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Cloudflare's Blog Finds Performance Gains with EmDash, Its New CMS

When Cloudflare moved its blog off WordPress, it didn't just switch platforms; it built its own CMS, EmDash, and open-sourced it. The payoff is clear: the system handles up to 7,000 requests per second while improving caching and performance. That's a practical win for a team managing heavy traffic. It's a reminder that sometimes the best tool is the one you create yourself. For more on how organizations are building internal infrastructure, check out our piece on Perplexity's CobbleDB migration.