Kenton Varda
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Kenton Varda
@kentonvarda.com
Tech lead for workers.cloudflare.com

Also made: capnproto.org, lanparty.house, sandstorm.io

@KentonVarda on Twitter.
I was looking for a sound clip from the 1983 arcade game, Sinistar, and instead I got... whatever this is.
November 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
8:25 pm CST Austin, TX. Very faint, can't say for sure it was actually aurora but... Here's the photo.
November 12, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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...
October 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I think adding the .map() thing was worth it just for the engagement on these threads lol.
September 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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...
September 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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).
September 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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.
March 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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
January 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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.
January 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
December power usage. Can you spot the 48-hour LAN party?
January 6, 2025 at 3:18 AM
"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?
December 9, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Linux: Oops, we're out of memory. Guess I'd better kill something. How about gnome-shell? That's not important, right?

Meanwhile...
December 6, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Also.
November 27, 2024 at 1:30 AM
My mom dug some stuff out of storage.
November 27, 2024 at 1:30 AM
Cooking up a little something to publish on Saturday. (Not work-related.)
November 12, 2024 at 4:33 AM
Google used to respond to queries like "100 feet / speed of light" with a calculator response but now it responds with AI that can't math...
November 11, 2024 at 3:24 AM