Cloudflare Founders' Letter: Web Growth Exploded in Mid-2025 After a Decade of Stagnation
threepointone · x · 2026-09-28
Cloudflare founders Matthew Prince and Michelle Zatlyn published their annual Founders' Letter as the company turns 16.
- A shifting web: From 2012 to 2025 the web plateaued and even shrank by some measures, until mid-2025 brought an explosion of new websites.
- Not just AI slop: While the popular narrative blames AI-generated sites, they say most growth comes from a new cohort of creators using vibe coding tools to build real apps without coding skills.
- Ecosystem scale: Over 7 million developers now build on Cloudflare's developer platform, and most vibe coding tools use it as their preferred deployment target.
The letter frames AI-driven disruption as both risk and reason for optimism about the internet's future.
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