United States - (MCI), Las Vegas, NV, United States - (LAS), Los Angeles, CA, United States - (LAX), McAllen, TX, United States - (MFE), Memphis, TN, United States - (MEM), Miami, FL, United States - (MIA), Minneapolis, MN, United States - (MSP), Montgomery, AL, United States - (MGM), Montréal, QC, Canada - (YUL), Nashville, TN, United States - (BNA), Newark, NJ, United States - (EWR), Norfolk, VA, United States - (ORF), Omaha, NE, United States - (OMA), Phoenix, AZ, United States - (PHX), Pittsburgh, PA, United States - (PIT), Portland, OR, United States - (PDX), Queretaro, MX, Mexico - (QRO), Richmond, Virginia - (RIC), Sacramento, CA, United States - (SMF), Salt Lake City, UT, United States - (SLC), San Diego, CA, United States - (SAN), San Jose, CA, United States - (SJC), Saskatoon, SK, Canada - (YXE), Seattle, WA, United States - (SEA), St. Louis, MO, United States - (STL), Tampa, FL, United States - (TPA), Toronto, ON, Canada - (YYZ), Vancouver, BC, Canada - (YVR), Tallahassee, FL, United States - (TLH), Winnipeg, MB, Canada - (YWG)), Middle East (Amman, Jordan - (AMM), Baghdad, Iraq - (BGW), Baku, Azerbaijan - (GYD), Beirut, Lebanon - (BEY), Doha, Qatar - (DOH), Dubai, United Arab Emirates - (DXB), Kuwait City, Kuwait - (KWI), Manama, Bahrain - (BAH), Muscat, Oman - (MCT), Ramallah - (ZDM), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - (RUH), Tel Aviv, Israel - (TLV)), Asia (Bangkok, Thailand - (BKK), Cebu, Philippines - (CEB), Chengdu, China - (CTU), Chennai, India - (MAA), Colombo, Sri Lanka - (CMB), Dongguan, China - (SZX), Foshan, China - (FUO), Fuzhou, China - (FOC), Guangzhou, China - (CAN), Hangzhou, China - (HGH), Hanoi, Vietnam - (HAN), Hengyang, China - (HNY), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - (SGN), Hong Kong - (HKG), Hyderabad, India - (HYD), Islamabad, Pakistan - (ISB), Jinan, China - (TNA), Karachi, Pakistan - (KHI), Kathmandu, Nepal - (KTM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - (KUL), Lahore, Pakistan - (LHE), Langfang, China - (NAY), Luoyang, China - (LYA), Macau - (MFM), Manila, Philippines - (MNL), Mumbai, India - (BOM), Nanning, China - (NNG), New Delhi, India - (DEL), Osaka, Japan - (KIX), Phnom Penh, Cambodia - (PNH), Qingdao, China - (TAO), Seoul, South Korea - (ICN), Shanghai, China - (SHA), Shenyang, China - (SHE), Shijiazhuang, China - (SJW), Singapore, Singapore - (SIN), Suzhou, China - (SZV), Taipei - (TPE), Tianjin, China - (TSN), Tokyo, Japan - (NRT), Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia - (ULN), Wuhan, China - (WUH), Wuxi, China - (WUX), Xi'an, China - (XIY), Yerevan, Armenia - (EVN), Zhengzhou, China - (CGO), Zuzhou, China - (CSX)), Africa (Cairo, Egypt - (CAI), Casablanca, Morocco - (CMN), Cape Town, South Africa - (CPT), Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania - (DAR), Djibouti City, Djibouti - (JIB), Durban, South Africa - (DUR), Johannesburg, South Africa - (JNB), Lagos, Nigeria - (LOS), Luanda, Angola - (LAD), Maputo, MZ - (MPM), Mombasa, Kenya - (MBA), Port Louis, Mauritius - (MRU), Réunion, France - (RUN), Kigali, Rwanda - (KGL)), Latin America & the Caribbean (Asunción, Paraguay - (ASU), Bogotá, Colombia - (BOG), Buenos Aires, Argentina - (EZE), Curitiba, Brazil - (CWB), Fortaleza, Brazil - (FOR), Lima, Peru - (LIM), Medellín, Colombia - (MDE), Mexico City, Mexico - (MEX), Panama City, Panama - (PTY), Porto Alegre, Brazil - (POA), Quito, Ecuador - (UIO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - (GIG), São Paulo, Brazil - (GRU), Santiago, Chile - (SCL), Willemstad, Curaçao - (CUR)), Oceania (Auckland, New Zealand - (AKL), Brisbane, QLD, Australia - (BNE), Melbourne, VIC, Australia - (MEL), Perth, WA, Australia - (PER), Sydney, NSW, Australia - (SYD)), and Europe (Amsterdam, Netherlands - (AMS), Athens, Greece - (ATH), Barcelona, Spain - (BCN), Belgrade, Serbia - (BEG), Berlin, Germany - (TXL), Brussels, Belgium - (BRU), Bucharest, Romania - (OTP), Budapest, Hungary - (BUD), Chișinău, Moldova - (KIV), Copenhagen, Denmark - (CPH), Dublin, Ireland - (DUB), Düsseldorf, Germany - (DUS), Edinburgh, United Kingdom - (EDI), Frankfurt, Germany - (FRA), Geneva, Switzerland - (GVA), Gothenburg, Sweden - (GOT), Hamburg, Germany - (HAM), Helsinki, Finland - (HEL), Istanbul, Turkey - (IST), Kyiv, Ukraine - (KBP), Lisbon, Portugal - (LIS), London, United Kingdom - (LHR), Luxembourg City, Luxembourg - (LUX), Madrid, Spain - (MAD), Manchester, United Kingdom - (MAN), Marseille, France - (MRS), Milan, Italy - (MXP), Moscow, Russia - (DME), Munich, Germany - (MUC), Nicosia, Cyprus - (LCA), Oslo, Norway - (OSL), Paris, France - (CDG), Prague, Czech Republic - (PRG), Reykjavík, Iceland - (KEF), Riga, Latvia - (RIX), Rome, Italy - (FCO), Saint Petersburg, Russia - (LED), Sofia, Bulgaria - (SOF), Stockholm, Sweden - (ARN), Tallinn, Estonia - (TLL), Thessaloniki, Greece - (SKG), Vienna, Austria - (VIE), Vilnius, Lithuania - (VNO), Warsaw, Poland - (WAW), Zagreb, Croatia - (ZAG), Zürich, Switzerland - (ZRH))."
[+] [-] martin_a|6 years ago|reply
Using a CDN is not essential for every website. Just get yourself some shared webhosting or whatever for your tech blog and you are good to go, no need for fancy CDNs that go down like this.
Or is it just because it's fancy tech?
[+] [-] skilled|6 years ago|reply
But like you say, this can definitely be resolved through Web Servers and resource optimisation.
For WordPress blogs, OpenLiteSpeed has been a godsend to run a WP blog with up to par performance.
[+] [-] macinjosh|6 years ago|reply
[+] [-] buildbuildbuild|6 years ago|reply
edit: An incident now exists, best wishes to the teams working hard over there. https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/tx4pgxs6zxdr
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"This incident affects: North America (Ashburn, VA, United States - (IAD), Atlanta, GA, United States - (ATL), Boston, MA, United States - (BOS), Buffalo, NY, United States - (BUF), Calgary, AB, Canada - (YYC), Charlotte, NC, United States - (CLT), Chicago, IL, United States - (ORD), Columbus, OH, United States - (CMH), Dallas, TX, United States - (DFW), Denver, CO, United States - (DEN), Detroit, MI, United States - (DTW), Houston, TX, United States - (IAH), Indianapolis, IN, United States - (IND), Jacksonville, FL, United States - (JAX), Kansas City, MO, United States - (MCI), Las Vegas, NV, United States - (LAS), Los Angeles, CA, United States - (LAX), McAllen, TX, United States - (MFE), Memphis, TN, United States - (MEM), Miami, FL, United States - (MIA), Minneapolis, MN, United States - (MSP), Montgomery, AL, United States - (MGM), Montréal, QC, Canada - (YUL), Nashville, TN, United States - (BNA), Newark, NJ, United States - (EWR), Norfolk, VA, United States - (ORF), Omaha, NE, United States - (OMA), Phoenix, AZ, United States - (PHX), Pittsburgh, PA, United States - (PIT), Portland, OR, United States - (PDX), Queretaro, MX, Mexico - (QRO), Richmond, Virginia - (RIC), Sacramento, CA, United States - (SMF), Salt Lake City, UT, United States - (SLC), San Diego, CA, United States - (SAN), San Jose, CA, United States - (SJC), Saskatoon, SK, Canada - (YXE), Seattle, WA, United States - (SEA), St. Louis, MO, United States - (STL), Tampa, FL, United States - (TPA), Toronto, ON, Canada - (YYZ), Vancouver, BC, Canada - (YVR), Tallahassee, FL, United States - (TLH), Winnipeg, MB, Canada - (YWG)), Middle East (Amman, Jordan - (AMM), Baghdad, Iraq - (BGW), Baku, Azerbaijan - (GYD), Beirut, Lebanon - (BEY), Doha, Qatar - (DOH), Dubai, United Arab Emirates - (DXB), Kuwait City, Kuwait - (KWI), Manama, Bahrain - (BAH), Muscat, Oman - (MCT), Ramallah - (ZDM), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - (RUH), Tel Aviv, Israel - (TLV)), Asia (Bangkok, Thailand - (BKK), Cebu, Philippines - (CEB), Chengdu, China - (CTU), Chennai, India - (MAA), Colombo, Sri Lanka - (CMB), Dongguan, China - (SZX), Foshan, China - (FUO), Fuzhou, China - (FOC), Guangzhou, China - (CAN), Hangzhou, China - (HGH), Hanoi, Vietnam - (HAN), Hengyang, China - (HNY), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - (SGN), Hong Kong - (HKG), Hyderabad, India - (HYD), Islamabad, Pakistan - (ISB), Jinan, China - (TNA), Karachi, Pakistan - (KHI), Kathmandu, Nepal - (KTM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - (KUL), Lahore, Pakistan - (LHE), Langfang, China - (NAY), Luoyang, China - (LYA), Macau - (MFM), Manila, Philippines - (MNL), Mumbai, India - (BOM), Nanning, China - (NNG), New Delhi, India - (DEL), Osaka, Japan - (KIX), Phnom Penh, Cambodia - (PNH), Qingdao, China - (TAO), Seoul, South Korea - (ICN), Shanghai, China - (SHA), Shenyang, China - (SHE), Shijiazhuang, China - (SJW), Singapore, Singapore - (SIN), Suzhou, China - (SZV), Taipei - (TPE), Tianjin, China - (TSN), Tokyo, Japan - (NRT), Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia - (ULN), Wuhan, China - (WUH), Wuxi, China - (WUX), Xi'an, China - (XIY), Yerevan, Armenia - (EVN), Zhengzhou, China - (CGO), Zuzhou, China - (CSX)), Africa (Cairo, Egypt - (CAI), Casablanca, Morocco - (CMN), Cape Town, South Africa - (CPT), Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania - (DAR), Djibouti City, Djibouti - (JIB), Durban, South Africa - (DUR), Johannesburg, South Africa - (JNB), Lagos, Nigeria - (LOS), Luanda, Angola - (LAD), Maputo, MZ - (MPM), Mombasa, Kenya - (MBA), Port Louis, Mauritius - (MRU), Réunion, France - (RUN), Kigali, Rwanda - (KGL)), Latin America & the Caribbean (Asunción, Paraguay - (ASU), Bogotá, Colombia - (BOG), Buenos Aires, Argentina - (EZE), Curitiba, Brazil - (CWB), Fortaleza, Brazil - (FOR), Lima, Peru - (LIM), Medellín, Colombia - (MDE), Mexico City, Mexico - (MEX), Panama City, Panama - (PTY), Porto Alegre, Brazil - (POA), Quito, Ecuador - (UIO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - (GIG), São Paulo, Brazil - (GRU), Santiago, Chile - (SCL), Willemstad, Curaçao - (CUR)), Oceania (Auckland, New Zealand - (AKL), Brisbane, QLD, Australia - (BNE), Melbourne, VIC, Australia - (MEL), Perth, WA, Australia - (PER), Sydney, NSW, Australia - (SYD)), and Europe (Amsterdam, Netherlands - (AMS), Athens, Greece - (ATH), Barcelona, Spain - (BCN), Belgrade, Serbia - (BEG), Berlin, Germany - (TXL), Brussels, Belgium - (BRU), Bucharest, Romania - (OTP), Budapest, Hungary - (BUD), Chișinău, Moldova - (KIV), Copenhagen, Denmark - (CPH), Dublin, Ireland - (DUB), Düsseldorf, Germany - (DUS), Edinburgh, United Kingdom - (EDI), Frankfurt, Germany - (FRA), Geneva, Switzerland - (GVA), Gothenburg, Sweden - (GOT), Hamburg, Germany - (HAM), Helsinki, Finland - (HEL), Istanbul, Turkey - (IST), Kyiv, Ukraine - (KBP), Lisbon, Portugal - (LIS), London, United Kingdom - (LHR), Luxembourg City, Luxembourg - (LUX), Madrid, Spain - (MAD), Manchester, United Kingdom - (MAN), Marseille, France - (MRS), Milan, Italy - (MXP), Moscow, Russia - (DME), Munich, Germany - (MUC), Nicosia, Cyprus - (LCA), Oslo, Norway - (OSL), Paris, France - (CDG), Prague, Czech Republic - (PRG), Reykjavík, Iceland - (KEF), Riga, Latvia - (RIX), Rome, Italy - (FCO), Saint Petersburg, Russia - (LED), Sofia, Bulgaria - (SOF), Stockholm, Sweden - (ARN), Tallinn, Estonia - (TLL), Thessaloniki, Greece - (SKG), Vienna, Austria - (VIE), Vilnius, Lithuania - (VNO), Warsaw, Poland - (WAW), Zagreb, Croatia - (ZAG), Zürich, Switzerland - (ZRH))."