Rita Kozlov and Steve Faulkner - Cloudflare

Rita Kozlov and Steve Faulkner - Cloudflare

Author: Andrew Lisowski, Justin Bennett June 8, 2026 Duration: 52:02

This week we're joined by Rita Kozlov and Steve Faulkner, the co-founders of Cloudflare. The big news of the day is that Cloudflare has acquired Vite. This is a big deal for the JavaScript ecosystem and for the future of developer tools. We talk about the acquisition and what it means for Cloudflare and project.


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